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Army Housing professionals teach peers Residential Communities Initiative
April 6, 2017 — Participants in the Army’s inaugural Residential Communities Initiative Training Course praised U.S. Army Installation Management Command for using Army Housing professionals as instructors. ... MORE

Pedro Saldana, Chief of Army Housing for Area I in South Korea, fields questions following his presentation at the inaugural Residential Communities Initiative training course March 22 at the College of Installation Management at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston.

Thousands turn out for food and fun at Cowboys For Heroes annual event
April 3, 2017 — More than 5,000 aficionados of chuck wagon cooking and general cowboy-style fun turned out for the annual Cowboys For Heroes event April 1, held this year at the MacArthur Parade Field at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston... MORE

A Soldier rides the mechanical bull during the Cowboys for Heroes event Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston’s MacArthur Parade Field April 1.

Brooke Army Medical Center named Army’s first virtual medical center
March 27, 2017 — Brooke Army Medical Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston has been selected to be the Army’s first virtual medical center, or MEDCEN, Army Surgeon General Lt. Gen. Nadja Y. West announced recently... MORE

Brooke Army Medical Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston has been selected to be the Army’s first virtual medical center.

Conference helps leaders counter 21st century threats
March 27, 2017 — The week-long Central American Regional Leaders Conference concluded March 23 at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston. U.S. Army South hosted senior leaders from the armies and police of 10 nations throughout the Central American region. The aim of the conference is to build relationships while developing combined plans to counter threats within the region. ... MORE

Maj. Gen K.K. Chinn, commanding general for U.S. Army South, addresses the attendees of the Central American Regional Leaders Conference on March 22 on Fort Sam Houston, Texas. The conference is designed for Central American army officers and police to gather and discuss ideas on how to counter regional threats such as drug smuggling and human trafficking.

5th Recruiting Brigade welcomes new command sergeant major
March 24, 2017 — The U.S. Army 5th Recruiting Brigade held a change of responsibility ceremony March 24 at the Quadrangle at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston. The brigade is the center of Army recruiting activities for an area stretching across the great plains to the California border and covers more than 968,446 square miles... MORE

Command Sgt. Maj. Stephen Badley (right), outgoing command sergeant major for the U.S. Army’s 5th Recruiting Brigade at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, relinquishes the NCO sword to Col. Terance Huston (center), brigade commander, during the brigade’s change of responsibility ceremony March 24 at the historic quadrangle on JBSA-Fort Sam Houston.

Museum tells history of Fort Sam Houston, military in San Antonio
March 24, 2017 — Located in the historic Quadrangle at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, the Fort Sam Houston Museum tells the history of the post from its origins to the present day, including the units, organizations and figures that have made the post one of the most important in the U.S. military... MORE

Army Pfc. Class Min Jung (left) and Army Spc. Angel Torres (right) view a historical display at the Fort Sam Houston Museum. Located in the historic Quadrangle, the museum contains six rooms of exhibits, displays and artifacts on the history of Fort Sam Houston and a reference library and archives.

Bike rodeo to promote safe riding
March 24, 2017 — Schoolchildren will learn about bicycle safety from law enforcement officers and have a chance to win prizes at the Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston spring bike rodeo from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 8 in the parking lot at Stanley and Reynolds roads, across from the Personnel Processing Center, building 2263... MORE

Schoolchildren will learn about bicycle safety from law enforcement officers and have a chance to win prizes at the Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston spring bike rodeo from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 8 in the parking lot at Stanley and Reynolds roads, across from the Personnel Processing Center, building 2263.

BAMC Nutritional Medicine offers new moms special meal
March 24, 2017 — Brooke Army Medical Center began offering a special meal for new parents Feb. 14 as another way to improve the patient experience. After a new mom has her baby, a room service ambassador or the nursing staff provides her a special Proud Parent menu. The meal is served during lunch or dinner and can be ordered any day of their stay. It doesn’t have to be on the same day as their delivery. ... MORE

Quashonda Cain and Janaine Briggs fix Proud Parent meal trays at Brooke Army Medical Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston March 14. Each tray features a lavender flowered place mat, lavender napkin and a card for the new parents. The food is delivered fresh and hot from the kitchen and garnished to make an appetizing display.

Central American, ARSOUTH leaders meet to discuss regional challenges
March 22, 2017 — The Central American Regional Leaders Conference began March 21 at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, with senior military and police officials from throughout Central America in attendance. During the three-day conference, these senior leaders discussed regional challenges and ways to work with each other and the United States to solve these problems... MORE

Maj. Gen K.K. Chinn, commanding general for U.S. Army South, addresses the attendees of the Central American Regional Leaders Conference March 21 at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston.The conference is designed for Central American army officers and police to gather and discuss ideas on how to counter regional threats such as drug smuggling and human trafficking.

Brooke Army Medical Center welcomes new command sergeant major
March 22, 2017 — Brooke Army Medical Center Command Sgt. Maj. Albert Crews relinquished the organization colors to Command Sgt. Maj. Diamond Hough during a change of responsibility ceremony at the Warrior and Family Support Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston March 17... MORE

Brooke Army Medical Center's new Command Sgt. Maj. Diamond D. Hough renders a salute to BAMC Commanding General Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Johnson during BAMC's change of responsibility at the Warrior and Family Support Center Freedom Park Amphitheater March 17. Command Sgt. Maj. Albert Crews, who has served since October 2015, relinquished his responsibilities to Hough during the ceremony.

JBSA-Fort Sam Houston experts provide Fort Campbell medics Brigade Combat Team Trauma Training
March 21, 2017 — More than 100 health care specialists from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division completed a week of intensive medical training on Fort Campbell, Ky., March 6-10. The Brigade Combat Team Trauma Training course consists of five days of classroom instruction, practical application and field training. BCT3 is led by a staff of experts from the U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston... MORE

Pfc. Wesley Brown, a combat medic with 326th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, applies a tourniquet to a simulated casualty during Brigade Combat Team Trauma Training on Fort Campbell, Kentucky, Mar. 10, 2017. The BCT3 program ensures medics across the Army have the trauma and surgical skills to manage combat casualties prior to a deployment. BCT3 is led by a staff of experts from the U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston.

Combat simulation lab brings real-life scenarios to medic trainees
March 21, 2017 — The Combat Trauma Patient Simulation Lab, located at the Medical Education Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, is part of the Department of Combat Medic Training at METC. The DCMT trains service members in the Army who want to become 68 Whiskey combat medic Specialists. ... MORE

(From left) Pvt. Jason Wu and Pvt. Jeremiah Sanders work on a simulated patient under the instruction of Staff Sgt. Brian Worfman at the Combat Trauma Patient Simulation Lab, located at the Medical Education Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston.

Chilean, U.S. Soldiers learn food protection in an expeditionary environment
March 16, 2017 — A team of veterinarians from U.S. Army South and the U.S. Army Medical Center & School at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston participated in a subject matter expert exchange, or SMEE, with approximately 40 Chilean military and civilian veterinarians March 6-9 in Santiago, Chile... MORE

Lt. Col. Matthew Levine, Food Protection Branch chief in the Department of Veterinary Science, demonstrates to a group of Chilean veterinarians how to conduct a rapid field test to identify harmful bacteria in water during the subject matter expert exchange in Santiago, Chile. The exchange was March 6-9.

JBSA-Camp Bullis hosts Regional Dental Command-Central Best Warrior competition
March 14, 2017 — Thirteen Soldiers from various dental health activities in Dental Health Command-Central competed in the Regional Best Warrior Competition hosted by the Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Dental Health Activity, or DENTAC, from Feb. 27 to March 3 at JBSA-Camp Bullis... MORE

Spec. Gregory Stephens, JBSA-Fort Sam Houston Dental Activity, low crawls during one of 16 obstacle events during the Regional Best Warrior Competition hosted by the Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Dental Health Activity, or DENTAC, from Feb. 27 to March 3 at JBSA-Camp Bullis.

Army Medicine Soldiers build ramps for disabled, elderly
March 14, 2017 — Soldiers from 232nd Medical Battalion’s Company C at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston are volunteering with the Texas Ramp Project one Saturday morning each month to a build wheelchair ramps for needy recipients... MORE

Soldiers from 232nd Medical Battalion’s Company C at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston volunteered with the Texas Ramp Project Feb. 25 to build wheelchair ramps for a needy recipients.

Career fair provides job opportunities for JBSA members
March 14, 2017 — Plenty of employment opportunities will be available for members of the military community at the Hiring Heroes Career Fair from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 22 at the Sam Houston Community Center, building 1395, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston... MORE

Navy Medicine instructors conduct STEM tour for high school students
March 9, 2017 — Students from a local high school toured several parts of the Medical Education and Training Campus, or METC, on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston March 2 as part of an ongoing partnership with Navy Medicine Training Support Center, or NMTSC... MORE

Petty Officer1st Class Elizabeth Sifuentes, a medical laboratory technician instructor at the Medical Education and Training Campus, talks to students from John Marshall High School while they look through microscopes during a tour of METC at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston. The tour was conducted by METC's Navy service component, Navy Medicine Training Support Center, as part of their Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, or STEM, efforts.

The ketogenic diet: how it works, potential benefits
March 9, 2017 — Low-carbohydrate diets are used for many reasons, including weight loss, improved blood sugar control, increased energy and to decrease heartburn and digestive issues. Some people take low carbs to the extreme and follow a ketogenic diet with the hope of gaining more benefits or achieving faster results... MORE

The key to a ketogenic diet is very low carbohydrates, which means high amounts of dietary fat to provide enough calories. Typically, carbs are the main energy source for your body, especially your brain. Your brain cannot use fat directly for energy like the rest of your body does.

Post-graduate research award recognizes outstanding physician assistant
March 6, 2017 — Maj. Kurt Fossum of Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston was recognized with the 2016 Lt. Gen. Frank Ledford, Jr. Physician Assistant Post-Graduate Research Award at a March 3 ceremony presented by the U.S. Army Medical Specialist Corps at Blesse Auditorium... MORE

Maj. Kurt Fossum (right) of Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston was recognized with the 2016 Lt. Gen. Frank Ledford, Jr. Physician Assistant Post-Graduate Research Award at a March 3 ceremony presented by the U.S. Army Medical Specialist Corps at Blesse Auditorium. Ledford (left) presented the award to Fossum at the ceremony.

Soldiers participate in Dr. Seuss Read Across America Day
March 6, 2017 — Soldiers from the 264th Medical Battalion at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston read to students at East Terrell Hills Elementary School during the National Education Association Dr. Seuss Read Across America Day nationwide reading celebration March 2, Dr. Seuss’s birthday... MORE

Sgt. 1st Class Daniel Cummings from the 264th Medical Battalion at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston reads Dr. Seuss books to students at East Terrell Hills Elementary School March 2.