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5th Recruiting Brigade welcomes new command sergeant major
March 24, 2017
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
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.
BAMC Nutritional Medicine offers new moms special meal
March 24, 2017
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.
BAMC, JBSA-Fort Sam Houston celebrate women trailblazers
March 24, 2017
Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Johnson, Brooke Army Medical Center commanding general, addresses the audience March 21 at the Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Women’s History Month commemoration at the historic Fort Sam Houston Theater.
Central American, ARSOUTH leaders meet to discuss regional challenges
March 22, 2017
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'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
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
(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
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
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 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
Navy Medicine instructors conduct STEM tour for high school students
March 9, 2017
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
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 (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
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.
BAMC Soldiers take part in medical readiness training exercise in Ghana
March 1, 2017
U.S. Army Maj. Keith Lathrop, nurse anesthetist assigned to Brooke Army Medical Center, helps unload and inventory medical supplies the U.S. Army is donating following the closing ceremony of Medical Readiness Training Exercise 17-2 at the 37th Military Hospital in Accra, Ghana, Feb. 22. MEDRETE 17-2 includes participants from the Ghanaian government, U.S. Army Africa, Brooke Army Medical Center and the North Dakota National Guard. It is the second in a series of medical readiness training exercises that USARAF is scheduled to facilitate in various countries in Africa. The exercise offers opportunities for the partnered militaries to cooperate on medical specific tasks, share best practices and improve medical treatment processes.
Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio researchers developing field portable sterilizer
March 1, 2017
Roy Dory (right), biomedical engineer and head of NAMRU-SA’s Biomedical Systems Engineering and Evaluation Department is also the principal investigator for the field-ready portable ozone sterilizer project. Dory and team member Dr. Luis Martinez prepare to test the prototype.
Opportunities expand for METC graduates to further education
February 22, 2017