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Army South Soldier remains dedicated to coaching during pandemic
October 20, 2020
Football coach with kids

Campbell Memorial Library dedicates Community of Kindness Quilt
October 15, 2020
Patrons and staff members of the Campbell Memorial Library at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston have come up with a creative way to promote kindness.

MICC contract enhances IMCOM emergency response communications
October 15, 2020
Hurricane Delta damage

Naval Medical Forces Support Command celebrates Navy birthday virtually
October 15, 2020
Cake cutting ceremony

BAMC leaders visit U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research
October 7, 2020
Maj. Laura Riddle (center), chief of veterinary support branch at the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research, describes how research spaces were transformed into an intensive care unit to support a possible overflow of COVID-positive patients at Brooke Army Medical Center to Brig. Gen. Shan K. Bagby, BAMC commanding general, and BAMC Command Sgt. Maj. Thurman Reynolds.

MICC procurement analyst earns spot in University of Maryland program
September 25, 2020
Veronica Limon was selected by the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Procurement to participate in the University of Maryland Global Campus Graduate Certificate Foundations of Business Analytics Program, which got underway Sept. 23.

Navy Recruiting District San Antonio earns Bronze ‘R’ Award
September 24, 2020
Cmdr. Nicholas Gamiz (right center), Navy Recruiting District San Antonio commanding officer, is joined by (from left) Command Master Chief Francisco Valdovinos, Cmdr. Michael Files, and Master Chief Matthew Maduemesi, along with the 2004 Navy Recruiting Command’s Bronze “R” Award at NRD-SA headquarters at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston.  The NRD was awarded the Bronze “R” by the Navy Recruiting Command for its performance during the first half of fiscal year 2020.

Army North Caisson horses get visit from the farrier
September 23, 2020
Rodney "Skip" Burgess, a farrier, resets the shoe of U.S. Army North Caisson horse Munemori at the Fort Sam Houston Caisson stable at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Sept. 21.

MICC member earns recognition for mediation efforts
September 17, 2020
Jason Wild was named the 2020 Excellence in Government Awards Mediator of the Year virtual ceremony hosted in August by the Alamo Federal Executive Board. Wild is responsible for employee relations and the command wellness program for the Mission and Installation Contracting Command Personnel Directorate. He was among the 56 civilian and uniformed federal employees across central and south Texas recognized for their individual and team contributions to the government.

USAISR physicians conduct research into improving tactical combat casualty care
September 2, 2020
Maj. (Dr.) Steven Schauer (center), U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research physician-scientist, and Maj. (Dr.) Ian Hudson (center right), USAISR Tactical Combat Casualty Care emergency physician, conducted studies on devices used for tactical combat casualty care with combat medics at Hunter Army Airfield in Georgia July 8-9.

Amid pandemic, Army program helps families get back to school
August 27, 2020
Two students who attend a Department of Defense Education Activity school in Vicenza, Italy, complete classwork from home through digital learning.

METC radiology instructor saves car crash victim
August 27, 2020
Staff Sgt. Karrie Prescott, a Medical Education and Training Campus radiologic technologist program instructor assigned to the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, checks the angle accuracy on the portable x-ray machine following student testing.

New MEDCoE Combat Paramedic Program class graduates
August 14, 2020
Soldier/medic works with an IV bag in the field.

USAISR welcomes new senior enlisted leader
August 13, 2020
Sgt. Maj. Jennifer A. Redding (right) assumed responsibility as the senior enlisted leader of the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research during a ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Aug. 10.

BAMC offers ‘last line of defense’ against COVID-19
August 10, 2020
Nurses tend to a patient on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, or ECMO, in a COVID-19 intensive care unit at Brooke Army Medical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, July 17, 2020.

MEDCoE employee selected as TRADOC Civilian Instructor of the Year
August 7, 2020
Maj. Gen. Dennis P. LeMaster, commanding general of the U.S Army Medical Center of Excellence at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, presents Robert “Bob” Preshong, Department of Combat Medic Training, with the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, or TRADOC, Civilian Instructor of the Year award and a letter from Gen. Paul E. Funk II, TRADOC commanding general.

MEDCoE’s top drill sergeant competes at Army level
August 3, 2020
Staff Sgt. Travis Webster, the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence 2020 Drill Sergeant of the Year.

USAISR welcomes new commander
July 23, 2020
Change of command

Army North hosts hurricane ROC drill
July 21, 2020
U.S. Army North hosted mission partners during the 2020 ARNORTH Hurricane Rehearsal of Concept Drill, held at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston both in-person and virtually, July 9. The event included more than 250 leaders from federal, state, U.S. territories and the military, to discuss their respective courses of action in the event of a hurricane response.

U.S. Army North ready to battle COVID-19 after busy spring
July 16, 2020
Lt. Gen. Laura Richardson (second from left), commander of U.S. Army North, views the patient area of the intensive care unit at the Javits New York Medical Station, April 12, 2020.