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JBSA honors National Gold Star Spouses Day
April 6, 2023 — In honor of National Gold Star Spouses Day April 5, Survivor Outreach Services at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston held an event with the theme of “We support your strength and courage.”... MORE

PHOTOS | MEDCoE fields first all-female salute battery
March 27, 2023 — Soldiers from the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence practiced firing 75mm Howitzer cannons at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, March 24, 2023. The salute battery was composed of all female Soldiers, a first for JBSA-Fort Sam Houston. ... MORE

JBSA-Fort Sam Houston hosts MEDCOM Career Counselor of the Year competition
March 1, 2023 — U.S. Army Medical Command’s top career counselors competed at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Feb. 22 and 23 for the title of MEDCOM’s Career Counselor of the Year... MORE

Basura Bash brings out volunteers to clean Salado Creek
February 18, 2023 — A chilly Saturday morning start didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of the volunteers who came out early Feb. 18 to help clear out accumulated trash at the Salado Creek Park at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston during the annual Basura Bash... MORE

Annual Basura Bash cleans up Salado Creek at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston
February 16, 2023 — Come rain or shine at 8 a.m. on Saturday morning, Feb. 18, 2023, we will once again meet up at the Salado Creek Park at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston to participate in the annual Basura Bash... MORE

METC hosts large-scale tabletop exercise for notional mobilization
January 31, 2023 — The Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston conducted a large-scale, mobilization tabletop exercise, or MOBTTX, Jan. 17 to prepare for a potential surge in student throughput for three of its largest training programs... MORE

Soldiers instruct JROTC cadets how to ‘Stop The Bleed”
January 20, 2023 — As part of the Joint Base San Antonio Adopt-A-School program, Soldiers from the 232nd Medical Battalion at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston visited Veterans Memorial High School Jan. 12 to teach the Army Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps Patriot Battalion students (cadets) techniques on how to “Stop the Bleed.”... MORE

502nd Civil Engineer Squadron keeps JBSA going in all weather conditions
January 9, 2023 — The members of the 502nd Civil Engineer Squadron are always on call to repair and maintain the infrastructure of Joint Base San Antonio in all weather conditions... MORE

502nd Civil Engineer Squadron Inclement Weather Service

Army Medical Logistics Command focuses on medical readiness of National Guard, Army Reserve units
January 5, 2023 — Army Medical Logistics Command leaders are tackling the challenge of standardizing the processes and technology Army units, including the National Guard and Army Reserve, use to order medical equipment and supplies... MORE

Pete Ramos, logistics management specialist at Army Medical Logistics Command, addresses other members of his working group during a workshop on Medical Logistics in Campaigning and its impact on the National Guard and Reserve at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Nov. 29.

MEDCoE Soldiers find home away from home this Thanksgiving
November 25, 2022 — People often say, “There is no place like home for the holiday.” This Thanksgiving, however, Soldiers found the next best thing at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Nov. 24, 2022... MORE

MICC training course sets path for new contracting interns
October 31, 2022 — Ensuring newly hired interns have the tools necessary to navigate the beginning of their federal contracting careers is the goal of a new training and acculturation course at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas... MORE

MICC small business professionals exceed goals
October 26, 2022 — Small business professionals from across the Mission and Installation Contracting Command combined efforts in fiscal 2022 to exceed contracting goals across all socioeconomic categories for the eighth consecutive year... MORE

MICC procurement analyst earns Army secretary award
October 17, 2022 — Heather Scherer, the small business analyst for the Mission and Installation Contracting Command at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, has earned the Secretary of the Army Award for Small Business Utilization for fiscal 2021... MORE

Heather Scherer earned the Secretary of the Army Award for Small Business Utilization for fiscal 2021 recognizing the exceptional achievements and outstanding support of the Army’s Small Business Program.

MEDCoE hosts summit forging future of combat medics
October 3, 2022 — With the U.S. Army’s shift from brigade-centric warfare to large-scale combat operations, multi-domain operations, and force modernization, the role of the 68W combat medic also needs to change to meet the Army’s needs. Forging the way forward, the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston held a three-day working summit for the 68W combat medic career field Sept. 26-28. ... MORE

MEDCoE welcomes new Command Sergeant Major
August 29, 2022 — The U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence welcomed Command Sgt. Major Victor Laragione as the command’s 23rd command sergeant major during a change of responsibility ceremony conducted at MacArthur Field at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Aug. 26... MORE

Navy interns present research at NAMRU San Antonio
August 8, 2022 — Three student interns enrolled in the Office of Naval Research’s Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program, or NREIP, had the opportunity to present their research to mentors, scientists and staff assigned to Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio at the Battlefield Health and Trauma Building at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Aug. 4... MORE

BAMC Soldier selected to attend Interservice Physician Assistant Program
July 26, 2022 — A Brooke Army Medical Center Soldier was selected to attend the competitive Interservice Physician Assistant Program at the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston... MORE

BAMC Soldier slotted to attend Interservice Physician Assistant Program

106th Signal Brigade to welcome new commander
July 20, 2022 — The 106th Signal Brigade at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston hosts a change of command ceremony at 10 a.m. July 29 at the Fort Sam Houston Theatre to welcome Col. Joseph N. Gardner and bid farewell to Col. Tia L. Benning. The ceremony will be officiated by Brig. Gen. Charles R. Parker, commanding general, 7th Signal Command (Theater)... MORE

USAISR physician assists in producing life-saving infusion tubing
July 8, 2022 — As an emergency medical services physician, Maj. (Dr.) Nicholas Studer, also a combat casualty care scientist at the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, understands the urgency of a rapid infusion for critically injured patients and wanted to do something about it... MORE

New enlisted leader assumes responsibility of MICC
June 13, 2022 — Members of the Mission and Installation Contracting Command welcomed their new command sergeant major while bidding farewell to a former enlisted leader during a ceremony June 1 at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas... MORE