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Strengthening Ties: Brazilian Army leaders return for second environmental exchange with USAEC
January 14, 2025 — In a dynamic exchange of environmental expertise, the U.S. Army Environmental Command team of Col. Vance Brunner and Command Sgt. Maj. Francisco Cardenas hosted representatives from the Brazilian Army Department of Real Estate and the Environment during the week of Oct. 28, 2024, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas... MORE

National Defense Center for Energy and Environment announces 2023 technology projects
January 17, 2023 — The National Defense Center for Energy and Environment, or NDCEE, announced eight technology projects selected to receive funding for demonstration and validation beginning in 2023... MORE

Fort Sam Houston Elementary School honors U.S. Army Environmental Command for partnership efforts
September 9, 2021 — Fort Sam Houston Elementary School employees and Fort Sam Houston Independent School District school board members visited U.S. Army Environmental Command headquarters at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Sept. 8 to recognize the unit for its support of the elementary school for the 2020-2021 school year... MORE

U.S. Army Environmental Command hosts nature walk for kindergarteners
May 10, 2021 — In celebration of Earth Day this year, employees from the U.S. Army Environmental Command hosted a kindergarten nature walk to teach 140 kindergarten students from the Fort Sam Houston Elementary School about nature and wildlife at Salado Creek Park May 6... MORE

U.S. Army Environmental Command Nature Walk

U.S. Army Environmental Command ensures training during COVID-19
July 14, 2020 — The U.S. Army Environmental Command, or USAEC, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston has been offering online courses to ensure Army environmental professionals worldwide remain trained and mission-certified during COVID-19... MORE

A screenshot of the U.S. Army Environmental Command Sharepoint page.

U.S. Army Environmental Command signs partnership with Fort Sam Houston Elementary School
October 11, 2018 — Leaders from the U.S. Army Environmental Command and Fort Sam Houston Independent School District signed a charter and agreement in a Fort Sam Houston Elementary School fifth-grade classroom Oct. 3 to continue their Adopt-A-School Program partnership, which began in 2011... MORE

Col. Isaac Manigault (left), commander of the U.S. Army Environmental Command, and Dr. Gary Bates, Fort Sam Houston Independent School District superintendent,officially sign the partnership agreement Oct. 3, kicking off the command’s participation in and support of elementary school activities for the next two years.

Salado Park becomes outdoor classroom for Fort Sam Houston Elementary School children
April 30, 2018 — Salado Park at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston became an outdoor classroom for approximately 150 kindergarten students from Fort Sam Houston Elementary School during a nature field trip April 26... MORE

Pat Gonser, a member of the Lindheimer Chapter Texas Master Naturalists in New Braunfels, teaches kindergarteners from Fort Sam Houston Elementary School about turtles and amphibians by using a turtle puppet during a nature field trip put on by the U.S. Army Environmental Command at Salado Park, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, April 26.

Fort Sam Houston Elementary School class bugs out during entomologist visit
February 6, 2018 — A group of second graders in the gifted and talented program at Fort Sam Houston Elementary School learned about insects from Dr. William Miller, U.S. Army Environmental Command entomologist, Jan. 31... MORE

Second-grade students at Fort Sam Houston Elementary School observe a tarantula being handled by Dr. William Miller, U.S. Army Environmental Command entomologist, Jan. 31. Miller came to the gifted and talented program class of Laura Lamoureux to talk to the children about insects and arachnids, including their characteristics and how they can grow from an immature form to an adult.

West Point cadets learn about Army Environmental Command through sponsorship program
June 9, 2017 — Two cadets from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., considering career options gained valuable experience and knowledge from members of the U.S. Army Environmental Command during a three-day visit to Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston in early June... MORE

Cadets Naquore Davis (left) and Kimi Walker (right), from the U.S. Military Academy, gained valuable experience and knowledge from members of the U.S. Army Environmental Command during a visit to Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston May 31-June 2. The cadets participated in a sponsorship program through the Army Environmental Command that allowed them to learn about the command and its environmental programs and the impact those programs have on Army operations.

Schoolchildren experience the outdoors at Salado Creek Park field trip
May 8, 2017 — Students from Fort Sam Houston Elementary School learned about nature and wildlife during a hands-on, interactive field trip with volunteers from the U.S. Army Environmental Command and Cole High School Junior ROTC April 26 at Salado Creek Park at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston... MORE

Cathy Kropp, U.S. Army Environmental Command environmental public affairs specialist, shows a white tailed deer skin to kindergarten students from Fort Sam Houston Elementary School during a field trip April 26 in Salado Creek Park at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston. The field trip gave the schoolchildren the opportunity to learn about nature and wildlife through various activities set up at seven stations throughout the park.

Army Environmental Command member sows seeds of gardening in youth
March 31, 2017 — Bob Blaesing, U.S. Army Environmental Command environmental support manager at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, volunteers his time on three Saturdays a month in the spring and the fall with the Children’s Vegetable Garden Program, which provides youth ages 8 to 13 and their parents an opportunity to grow vegetables and plants on their own plot, which each measure 100 square feet, in a vegetable garden on the grounds of the botanical center... MORE

Bob Blaesing, a member of the U.S. Army Environmental Command, volunteers at the San Antonio Botanical Garden where he can enjoy the fresh air and help sow the seeds of gardening to schoolchildren who are learning to grow their own plants and appreciate nature.

U.S. Army Environmental Command biologist assists students for robotics competition
February 4, 2017 — A biologist with the U.S. Army Environmental Command at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston recently lent his expertise to students at Fort Sam Houston Elementary School preparing for a robotics competition... MORE

Caelyn Maddox, 10, a member of the Fort Sam Houston Elementary School Robotics Club at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, prepares her robot for competition.

U.S. Army Environmental Command, local school partner to help students learn to love math, science
November 2, 2016 — The U.S. Army Environmental Command, or USAEC, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston held an adoption celebration Sept. 29 in honor of their Adopt-a-School partnership at Fort Sam Houston Elementary School... MORE

Col. Timothy Greenhaw, commander of the U.S. Army Environmental Command at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, and Dr. Gail Siller, Fort Sam Houston Independent School District superintendent, sign the partnership agreement which renews the Adopt-a-School charter established in 2011.