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Defense Language Institute instructors recognized for safety campaign
August 19, 2017 — Five instructors from the Defense Language Institute were presented with Awards of Excellence Aug. 4 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland for an eternal safety campaign they held in conjunction with their 101 Critical Days of Summer Safety brief... MORE

(From left to right) Defense Language Institute instructors David Britton, Chad Hamilton, Chad Kallauner, Reza Keivanzadeh, Carole Franki, and Earl Gaston pose for a group photo with their awards Aug. 4, 2017 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. The instructors each received an award for an eternal safety campaign they held in conjunction with their 101 Critical Days of Summer Safety brief. Keivanzadeh received a trophy for having the highest unit participation.

Solar Eclipse - August 21, 2017
August 18, 2017 — This Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, we have the opportunity to witness a rare astronomical event when the moon completely blocks out the sun. A perfect lineup of the sun, moon, and Earth will be visible across North America from coast to coast for the first time in 38 years. One of the grandest and most fleeting natural spectacles known to humanity, this total solar eclipse is predicted to be the most viewed ever... MORE

JBSA youth "deploy" in support of Operation JET
August 17, 2017 — Over 150 Joint Base San Antonio youths participated in the annual Operation Junior Expeditionary Team hosted by the 433rd Airlift Wing Aug. 11 here at JBSA-Lackland. Operation JET is an annual event that provides children of military service members a chance to experience the deployment process their parents go through... MORE

JBSA-Fort Sam Houston Military & Family Readiness Center hosts school workshop for parents
August 14, 2017 — The Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Military & Family Readiness Center is hosting “PCS’ing with School Age Youth,” a workshop for active-duty and military spouses whose children are transferring to a new school, from 10-11:30 a.m. Aug. 23... MORE

PHC-Central Soldier represents Army at Armed Forces Volleyball Tourney
June 30, 2017 — Spc. Rikki Inman, an animal care specialist at the South Texas Branch Veterinary Services at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, represented Army Medicine, Regional Health Command-Central and Public Health Command-Central on the All Army Volleyball team at the 2017 Armed Forces Women’s Volleyball Tournament where the Army placed third over the course of the four-day tournament... MORE

Spc. Rikki Inman, No. 9, poses on the volleyball court with members of the All Army Women’s Volleyball Team. Inman is an animal care specialist stationed on JBSA-Fort Sam Houston.

59th MDW opens new hyperbaric medicine facility on JBSA
June 20, 2017 — Designed from the ground up to provide outstanding patient care, the 59th Medical Wing’s new, state-of-the-art facility near the San Antonio Military Medical Center on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston expands the wing’s capability to provide hyperbaric medicine and wound care... MORE

Col. Michael Richards gives an opening speech during the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Clinic ribbon cutting June 16, San Antonio Military Medical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

ARNORTH Soldiers vie for ‘Best Warrior’ slot
June 16, 2017 — Every year Soldiers across the Army vie to call themselves the best warriors during an intense competition, and this year is no different. After enduring four long days of intense physical and mental tests, two Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Soldiers from U.S. Army North (Fifth Army) and two Soldiers from the U.S. Army Installation Management Command garnered the title of “Best Warrior” competitor. ... MORE

Staff Sgt. Jody McIlroy, a signal intelligence analyst with U.S. Army North at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, plots his route during the day land navigation event of the Best Warrior Competition June 13 at JBSA-Camp Bullis,

JBSA-Fort Sam Houston Youth Center hosts police forum
May 19, 2017 — Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Youth Center members are hoping a discussion they had with police officers from the 502nd Security Forces Squadron at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston in April will lead to further cooperation and understanding between youth and law enforcement... MORE

Lts. Steven Dews and Jerry Welge from the 502nd Security Forces Squadron talk to members of the Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Youth Center, who hope a discussion they had with police officers from the 502nd Security Forces Squadron at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston in April will lead to further cooperation and understanding between youth and law enforcement.

Military intelligence soldiers win big at German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge event
April 10, 2017 — Four Soldiers from the 505th Military Intelligence Brigade (Theater) at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston were awarded the German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge, or GAFPB, after participating in the challenging event held at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston and JBSA-Camp Bullis March 31 through April 2... MORE

1st Lt. Heather De La Cruz, a Soldier with the 505th Military Intelligence Brigade (Theater), throws her uniform blouse out of the pool while she treads water during the German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge event at JBSA- Fort Sam Houston March 31. De La Cruz won gold in the event.

First military flight remembered at JBSA
March 3, 2017 — Members of the JBSA community gathered to celebrate the 107th anniversary of military aviation on March 2 at the JBSA-Fort Sam Houston MacArthur Parade Field. On March 2, 1910, then U.S. Army Lt... MORE

(Left to right) U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Heather Pringle, 502nd Air Base Wing and Joint Base San Antonio commander, retired Army Col. Stewart Wyland and retired U.S. Air Force Col. James Humphries lay a wreath at a memorial honoring Army Lt. Benjamin Foulois’ first military flight March 2, 2017. In 1910, Foulois became the first person to make a military flight, from a military facility, in a government owned plane flown by a military-trained pilot.(U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Stormy Archer)

JBSA Sailor selected as Navy Medicine’s Sailor of the Year
January 30, 2017 — A Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Sailor was selected as the Navy Medicine 2016 Sailor of the Year during a ceremony at Defense Health Headquarters, in Washington, D.C., Jan. 27... MORE

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (Jan. 27, 2017)

Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general and chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, joins deputy surgeon general of the Navy Rear Adm. Terry J. Moulton and Force Master Chief Terry J. Prince, Hospital Corps director, in congratulating Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Cameron Graham, of Navy Medicine Training Support Center as Navy Medicine's 2016 Sailor of the Year.

(U.S. Navy photo by Mariah Felipe/Released)

Commentary: Army Materiel Command recognizes JBSA-Fort Sam Houston Soldiers, organizations
January 3, 2017 — I recently completed a visit with the great Soldiers and organizations of Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Dec. 7, 2016, and I could not be more impressed. The professionalism, talent and hard work was apparent in every office, motor pool, and center I visited. ... MORE

Lt. Gen. Larry Wyche
U.S. Army Materiel Command
Deputy Commanding General

Unique rehab center at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston gets injured military back on duty
November 30, 2016 — Not long after receiving innovative care for serious combat-related injuries, Air Force 2nd Lt. Marc Esposito gave his future wife a tour of the unique rehabilitation center that helped the Air Force special operator get back to jumping out of planes. The state-of-the-art setting cast with advanced technology inside the Center for the Intrepid at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston impressed Elizabeth Russell Esposito so much that she took a job there. ... MORE

Wayne Strube (left), a former Air Force security forces patrolman, coaches Army Staff Sgt. Lennis Lebarge as he rehabs his right knee with the Delfi machines BFR tourniquet at the Center for the Intrepid, or CFI, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Sept. 13. The BFR tourniquet reduces blood flowing from the specific body part and expedites the healing process. Strube currently serves military service members as the CFI physical therapist in charge of the Return to Run program.