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Medal of Honor story shared by sister at PACE Summit
January 13, 2018 — Janine Sijan-Rozina shared the story of how her older brother, Air Force Capt. Lance Sijan, earned the Medal of Honor, the country’s highest award for valor, for his bravery to an audience of Airmen and Air Force civilians at the Profession of Arms Center of Excellence Summit Dec. 6, 2017 in San Antonio, Texas.... MORE

Vogel Resiliency Center opens to help JBSA community
January 9, 2018 — The Vogel Resiliency Center is a new facility providing resiliency services to the Joint Base San Antonio community, located on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, designed to focus, synchronize, and integrate the execution of programs that are directly supportive of the Army’s R2 (Ready and Resilient) objectives. ... MORE

Driving smart around school zones
January 5, 2018 — With the second half of the school year resuming for 2018, it is important to remind everyone to drive smart and obey all traffic laws while driving on Joint Base San Antonio, especially around the schools and housing areas.... MORE

Veterans not forgotten during the holidays
January 4, 2018 — (Editor’s note: Last names were omitted for security reasons) For some, the holidays are a time of giving and an opportunity to express one’s gratitude. For one Airman, he expressed his gratitude by... MORE

Vogel Resiliency Center to improve readiness, resilience for JBSA Soldiers
January 2, 2018 — The Vogel Resiliency Center, or VRC, is a project that brings together eight entities of resiliency services into one location. This facility is unique to JBSA-Fort Sam Houston and in the Army and opens at 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 5... MORE

VIPER clinic: Taking care of future Airmen
December 15, 2017 — Starting with barely a handful of staff members located in a small area of the Reid Clinic, the 559th Medical Group’s Versatile Injury Prevention and Embedded Reconditioning Clinic is now maturing to approximately a dozen members and spreading through five different clinics in the JBSA area.... MORE

Alamo Wing answers Angel Tree requests
December 15, 2017 — With the holiday season upon us, 433rd Airlift Wing Reserve Citizen Airmen participated in the Angel Tree program, showcasing their spirit and wiliness to give as they donated Christmas presents to 55 Alamo Wing Citizen Airmen dependents through the Angel Tree project this year.... MORE

Stepmother and son share BMT experience
December 14, 2017 — For Airman 1st Class Tyler Scott and his stepmother, Airman 1st Class Kelly Scott, the basic military training experience is something they will share and treasure together having graduated only eight weeks apart and being led by the same military training instructors. ... MORE

Occupational therapist fine tuning skills through AMEDDC&S graduate program
December 11, 2017 — As an Army occupational therapist, Maj. Robin Tennekoon is inspired by the strength, courage and resiliency shown by the service members she provides care for on a daily basis at Brooke Army Medical Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston.... MORE

Trees to Troops delivers Christmas trees
December 8, 2017 — Many members of Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland community braved the rain and the cold element, waiting outside JBSA-Lackland Outdoor Recreation Dec. 7, to receive a free tree from trees to Troops.... MORE

Guardsman fighter pilot instructor honored with ‘High Flyer’ award
December 7, 2017 — Lt. Col. Bryan Carlson, an F-16 Fighting Falcon instructor pilot for the 149th Fighter Wing here at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, was recently honored for winning the 2017 Air Education and Training Command Carlson High Flyer Individual Award in the F-16 category.... MORE

‘We own the night’: Working together to improve training
December 4, 2017 — The Army has many axioms, but one that equates to triumph on the battlefield is “we own the night,” which is uttered by Department of Defense service members at home and abroad. The phrase derives from the overwhelming advantage provided by the United States military’s night vision capabilities. ... MORE

Fifty years later, musical resource specialist has more to offer
December 2, 2017 — For Stanley Lockaby, Band of the West musical resource specialist at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, 50 years of military service is a milestone – but he insists he is not ready for the next chapter of rest and relaxation.... MORE

Alamo Wing Airmen improve readiness with ATSO training
December 1, 2017 — More than 100 Airmen from the 433rd Airlift Wing participated in an Ability to Survive and Operate training exercise along the flight line at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Nov. 18, 2017.... MORE

433rd Airlift Wing honors CCAF degree recipients
December 1, 2017 — The 433rd Airlift Wing recognized 38 Community College of the Air Force graduates during a special ceremony Nov. 18, 2017 at the Defense Language Institute auditorium.... MORE

Commentary: Be decisive in what you do
November 29, 2017 — As leaders, we must remember to be decisive. The choices we make impacts others. If we do not make a decision, someone else will make it for us.... MORE

IAAFA teams up for first ever joint training exercise
November 29, 2017 — Students from both the Inter-American Air Force Academy’s 837th Training Squadron and the 37th Training Group's 343rd TRS partnered in the first of many joint military training exercises.... MORE

25th AF civilian recognized as exceptional, visionary leader
November 25, 2017 — The recipient of the 2018 Brig. Gen. Wilma Vaught Visionary Leadership Award for Air Combat Command was awarded to Pierre Terry, 25th Air Force director of staff at Logistics, Engineering and Force Protection Directorate (A4). ... MORE

JBSA Air Force clinic first to offer new breakthrough procedure
November 24, 2017 — The 59th Medical Wing's Wilford Hall Eye Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland is the first Air Force medical clinic to perform corneal collagen crosslinking in-house, and has already treated 10 patients so far.... MORE

Future of ISR is Airmen
November 24, 2017 — Vice commander of the 25th Air Force, Brig. Gen. James Cluff, along with Brig. Gen. Peter Lambert, Air Combat Command director of intelligence, discussed the future of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance during a panel discussion at the annual Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association’s Alamo Ace conference Nov. 15 in San Antonio.... MORE