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Security Forces teams prepare for return of Defender Challenge
July 26, 2018 — Security Forces teams from U.S. Air Force major commands, Great Britain and Germany are training to compete at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis Sept. 10-14 when Defender Challenge returns after a 14-year hiatus. ... MORE

Security and Protection Category Council proves category management saves millions
July 13, 2018 — The Security and Protection Category Council has been busy saving the Air Force millions of dollars and fine tuning contracting processes using a structured approach called category management. ... MORE

Service dog rescues veteran from despair of PTSD
June 29, 2018 — After battling night terrors and the pain and anxiety of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder for decades, an Air Force veteran found his lifeline at the end of a dog leash. (Editor's Note: This is part 2 of Ryan Kaono's story about living with PTSD.) ... MORE

Living with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder; a veteran's story
June 22, 2018 — Post-Traumatic stress disorder carries him into the depths of fear and pain; reliving images of death and destruction. Closing his eyes to night terrors at sundown and fighting through daily anxiety attacks eventually pushed him to the brink of suicide so he could put an end to the never-ending cycle. It wasn’t until his second suicide attempt that Air Force veteran and Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center support agreement manager Ryan Kaono took steps to face his invisible scars and reach out for help. ... MORE

AFIMSC summit delivers mission support solutions
May 21, 2018 — The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center delivered solutions to challenges base-level leaders face at a forum May 14-16 in San Antonio. ... MORE

Air Force I-WEPTAC event offers unique look at mission support challenges, potential solutions
April 19, 2018 — San Antonio-based Airmen can get a unique look at enterprise-wide agile combat support challenges and potential solutions by attending 2018 Installation and Mission Support Weapons and Tactics Conference events May 15-16. ... MORE

Oshiba assumes leadership of AFCEC
February 8, 2018 — The Air Force Civil Engineer Center welcomed its third director since the organization activated in 2012, Edwin H. Oshiba, a member of the senior executive service, during an assumption of leadership ceremony here at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Feb. 5, 2018.... MORE

Air Force Finance Workshop Focuses on Training, Process Improvement
February 5, 2018 — Staff Sgt. Amber Gonzalez and Airman 1st Class Femke Vargas can’t wait to return home to Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico from their recent trip to the 2018 Financial Services Air Force Workshop in San Antonio, Texas. Motivated by the variety of training topics, instruction, and crosstalk with more than 300 peers from across the Air Force, Gonzalez and Vargas are returning to their team with a better understanding of financial services support.... MORE

Air Force Alpha Warriors prove mettle in ‘Final Battle’
November 16, 2017 — Forty-three Airmen from installations worldwide competed in the first Air Force Alpha Warrior competition, a celebration of functional fitness and resiliency, Nov .11, 2017 in Selma, Texas.... MORE

AFIMSC war room facilitates fiscal year closeout
October 13, 2017 — Budget analysts representing every Air Force major command successfully closed out fiscal year 2017 from a war room established at the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center’s headquarters in San Antonio. ... MORE

AFFSC prepares to process thousands of Irma vouchers
September 28, 2017 — Air Force Financial Services Center officials anticipate processing 6,000-8,000 travel vouchers filed by Air Force members who evacuated in advance of Hurricane Irma.... MORE

Air Force highly recommends renters insurance
September 3, 2017 — Unforeseen fires, floods, theft or accidents can occur in anyone’s residence. Airmen need to understand the importance of protecting their families from financial hardship should such losses occur. Whether you live on base or off base, the Air Force highly recommends you get renters insurance.... MORE

Air Force teen leaders offer messages of hope, resiliency
August 4, 2017 — Teen leaders from Air Force installations worldwide gathered July 10-14, 2017 in San Antonio for the Air Force Youth of the Year and Teen Council Summit. Twenty-six Installation Youth of the Year winners and 12 Air Force Teen Council representatives worked together to develop the 2017-2018 Teen Movement Projects that will be implemented across the Air Force.... MORE

AFIMSC civilian honored for heroism
February 27, 2017 — Greg Gangnuss, a civilian member of the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center, was on a voluntary deployment to Afghanistan as a senior environmental advisor for the Ministry of Defense Advisor Program when a helicopter carrying nine coalition members crashed after striking a cable while landing at the NATO Resolute Support Mission headquarters in Kabul on Oct. 11, 2015, killing five people on board. Gangnuss helped rescue four, including Col. Laurel Burkel.... MORE