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JBSA, AACOG recognized for vital partnerships
October 14, 2022 — Joint Base San Antonio and the Alamo Area Council of Governments were recently recognized for their long-standing partnerships with two distinct honors... MORE

New support agreement improves EMS response times, capabilities at JBSA-Randolph
November 9, 2021 — A Blanket Intergovernmental Support Agreement between Joint Base San Antonio and the Alamo Area Council of Governments, and a resulting task order with the City of Schertz, Texas, is helping people at JBSA-Randolph get the medical care they need faster... MORE

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Partnership assists service members transitioning from military service
October 15, 2021 — A memorandum of understanding to establish an official Air Force Community Partnership between the 502nd Air Base Wing and Southwest Research Institute, or SwRI, was ceremoniously signed during the Public-Public, Public-Private meeting Oct. 14, 2021, at the Alamo Area Council of Governments. ... MORE

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New IGSA will provide wounded, recovering service members with transportation
September 10, 2021 — The Alamo Area Council of Governments will soon provide bus service for service members assigned to the Joint Base San Antonio Soldier Recovery Unit, or who are participating or enrolled in the medical recover program at Brooke Army Medical Center, thanks to a newly established Intergovernmental Support Agreement, or IGSA... MORE

Occupational therapist assisting male soldier with prosthetic arm with pushups.

JBSA contributes to improving regional air quality
February 12, 2021 — Air quality may not be something you think about daily, but it is vastly important to everyone’s health and safety and requires multiple efforts to ensure it is a priority, particularly in the Alamo Region and at Joint Base San Antonio... MORE

Vehicle Management across the Air Force is mandated to always lean toward purchasing alternative fuel, low greenhouse gas non-tactical vehicles for daily transportation movement.

AACOG-led consortium seeks Sentinel Landscape status for JBSA-Camp Bullis
February 4, 2021 — Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis sits astride the Southern Edwards Plateau on the Northwest edge of San Antonio. This gem of JBSA is vital to military training and readiness as it provides a rugged tactical training area in this Texas Hill Country landscape essential to the training of all military services’ combat medics and Air Force security forces... MORE

Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis sits astride the Southern Edwards Plateau on the Northwest edge of San Antonio.

Power grid protection at forefront of San Antonio, JBSA electromagnetic defense initiatives
January 12, 2021 — In March 2019, members of the San Antonio-Electromagnetic Defense, SA-EMD, and Joint Base San Antonio-Electromagnetic Defense Initiative, JBSA-EDI, mapped out a basic strategy to ensure military operations in San Antonio will continue in a post-electromagnetic pulse, or post-EMP, environment. Their first line of effort is infrastructure resiliency... MORE

CPS Energy’s Vice President of Grid Transformation & Engineering, Richard Medina, front, and Chief Security, Safety & Gas Solutions Officer Fred Bonewell evaluate security measures at an area substation.

JBSA partners with local governments to ensure citizen, pilot safety
November 10, 2020 — To ensure the safety of base aircrew and citizens residing near Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, a blanket Intergovernmental Support Agreement was utilized for the first time with the Alamo Area Council of Governments which incorporates a contract managed by Universal City, Texas. This historic partnership was publicly recognized at an event Nov. 10... MORE

Brig. Gen. Caroline M. Miller, 502d Air Base Wing and Joint Base San Antonio commander, speaks during the Lindbergh Demolition Project partnership recognition event, Nov. 10, 2020, in Universal City, Texas.

JBSA Security Forces sharpen skills with AACOG assistance
October 30, 2020 — The Alamo Area Council of Governments, a voluntary association of cities, counties and special districts within South Central Texas, has a longstanding relationship with the San Antonio military community and recently hosted a training event for Joint Base San Antonio security forces members... MORE

Staff Sgt. Kody Negri, 802d Security Forces Squadron, Staff Sgt. William McLaughlin, 502d SFS, Sgt. Michael Aulner, 502d SFS and Officer Jeremy Quinn, 802d SFS participate in combative training at the Alamo Area Council of Governments, San Antonio, Texas, Oct 22, 2020.

JBSA receives $9M in state grant funding for electrical upgrades
April 23, 2020 — Through a state grant, Joint Base San Antonio is slated for $9 million in upgrades to bolster physical security for its electrical infrastructure and replace overhead transmission lines with underground lines at one of its installations... MORE

Local government support agreements facilitate savings for JBSA
January 31, 2020 — Joint Base San Antonio is currently utilizing three IGSA’s to purchase goods and services through the City of San Antonio and the Alamo Area Council of Governments, or AACOG, to include agreements for paving, blanket commodity and services purchasing, and the purchase of bulk materials, like the rock, sand, topsoil, and concrete used in JBSA construction and landscaping projects... MORE

The Department of Defense budgets about $25 billion annually to operate and support its installations, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office. Years ago, the GAO determined the DOD needed to reduce its installation support costs, and the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 helped bring their efforts to fruition by authorizing military services to enter into Intergovernmental Support Agreements, or IGSAs, with local and state governments, leveraging financial benefits and enhancing mission effectiveness.

AACOG, JBSA sign blanket intergovernmental support agreement
September 30, 2019 — Brig. Gen. Laura Lenderman, commander, 502nd Air Base Wing and Joint Base San Antonio, and Diane Rath, Alamo Area Council of Governments executive director, signed a historical agreement at the AACOG Board of Directors meeting Sept. 25. ... MORE

Brig. Gen. Laura Lenderman, commander, 502nd Air Base Wing and Joint Base San Antonio, and Diane Rath, Alamo Area Council of Governments executive director, signed a historical agreement at the AACOG Board of Directors meeting Sept. 25. This new blanket Intergovernmental Support Agreement, or IGSA, will afford JBSA the opportunity to bring requirements they would normally fill through traditional federal contracting actions to AACOG.

School systems serving JBSA families receive $5 million grant
March 1, 2017 — The National Math and Science Initiative, or NMSI, in collaboration with the Alamo Area Council of Governments, announced a $5 million grant Feb. 27 to support expanded math and science educational opportunities at school systems serving families stationed at Joint Base San Antonio. ... MORE

Marcus Ligenfelter, (left) president of the National Math and Science Initiative, or NMSI, presents a $5 million check Feb. 27 earmarked for science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, education in high schools serving military dependents at Joint Base San Antonio. This is the first round of funding and will be directed to individual school districts within JBSA to incentivize advanced placement classes. This is a Department of Defense-supported initiative to provide the successful model to the military. Also in photo from left are Rad Weaver, San Antonio Chamber of Commerce president; Brig. Gen. Heather Pringle, commander, 502nd Air Base Wing and JBSA; Chris Schuchart, Medina County judge and chair, Alamo Area Council of Government; and Diane Rath, AACOG executive director.