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San Antonio Spurs’ Zach Collins visits METC
February 9, 2024 — Zach Collins, San Antonio Spurs player, visited the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston with USAA on Jan. 25, 2024, as part of several events throughout the basketball season, supporting and celebrating the local military community... MORE

149th Fighter Wing hosts San Antonio Spurs point guard Tre Jones
March 14, 2023 — The 149th Fighter Wing Gunfighters hosted Tre Jones from the San Antonio Spurs March 7 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland... MORE

Spurs player visits Alamo Wing
March 4, 2022 — Keldon Johnson, a member of the San Antonio Spurs basketball team, visited the 433rd Airlift Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland March 2 to meet Reserve Citizen Airmen and learn the capabilities and missions of the C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft... MORE

Keldon Johnson, a San Antonio Spurs basketball player, talks with Dan Mishket, USAA senior military affairs representative and field operations-south region, during his visit to the 433rd Airlift Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, March 2, 2022. Johnson received an in-depth look at the missions and capabilities of an Air Force Reserve Command C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Samantha Mathison)

'The Admiral': basketball great, S.A. legend, and U.S. Naval Academy grad
June 11, 2020 — Almost every sporting event in the United States has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, an absence noted by the many service members who are ardent sports fans and enjoy playing sports. Because the games are mostly on hold, here's a look at a sports legend who also served in the military... MORE

David Robinson's teammates nicknamed him "The Admiral" because after graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy, where he majored in mathematics, he served in the Navy from 1983 to 1987.

Is the San Antonio Spurs Coyote an Air Force Pilot?
March 11, 2020 — In late February, the well-known San Antonio Spurs mascot was sighted riding his motorcycle on the Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph taxiway, sparking a flurry of interest and speculation. What could he have been up to!? Later sightings of the Coyote in flight gear confirmed suspicions! He's an Airman! ... MORE

The Spurs Coyote and his mission teammates for the day walk to their planes at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas February 25 where Regular Air Force, Air Force Reserve, and civilian Airmen from the 340th Flying Training Group headquarters, 39th Flying Training Squadron T-6 Texan Flight, 12th Flying Training Wing Safety, 559th Flying Training Squadron T-6 team, and 3rd Combat Camera Squadron (JBSA-Lackland) members, and the NBA San Antonio Spurs production crew worked to put the Coyote through the pilot training process. Video footage will be used for a Spurs Military Appreciation video to be shown during the March 10 game. (U.S. Air Force photo by Debbie Gildea)

Spurs legend speaks, signs autographs at Military Spouse Appreciation event
May 10, 2019 — Former San Antonio Spurs legend David Robinson spoke to military spouses and children, signed autographs and shot some hoops during the Military Spouse Appreciation Day event at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston May 9... MORE

Former San Antonio Spurs legend David Robinson spoke to military spouses and children, signed autographs and shot some hoops during the Military Spouse Appreciation Day event at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston May 9.

Mobile exhibit at San Antonio Spurs game highlights Army technology, aims to boost recruiting
March 27, 2019 — The Army Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, or STEM, mobile exhibit was on site March 20 at the AT&T Center in San Antonio for the Spurs' Military Appreciation Night... MORE

Sgt. 1st Class Richard Sullins, STEM mobile exhibit operator with Mission Support Battalion, explains the technological advancements for the future Soldier during a video presentation inside the STEM mobile exhibit.

Spurs point guard Dejounte Murray tours Medical Education and Training Campus
March 5, 2019 — Members of the Medical Education and Training Campus and the Navy Medicine Training Support Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston gave San Antonio Spurs point guard Dejounte Murray a hands-on demonstration of some of the training hospital corpsmen receive at the METC Feb. 28... MORE

Petty Officer 1st Class Jeremiah Hays, an instructor with the Surgical Technologist program at the Medical Education and Training Campus, and San Antonio Spurs player Dejounte Murray, perform a mock surgery in a simulated operating room. Murray's visit was organized ahead of the Spurs' Navy-themed Military Salute Night.

Spurs take on injured warriors in wheelchair basketball at Center for the Intrepid
October 3, 2018 — The San Antonio Spurs basketball team visited the Center for the Intrepid at Brooke Army Medical Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Oct. 1. This gave the crop of new players the opportunity to tour the state-of-the-art rehabilitation facility and engage in a competitive game of wheelchair basketball with a group of injured service members... MORE

Members of the San Antonio Spurs take on injured service members in a friendly game of wheelchair basketball at Brooke Army Medical Center's Center for the Intrepid, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Oct. 1. The Spurs also toured the state-of-the-art CFI rehab facility before the game. The CFI provides rehabilitation for military members who have sustained amputation, burns or functional limb loss.

San Antonio Spurs' Kyle Anderson visits JBSA-Camp Bullis
March 15, 2017 — Kyle Anderson, a 23-year-old shooting guard for the NBA's San Antonio Spurs, visited Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis March 14 to get a close look at the training Air Force officer and enlisted personnel experience... MORE

Kyle Anderson of the San Antonio Spurs gets a briefing on what security forces trainees experience during training at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis March 14.