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DoD gives customers voice in PCS moves
August 22, 2008 — If you have ever muttered the term, "If I were in charge," confident your way of doing things could improve a product or service, the Department of Defense wants to hear from you. Through its...

Watch those power lines
August 21, 2008 —

Operation JET, TUDOS a success
August 21, 2008 — For the third straight year, Lackland's Operation JET, or Junior Expeditionary Team, gave children the opportunity to experience the deployment process first hand. For 152 children on Aug. 14, their...

Lackland Airmen selected for promotion
August 21, 2008 — Air Force officials selected 12,209 of 28,098 eligible senior airmen for promotion to staff sergeant for a selection rate of 43.45 percent. The average score for those selected was 268.39, with an...

HAWC aims to improve processes, increase efficiency
August 21, 2008 — Surrounded by large pieces of butcher paper with Magic Marker scrawlings, charts and graphs, large binders, and snacks and drinks, and cloistered in a back room in the base multimedia center, a team...

Lackland sergeants participate in Continuing Promise
August 21, 2008 — When Tech. Sgts. Carlos Morales and Maria Torres joined up with U.S. Southern Command's Continuing Promise they did so to help people and to show appreciation to a country that they both say gives...

Group seeks Purple Heart recipients
August 20, 2008 — During display hours Monday and Tuesday of the Texas Fallen Heroes Memorial, members Alamo Chapter 1836 of the Military Order of the Purple Heart will be available to help register Purple Heart...

Randolph hosts Heroes Memorial: Two-day display in Taj ends with retreat, flyover Tuesday
August 20, 2008 — People at Randolph have the opportunity to honor the more than 400 men and women from the Lone Star State who have lost their lives fighting the Global War on Terrorism when the Texas Fallen Heroes...

37 Randolph senior airmen selected for promotion
August 20, 2008 — Officials selected 12,209 of 28,098 eligible senior airmen across the Air Force for promotion to staff sergeant for a selection rate of 43.45 percent. Congratulations to the following Randolph Air...

Officials dedicate new Deployment Processing Center
August 20, 2008 —

Randolph Airman singer-songwriter's music garners national award
August 18, 2008 — A life-long interest in music that led to writing more than 100 songs throughout his life, resulted in a Department of Defense-level grand prize win for a Randolph Air Force Base electronic warfare...

AFPC testing fix for electronic forms
August 18, 2008 — Air Force Personnel Center officials here are confident that the developer of the Air Force's electronic forms program/viewer will have a final solution in the next few weeks to fix the blank line...

Chapel seeks qualified applicants to fill several job openings
August 18, 2008 — The Randolph Air Force Base chapel currently has positions available. Statements of work with full specifications and qualifications along with bid documents can be obtained at the chapel center,...

Community laces up to remember sacrifices
August 15, 2008 — The Lackland family will have the chance to participate in a nationwide running event Aug. 24 that honors our nation's fallen warriors. At 7 a.m., a 5-mile run/walk will begin at the start/finish line...

37th Mission Support Squadron creates creed mural
August 15, 2008 — A new project at the 37th Mission Support Squadron has brought a new sense of pride to the Military Personnel Flight building, Bldg. 5616. A mural, painted on one of the walls inside the building,...

Team Lackland quarterly awards announced
August 15, 2008 — Congratulations to the following Team Lackland members who were recognized with quarterly awards in a ceremony at the Gateway Club Aug. 6, 2008: Junior Enlisted Member of the Quarter Airman 1st Class...

Lackland officers selected for promotion
August 15, 2008 — Congratulations to the following Lackland Airmen selected for promotion to major, lieutenant colonel and colonel. Major selects 37th Medical Operations Squadron Maria Belmonte Anita Chapel Joann...

Building 7065 beginning of $900 million project
August 15, 2008 — Lackland's $900 million Recruit Housing and Training project kicked off with an almost $19 million bang. Building 7065, part of the project's phase 0 and the former home of the 319th Training...

Commander sets sights on 19th AF future
August 14, 2008 — The 19th Air Force commander has been at the helm now for a few weeks and has had a chance to form some first impressions and fine-tune his vision for the command. Maj. Gen. Greg Feest, who took...

16 Randolph Airmen selected for promotion
August 12, 2008 — Sixteen Randolph Air Force Base Airmen from the Line of the Air Force, Biomedical Sciences Corps and Nurse Corps were recently selected for promotion to lieutenant colonel and colonel. Congratulations...