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Lackland ready for MSET visit
March 7, 2008 — The Air Education and Training Command Headquarters Maintenance Standardization and Evaluation Team will be at Lackland March 10 to perform the inspection of aircraft, trainer and munitions... MORE

Legal Office offers credit advice to Airmen
March 7, 2008 — Several different credit scams have surfaced in recent years. Most are fairly easy to spot, once it's known what to look for. The most recent scams relate to auto finance, special rate credit cards... MORE

Horsemen win base championship
March 7, 2008 — The 37th Security Forces Squadron "Horsemen" won the basketball base championship, defeating the 690th Alteration and Installation Squadron "Roadrunners," 42-28, March 4. The game featured tough... MORE

AFIOC takes 3rd place in hoops tourney
March 7, 2008 — Air Force Information Operations Center took third place in the Intramural Basketball Postseason Tournament, beating 59th Logistics Readiness Squadron, 51-44, March 4. 59th LS began fouling AFIOC on... MORE

737th TRG commander readies BMT for 2-week expansion
March 7, 2008 — "Training for Success" is the new motto of the 737th Training Group, requiring Airmen and the new commander, Col. Edward Westermann, to go the extra mile and a half to ensure trainees are... MORE

12th FTW Change of Command scheduled for March 14
March 7, 2008 — The 12th Flying Training Wing vice commander will take command of the wing during a change of command ceremony March 14. Col. Jacqueline Van Ovost takes command from Col. Richard Clark at a 10 a.m... MORE

Air Force announces incoming AETC commander
March 7, 2008 — Air Force leaders named the commander of Air University as the future leader of Air Education and Training Command Feb. 28. President George W. Bush nominated Lt. Gen. Stephen R. Lorenz, Air... MORE

March is AF Nutrition Month
March 7, 2008 — The importance of good nutrition is nothing new. As early as 400 B.C., Hippocrates, "the father of medicine" said, "let food be your medicine and medicine be your food." Luckily, we have made great... MORE

New program helps Airmen avoid payday loans
March 7, 2008 — Team Randolph Airmen in need now have an interest-free alternative to high-interest payday loan establishments. The Air Force Aid Society has started a new quick loan program called Falcon Loan, which... MORE

Investigate Before You Invest: Financial program teaches power of compound interest, investing
March 7, 2008 — Participants in a financial program here Feb. 27 received 90 minutes' worth of advice ranging from how compound interest can work for and against you and how to resist the allure of investment... MORE

Airmen's Heritage Park grand opening scheduled for March 6
March 4, 2008 — Team Randolph members are invited to attend the grand opening of Airmen's Heritage Park at 10 a.m. Thursday. The new park, which is located in the base's old Wherry housing area, is dedicated to the... MORE

The Airmen's Heritage Park grand opening ceremony is scheduled for March 6 at 10 a.m. The nine-acre park, which is located in Randolph's old Wherry housing area, is dedicated to the Airmen who have served and will continue to serve in the Air Force. It contains a pavilion, public restrooms, a half-mile walking path and a Medal of Honor memorial which displays Army Air Corps and Air Force Medal of Honor recipients who served in World War I, World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War eras.

Air Force honors 12th Medical Group NCOs with Medical Service Awards
March 3, 2008 — Two Team Randolph members from the 12th Medical Group earned 2007 Air Force Medical Service Awards. Master Sgt. Yolanda Batchelor, Public Health Flight NCOIC, was recognized as the lead public health... MORE

Botanical appreciation blossoms at Randolph CDC
March 3, 2008 — A group of budding gardeners at Randolph is planting the seeds for a greener America and not one of them is more than 5 years old. They're all children at Randolph's Child Development Center and their... MORE

Toby Mills, 5, displays his gardening skills at the Randolph Child Development Center.

Luci Baines Johnson relates trials, triumphs of White House years
March 3, 2008 — On a day when a pair of Democratic Party heavyweights, former president Bill Clinton and Sen. Edward Kennedy, campaigned for their candidates in San Antonio, the daughter of a party and Texas icon... MORE

Jennifer Pleus (left), president of the Randolph Officers’ Spouses’ Club, presents Luci Baines Johnson, daughter of President Lyndon Baines Johnson, with a monetary donation to the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin. Ms. Johnson spoke to club members during a luncheon Feb. 21 at the officers’ club. Photo by Rich McFadden

Learn to cool it. Course teaches base members how to control anger
March 3, 2008 — A free anger management course offered by the Health and Wellness Center is helping Team Randolph members understand the causes of anger and how it can be dealt with before it becomes destructive to a... MORE

‘Active duty’ alerts help protect members from identity theft
March 3, 2008 — The last thing you want to worry about while you're deployed is someone assuming your identity to commit financial fraud. Now, you don't have to. Amendments to the Fair Credit Reporting Act allow you... MORE

Reading time
February 29, 2008 — MORE

Brig. Gen. Len Patrick, 37th Training Wing commander, reads the book "Hands!" to a group of children at the Lackland Child Development Center on Feb. 19. The event was sponsored by the African American Heritage Committee. (USAF photo by Alan Boedeker)

Lackland youths celebrate Black History Month
February 29, 2008 — The Lackland Youth Center staff and Parent Advisory Board hosted their annual African American Heritage program Feb. 23 at the Lackland Youth Center. The event kicked off with introductions by event... MORE

A group of children holds up signs supporting racial equality during the Lackland Youth Center's annual African American Heritage program Feb. 23 at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. The event included wagon rides and displays from Buffalo Soldier representatives, as well as jazz and poetry tributes. (USAF photo by Robbin Cresswell)

Star commander
February 29, 2008 — MORE

Brig. Gen. Len Patrick, 37th Training Wing commander, gets his star embedded into his uniform by his father, Alexander "A.J." Patrick, a retired senior master sergeant and Vietnam veteran, during the general's frocking ceremony Feb. 20. General Patrick took command of the 37th TRW Jan. 25. Special guests at the ceremony included Gen. and Mrs. Bill Looney, Air Education and Training Command commander; Louis Stumberg, civilian aide emeritus to the secretary of the Army, and Col. David Orr, 2nd Air Force vice commander. (USAF photo by Robbin Cresswell)

AAHC concludes Black History Month festivities with banquet
February 29, 2008 — The Team Lackland African American Heritage committee held their Scholarship Banquet on Feb. 22nd at the Gateway Club, concluding this year's official Black History Month events on base. Retired Lt... MORE

Recipients of the African American Heritage Committee scholarships pictured with retired Lt. Gen. John Hopper, the guest speaker for the AAHC Scholarship Banquet on Feb. 22, are (from left) Joseph S. Roberts, Christopher E. Starks, Phillip Guadiano II and Aaron Scott III. Mr. Roberts of John Marshall H.S. was the 2nd place winner and received a $1,250 scholarship award. He plans to attend Houston Baptist University. Mr. Starks of Earl Warren H.S. was the 1st place winner and received a $2,000 scholarship award. He plans to attend Texas A&M University. Mr.Guadiano of Sandra Day O'Conner H.S. was the 3rd place winner and received a $750 scholarship award. He plans to attend Texas A&M University. Mr. Scott of John Jay Science and Engineering Academy was the 4th place winner and received a $500 scholarship award. He plans to attend University of Texas-San Antonio. (USAF photo by Alan Boedeker)