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Brig. Gen. Scott Bethel receives first star
July 13, 2009 —

San Antonio mayor visits Lackland
July 10, 2009 — San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro visited Lackland July 2, meeting with 37th Training Wing leadership, learning about the missions of the Air Force's largest training wing, and praising the strong...

Base expansion subject of study
July 10, 2009 — With an eye cast toward the future, Team Lackland, the city of San Antonio and the Port San Antonio Authority are joining forces on a study involving the Lackland Growth Management Plan. The San...

Air Force wounded warrior visits White House
July 9, 2009 — Senior Airman Duane Dunlap enjoyed a very special Independence Day with President Barack Obama. Airman Dunlap, a security forces journeyman assigned to the 59th Patient Squadron at Lackland Air Force...

To make a smooth move this summer, plan ahead and follow directions from TMO
July 8, 2009 — Team Randolph officials say it's easy to move smoothly from during the traditionally busy summer "PCS season,"provided Airmen and their family members plan ahead and take certain steps. "The first and...

Star Spangled Festival 2009
July 8, 2009 —

With soaring temperatures and heat illnesses, every Airman should be a wingman
July 8, 2009 — With the South Texas summer's soaring temperatures, medical officials are encouraging Team Randolph Airmen to watch for heat-related illnesses, especially heat stroke and heat exhaustion - and to...

Web site gives customers one-stop for A&FRC information
July 7, 2009 — The Airman and Family Readiness Center offers many services that are detailed on their official Web site located at www.randolphfamilies.com.According to the site, the A&FRF "helps individuals and...

A&FRF program offers counseling services, support for military families
July 7, 2009 — The Department of Defense recently established a free Military and Family Life Consultant program that provides non-medical, short term, situational problem solving counseling services to all military...

12th MDG offers food safety tips
July 7, 2009 — Warm weather is in full gear, and this means more cook-outs! With so much fun around us, sometimes we forget basic food handling practices, which could cause a food borne illness. Food borne illnesses...

AETC claims Randolph's 2009 intramural volleyball title
July 7, 2009 — After a grueling five matches in a 24-hour period, Air Education and Training Command A2/3/10 emerged last week as the 2009 Randolph intramural volleyball champions. The AETC team lost 25-20, 25-19 to...

Comedy Night comes to Parr O'Club July 17
July 7, 2009 — The Parr O'Club will soon host another out-of-the-box entertainment event, this one to bring a little humor to the lives of Airmen, their spouses and their children. Two comedians will perform...

Poster showing consequences of drinking and driving takes first place in safety contest
July 6, 2009 — The dramatic image of a child whose parents have died in an accident involving drunken driving earned first place in the 12th Flying Training Wing Safety Office's first safety poster contest. The...

Technical sergeant selects prepare for leadership
July 2, 2009 — Team Lackland Airmen selected for promotion to technical sergeant had an opportunity to learn about leadership while experiencing what it means to be an Airman during the inaugural technical sergeant...

Joint Base San Antonio moves closer toward implementation
July 2, 2009 — Representatives from the Office of the Secretary of Defense and participating branches of the service met to finalize the way ahead for Randolph, Lackland and Fort Sam Houston during a joint basing...

Lackland officers selected for promotion
July 2, 2009 — The 2009A Line of the Air Force, Biomedical Science Corps and Nurse Corps Central Selection boards selected 466 lieutenant colonels, 92 majors and 271 captains for promotion June 24. The boards...

CSAF visits Lackland
July 2, 2009 —

Team Randolph's environmental management system conforms to AF standards
July 1, 2009 — A recent certification audit of the Randolph Air Force Base's environmental management system, or EMS, said it conforms to Air Force standards for management of hazardous waste six months before...

Are you a fan of Randolph Air Force Base?
June 30, 2009 — Social media has seemingly leaped to the forefront in today's information age. Sites such as Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, LinkedIn and blogs have become valuable resources to share information and...

Team Randolph's 435th FTS teaches surface attack tactics to future A-10 pilots
June 29, 2009 — For the first time on Randolph Air Force Base, the 435th Fighter Training Squadron is teaching future A-10 pilots the basics of surface attack tactics. During a new piece of the Introduction to...