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JBSA-Randolph supports local Feds Feed Families program
August 22, 2012 — Feds Feed Families, a national effort urging federal employees to donate nonperishable food to food banks, began operating in San Antonio in 2011. Thirty local federal agencies collected 30,429 pounds... MORE

Maj. Gen. Alfred Stewart (second from left) , Air Force Personnel Center commander, joins Jacob Love, AFPC entitlements branch, Chief Master Sgt. Rubin Gonzales, AFPC command chief and Todd Fore, AFPC executive director, at a Feds Feeds Families food bank donation barrel during a collection event held at AFPC on Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas Aug. 15. (U.S. Air Force photo by Rich McFadden)

Members now qualify for short sale assistance
August 22, 2012 — One of the hardships military members face when they have orders for a permanent change of station is selling their home.That burden becomes even greater when their home is worth less than the balance... MORE

12th OG excels during no-notice inspection
August 22, 2012 — The men and women of the 12th Operations Group received 21 flight evaluations during a no-notice inspection by a team of Air Education and Training Command inspectors from August 13-16.The inspection... MORE

Mosquito fogging this week on JBSA-Fort Sam Houston
August 21, 2012 — Targeted hand-held mosquito fogging is scheduled for Thursday morning, Aug. 23 and Friday morning, Aug. 24 between midnight and 3 a.m. at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston.Thirteen additional mosquito sample... MORE

Four San Antonio Recruiting Battalion Soldiers recognized for separate lifesaving efforts
August 16, 2012 — Four Soldiers from the San Antonio Recruiting Battalion were recognized for performed lifesaving efforts in their local communities during a ceremony at the Dodd Chapel on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort... MORE

San Antonio Recruiting Battalion commander Lt. Col. David A. Grant looks on as Maj. Gen. David L. Mann, U.S. Army Recruiting Command commanding general, presents the Army Commendation Medal to Sgt. 1st Class David A. Mendoza for a lifesaving action. (U.S. Army Photo by Lisa Masters)

San Antonio Military Medical Center recognizes youth volunteers
August 16, 2012 — A group of teens were recognized and honored for their volunteer services this summer at San Antonio Military Medical Center Aug. 6.The ceremony, hosted by Brooke Army Medical Center volunteer... MORE

Volunteers Ryan Teich and Haley Richards label IV bags in the post-anesthesia care unit at the San Antonio Military Medical Center. The volunteer program brought 66 high school teens with more than 35 assigned supervisors throughout the medical center. (U.S. Army Photo by Kelly Schaefer, BAMC Public Affairs)

BAMC volunteers fill vital role in health care mission
August 16, 2012 — Brooke Army Medical Center's health care mission is growing by leaps and bounds, and as it grows, so does the hospital's need for volunteers. BAMC supervisors create positions and duties so that... MORE

Volunteer information desk greeter Ed O'Boyle helps a vistor to San Antonio Military Medical Center navigate the hospital. Greeters are often the first person a patient, family member, vistor or vendor meets. (Photo by Mike Dulevitz, Brooke Army Medical Center Volunteer Services)

ARSOUTH, Colombian army, partner nations, kick off PANAMAX 2012
August 15, 2012 — Members of U.S. Army South, along with armed and security forces from 17 nations, officially kicked off the annual U.S. Southern Command-sponsored Fuerzas Aliadas PANAMAX exercise taking place... MORE

Sailors from Special Boat Team 22 and service members from Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Panama and Peru participate in a hot extraction training exercise as part of PANAMAX 2011. PANAMAX focuses on the defense of the Panama Canal with participants from 17 countries and involving more than 3,500 personnel throughout the U.S. Southern Command.

DoD to improve voluntary education safeguards
August 15, 2012 — The Defense Department is nearing completion of an agreement with post-secondary schools to ensure service members have the best possible experience in continuing their education, a senior Pentagon... MORE

New mural depicts San Antonio's rich military history
August 15, 2012 — A newly designed mural depicting the history of the military in San Antonio adorns the upstairs hallway in the 502nd Air Base Wing headquarters on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston."We wanted to... MORE

Peter Law, 502nd Air Base Wing historian, admires the new mural depicting San Antonio’s rich military history at the 502nd ABW headquarters on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston. (U.S. Army photo by Lori Newman)

Airmen learn to run strategically with online instruction
August 15, 2012 — Beginning Sept. 1, Air Force medical officials will take new strides to get Airmen running safely.The Air Force Telehealth Office will conduct a six-month study to investigate the outcome and... MORE

Running graphic (Photo illustration by Maggie Armstrong)

'All' personnel affect environmental management systems
August 15, 2012 — One of the primary goals for Tiffany Evans, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph Environmental Management Systems coordinator, is to get base members familiar with EMS by improving communication. Based on... MORE

Medical professionals recommend year-round immunizations
August 15, 2012 — August is National Immunization Awareness Month, the time of year when many parents rush their children to the doctor's office or clinic for their shots because of school requirements.However,... MORE

Staff Sgt. Caroline Mejia, 359th Medical Group, receives an immunization from Staff Sgt. Alex FarFan, 359th Medical Group allergy immunization technician, at the Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph Clinic April 2. (U.S. Air Force photo by Don Lindsey)

AF addresses use of 'bath salts' with zero tolerance
August 15, 2012 — A dangerous designer drug with an innocuous name is growing in popularity, causing concern in the military and in the civilian world.Marketed as "bath salts," these retail products contain chemicals... MORE

Officials ease voting process for active duty, civilians
August 15, 2012 — With the 2012 general election less than three months away, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph active-duty members and civilian employees unsure of the voting process can find the help they need from the... MORE

Welsh 'humbled' to serve as Air Force chief of staff
August 13, 2012 — The Air Force chief of staff flag passed to the service's 20th chief in a ceremony here Aug. 10.Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, a 36-year Airman, stepped into the position, taking over for Gen. Norton... MORE

Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, chief of staff of the Air Force. (Official Air Force photo)

Colonel Erlewine assumes command of 902nd Mission Support Group
August 13, 2012 — A career logistics officer who has had command positions at two air bases assumed leadership of the 902nd Mission Support Group during a change of command ceremony Aug. 10.Col. Christine Erlewine, who... MORE

Brig. Gen. Theresa C. Carter, 502nd Air Base Wing and Joint Base San Antonio commander, passes the guidon to Col. Christine Erlewine, the new 902nd Mission Support Group commander, during the 902nd MSG change of command ceremony at JBSA-Randolph Aug. 10.
(U.S. Air Force photo by Don Lindsey)

Air Force chief's daughter takes bronze in Olympic long jump
August 13, 2012 — Air Force family member Janay DeLoach leaped 6.89 meters Aug. 8 at Olympic Stadium in London to take the bronze medal in women's long jump.USA teammate Brittney Reese won the gold with a jump of 7.12... MORE

SAMMC’s Nuclear Medicine Clinic receives ‘seal of approval’
August 10, 2012 — The San Antonio Military Medical Center's Department of Radiology-Nuclear Medicine Clinic was recently granted a three-year re-certification by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission of Nuclear... MORE

ARSOUTH Soldiers get a real-world lesson in captivity avoidance, Krav Maga style
August 10, 2012 — Self-defense tactics based on the human reaction to stress in an urban warfare environment was the basis of a captivity avoidance course held for a group of U.S. Army South Soldiers at the STW Krav... MORE