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MICC members earn contracting awards
July 19, 2012
Maj. Christopher Center is awarded the Army Commendation Medal from Dr. Carol Lowman during an awards ceremony May 16 at Redstone Arsenal, Ala., after being named the Army Contracting Command's Outstanding Contingency Contracting Officer for 2011. Lowman is the deputy to the commanding general at ACC. Also pictured are Brig. Gen. Kirk Vollmecke, the Mission and Installation Contracting Command commanding general, and ACC Command Sgt. Maj. John Murray. (Photo by Larry McCaskill)

Program improves contract administration
July 19, 2012
Christopher Rinard teaches a module of an Mission and Installation Contracting Command Enhanced Contracting Officer Representative Class as part of his training to become an instructor. Rinard, who is a MICC quality assurance specialist at Fort Drum, N.Y., received his certification as an enhanced contracting officer representative trainer.  (Photo by Laramie Johnston)

MICC chief of staff to retire after 36 years
July 19, 2012
Col. Shane Dietrich was deployed to Kuwait in 2007 to serve as the acquisition adviser to the U.S. Army Central Command Forward.  (Courtesy photo)

Civilians contribute to Roth options
July 19, 2012

President seeks cost-cutting ideas through SAVE award
July 19, 2012

Airmen awarded Silver Stars at special ceremony
July 19, 2012
Maj. Philip Bryant, combat search and rescue pilot, was presented the
Silver Star medal at the 19th Air Force's inactivation ceremony Thursday at
Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph.  Gen. Edward A. Rice, Jr., Air Education
Training Command commander, presented the third highest military decoration
to Bryant for his participation in a recovery mission of two U.S. Army
pilots who were downed in the Allasay Valley, an enemy controlled area east
of Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan on April 23, 2011.  (U.S. Air Force photo by Rich McFadden)

AF Academy senior embraces C3, earns Green Belt certification
July 19, 2012

Back in fight: Contracting officer returns to help Soldiers
July 19, 2012
Lt. Col. Rick Skeen is a contracting officer for the Mission and Installation Contracting Command-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, who manages pre- and post-award procurement actions, conducts market research, and develops acquisition strategies and plans that directly support Soldiers and their families. (Photo Credit: Mr. Ryan Mattox [ACC])

Senator visits Wounded Warriors, Families at WFSC
July 19, 2012
FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas — Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas (center) meets with Capt. Larkin O’Hern, a triple-amputee, and his wife, Rachael, during a July 2 visit to the Warrior and Family Support Center. O’Hern, who is working as a planner at U.S. Army North, told the senator about his desire to work in the Army Congressional Fellowship program. O’Hern was injured after an improvised-explosive device detonated while he was conducting a dismounted patrol in Kandahar, Afghanistan, New Year’s Eve 2010. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Keith Anderson, Army North PAO)

Students get on right track during workshop
July 19, 2012
Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph personnel prepare for their physical training test during an early morning run July 13 on the Rambler Fitness Center track at Randolph. (U.S. Air Force photo by Rich McFadden)

Army North CG recognizes San Antonio WWII veteran for his service to nation
July 19, 2012
FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas — Lt. Gen. William Caldwell IV presents a Lifetime Achievement Award to Darrell G. Harris on behalf of the 82nd Airborne Division Association for his actions and service during WWII July 13 at the U.S. Army North Headquarters in the Quadrangle here. Harris is a veteran paratrooper of 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, from World War II. Caldwell is the commanding general of U.S. Army North and senior commander of Fort Sam Houston and Camp Bullis. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Christopher DeHart, Army North PAO)

Public affairs staff consolidates JBSA websites
July 19, 2012

Army North celebrates historic battalion change of command
July 19, 2012
FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas — Lt. Gen. William Caldwell IV passes the battalion colors to Lt. Col. Zoltan Krompecher as the Soldiers and civilians of Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, U.S. Army North, witnessed the battalion’s inaugural change of command and change of responsibility ceremony at Fort Sam Houston’s Rehearsal of Concept Drill Facility July 12. Caldwell, the commanding general of U.S. Army North and senior commander of Fort Sam Houston and Camp Bullis, served as the reviewing officer for the ceremony. Krompecher assumed command from Lt. Col. Shannon Miller, and Command Sgt. Maj. Alvin Chaplin Sr. assumed responsibility for the battalion from Command Sgt. Maj. Eddie Fields III. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Corey Baltos, Army North PAO)

AMEDD Museum breaks ground
July 19, 2012
(From left) Scott Schoner, Col. Mary Garr, retired Maj. Gen Patrick Brady, Lt. Gen. Eric Schoomaker, retired Maj. Gen. Patrick Sculley, retired Maj. Gen. Kenneth Farmer and Marc Long celebrate the groundbreaking for the Army
Medical Department Museum Foundation's $1.3 million Medal of Honor Walk addition to the museum grounds. Construction will start this fall.

Military Surgeons General visit the Medical Education and Training Campus
July 19, 2012
(May 30, 2012) Instructors and staff of the Medical Education & Training Campus (METC) were given the opportunity of a lifetime when Lt. Gen. Charles Green, surgeon general of the Air Force; Vice Adm. Matthew Nathan, surgeon general of the Navy and chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; and Lt. Gen. Patricia Horoho, surgeon general and commanding general, U.S. Army Medical Command and their senior enlisted leaders conducted All Hands calls during a visit to METC on May 30. 

(U.S. Navy photo by Lisa Braun/Released)

MMETC activates Operation Warfighter internship program
July 19, 2012

New burn care center fully operational in San Antonio
July 19, 2012
Lt. Cmdr. Christopher Burns, U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research Burn Center surgeon, center, uses a surgical instrument to prepare a wound for surgery while, Col. Evan M. Renz, burn center director, left, and Spc. Dennis Ortiz, operating room technician, look on during the first surgery procedure performed in the new Burn Center OR, May 25, 2012, at the new consolidated tower of the San Antonio Military Medical Center.
(U.S. Army photo by Steven Galvan)

Injured service members show resilience, endurance in the 'Mini-Try'
July 19, 2012
More than 85 wounded warriors participated in non-competitive sports, consisting of a 500-meter swim, 10-mile bicycle ride and a 2-mile run at the Mini-Try held at Joint Base San Antonio Fort Sam Houston May 18.  (Photo by Jen Rodriguez)

Army - Air Force hold Joint Media Engagement at Joint Base San Antonio
July 19, 2012
The Honorable Katherine Hammack, the assistant secretary of the Army for installations, energy and environment; and the Honorable Terry Yonkers, assistant secretary of the Air Force for installations, environment and logistics, answer questions and discuss current and future energy and environmental initiatives of both services around the world, May 22.
(U.S. Army photo by IMCOM Public Affairs)

The United States Army Medical Command's Guidance on Service Animals
July 19, 2012