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JBSA-FSH Fire Department urges residents to have two ways out
October 4, 2012 — If you woke up to a fire in your home, how much time do you think you would have to get to safety? According to the National Fire Protection Association, one-third of Americans households thought they... MORE

Warrior Transition Battalion Soldiers continue with 68W combat medic training
October 4, 2012 — Wounded warriors assigned to the Brooke Army Medical Center Warrior Transition Battalion trained to renew their Nationally Registered Emergency Medical Technician license at Fort Sam Houston Sept... MORE

Combat medic wounded warriors Sgt. Vicente Ayala and Cpl. Aaron Jacinto perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation on a simulated baby mannequin during the basic life support segment of the 68W combat medic training at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Sept. 11.
Photo by Marsha Huffman

AMEDD Medal of Honor Walk pays tribute to legacy of Army medics
October 4, 2012 — The U.S. Army Medical Department Museum on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston is now the home of the nation's first monument recognizing AMEDD recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor. Lt... MORE

(From left) Al Dominguez, AMEDD Museum technician; Lt. Gen. Patricia Horoho, Army surgeon general and commanding general of the U.S. Army Medical Command; Maria Rocco, widow of Medal of Honor recipient Chief Warrant Officer 2 Louis R. Rocco; retired Maj. Gen. Patrick Sculley, chairman of the AMEDD Museum Foundation; retired Maj. Gen. Kenneth Farmer Jr., former Army deputy surgeon general; Scott Schoner, AMEDD Museum director; and Marc Long, vice president for business development from contractor Tetra Tech, cut the ribbon on the AMEDD Medal of Honor Walk.
Photo by Kirk Frady

Survivor Outreach Services opens to the community
October 4, 2012 — Post leaders cut the ribbon for the newly remodeled Survivor Outreach Services Sep. 29 to officially open the facility and to honor Gold Star Mothers and Families.More than 100 survivors, family,... MORE

Command Sgt. Maj. Alvin Chaplin Sr., Headquarters, Headquarters Battalion, U.S. Army North, helps Gold Star Mothers Esther Campbell Gates out of the Fort Sam Houston Theater following the Survivor Outreach Service Ribbon Cutting ceremony Sept. 29. Gates’ son, Spc. 4 Keith Campbell, was killed in action in Vietnam in February of 1967. The post library is dedicated in his name.
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Christopher DeHart

Wounded Warriors learn adaptive skills
October 4, 2012 — A dozen Air Force wounded warriors from around the country attended a two-day adaptive sports camp here Sept. 14 and 15, participating in events such as wheelchair basketball, cycling and kayaking... MORE

Former Staff Sgt. Claude Owens and retired Senior Airman Ramina Oraha prepare for a recumbent bike ride along the flightline at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. Assisting Oraha is her brother, Mike. Cycling was one of the sports offered during an Air Force Adaptive Sports Program camp Sept. 14 and 15. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tammy Cournoyer)

JBSA-Randolph supports Hispanic Heritage Observance Month
October 4, 2012 — With only about a week left for people to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Observance Month, the equal opportunity staff and the observation coordinators at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph urge people who... MORE

Megan Corpus and Eric Flores perform latin traditional dances during Hispanic Heritage Month at the Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph library in October 2010. Hispacic Heritage Month events at Randolph continue through Oct. 15. (U.S. Air Force photo by Joel Martinez)

AF job reservation program continues through FY13
October 4, 2012 — The Air Force career job reservation program will continue through fiscal 2013, with more than 1,000 Airmen from 30 career fields likely to be affected, Air Force officials announced Sept. 27.The CJR... MORE

Civil engineers: No room for environmental complacency
October 4, 2012 — Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph implements a number of Air Force-mandated strategies to prevent pollution and promote a cleaner environment. One tool in executing the strategy is the... MORE

Corn Starch fills the air as John Esquivel (left), and Daniel Perez, 12th Flying Training Wing Maintenance Division media blast technicians, use corn starch to strip the paint from a T-38 Talon at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Sept. 20. Two materials 12th FTW shops air blast to remove paint from T-1, T-6, T-38 and F-16 aircraft are plastic and corn starch, which have been deemed environmentally safe by the Air Force. Randolph generates about 20,000 pounds of plastic and 28,500 pounds of corn starch annually that is recycled. The excess plastic is shipped to Canton, Ohio, where it is manufactured into products such as simulated marble tiles and dog bowls.
(U.S. Air Force photo by Rich McFadden)

Gold Star Mothers, families attend facility opening
October 4, 2012 — Post leaders cut the ribbon for the newly remodeled Survivor Outreach Services Sept. 29 to officially open the facility and to honor Gold Star Mothers and families.More than 100 survivors, family,... MORE

Mary Laureana Aguirre Garza, Gold Star Mother of Army Cpl. Nathaniel Aguirre, shares
her story with a reporter about her son and her ordeal following his death in combat in
Oct. 22, 2006. Garza was present for the Survivor Outreach Services ribbon cutting
ceremony Sept. 29 at the Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Theater. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Christopher DeHart)

JBSA-Randolph observes Domestic Violence Awareness Month
October 4, 2012 — The Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph community continues a national tradition of recognizing Domestic Violence Awareness Month throughout October with a clothesline display and shelter drive, and will... MORE

AAFES to stop showing movies at JBSA-Randolph
October 4, 2012 — A decades-long era at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph will come to an end Nov. 4, when the last movie is shown in the Taj Mahal theater.Army and Air Force Exchange Service, which has run the movie... MORE

Army Air Force Exchange Service will stop showing movies at the Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph Theater after Nov. 4. (U.S. Air Force photo by Rich McFadden)

JBSA commits to saving energy
October 4, 2012 — October is Energy Awareness Month and Joint Base San Antonio is committed to reducing energy consumption to meet all conservation directives. The JBSA Energy Program is designed to comply with... MORE

AF fails in bid for 4th straight military softball title
September 27, 2012 — After 13 years of preparing at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., for the Armed Forces softball tournament, the All-Air Force softball team began its quest for a fourth-straight Armed Forces softball title... MORE

All-Air Force first baseman Josh Wiggs hits a home run in the sixth inning of the All-Air Force softball team’s exhibition game against the Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, varsity team at JBSA-Randolph’s Rambler Field Sept. 6. (U.S. Air Force photo/Alan Boedeker)

Tuesday is National Night Out
September 27, 2012 — National Night Out on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland is Tuesday, 6-8:30 p.m., at the Balfour Beatty Community Center, 2254 Brian McElroy St.Coordinated by the 802nd Security Forces Squadron and in... MORE

Not left behind: Wingman keeps fallen Airman's memory alive
September 27, 2012 — Seven years ago today, on Sept. 28, 2005, Airman 1st Class Elizabeth Jacobson, a security forces member, became the first female Airman killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom while providing convoy... MORE

Liddick takes command of Air Force Basic Military Training
September 27, 2012 — Barely into her first day as the 737th Training Group commander, the new senior leader of Air Force Basic Military Training said she expects her job at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland to be "an... MORE

Col. Mark Camerer, 37th Training Wing commander, left, presents the 737th Training Group guidon to incoming commander Col. Deborah J. Liddick as Chief Master Sgt. Kenneth Williams, 737th TRG superintendent, looks on during the assumption of command ceremony Sept. 21 on the parade grounds at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. Liddick commands the Air Force’s only basic military training group. (U.S. Air Force photo/Robbin Cresswell)

AF works to defend Armed Forces soccer title
September 27, 2012 — It is rare to find a job that will allow you to take a month off to play a sport. The best soccer players in the Air Force got that opportunity recently as they vied for a position in the All-Air... MORE

Players from the All-Air Force Soccer team practice Tuesday at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. The defending champion Air Force team is preparing to defend it’s Armed Forces Soccer tournament title next week at Camp Pendleton, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Alan Boedeker)

9/11 run draws large participation at JBSA-Lackland
September 27, 2012 — Roughly 875 Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland military and civilian personnel and dependents honored victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the Robert D. Gaylor NCO Academy's "Let's Lift Up... MORE

Airmen Basic Joseph Cole, left, and David Martinez, and Airman 1st Class Andrew Watson, members of the 344th Training Squadron, carry a U.S. fl ag with the names of those who perished in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks during the Robert D. Gaylor NCO Academy’s “Let’s Lift Up Our Fallen” 9/11 remembrance run Tuesday. The names were imprinted on the stripes. Several organizations on base participated in the 9-hour, 11-minute run, which began at 7 a.m. and concluded at exactly 4:11 p.m. (U.S. Air Force photo/Alan Boedeker)

An Airman's gift: BMT-taught CPR saves her brother's life
September 27, 2012 — If the Air Force needs to validate the importance of teaching Self Aid Buddy Care in basic training, a former trainee's brother is living proof of its effectiveness.Airman Basic Shelby Goff used CPR,... MORE

Airman Basic Shelby Goff sits with her 6-year-old brother, Amadeaus Foster, at their home in Grand Junction, Colo. (Courtesy photo, Dean Humphrey, The Daily Sentinel)

Public Health Command NCO Receives Order of Military Medical Merit
September 27, 2012 — MORE

During a ceremony at the Army Medical Department museum Spt. 14, retired Maj. Gen. Patrick Sculley, president of the museum foundation’s board of directors, presented Order of Military Medical Merit medallion to Master Sgt. Daniel Watford, who was recognized for managing health and well-being operations in Afghanistan. Watford, currently serves as the for Public Health Command Region South chief operations NCO, was recognized for his contributions in training NCOs to lead by example and preparing Soldiers for medical operations and ensuring their preparedness to go to war. The Order of Military Medical Merit is a unique organization founded in 1982 by retired Maj. Gen Bill Lefler, former commanding general of the Army Health Services Command – which is now the U.S. Army Medical Command – to recognize distinguished service by military and civilian members of the Army Medical Department. Watford is accompanied by his wife, Erica. Photo by Phil Reidinger