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Child Abuse Prevention Month focuses on importance of healthy families
April 4, 2013 — The Air Force's focus on the family comes to the forefront in April, when Child Abuse Prevention Month and Month of the Military Child observances shine a light on the importance of healthy families... MORE

JBSA-Randolph's Famaganza celebrates military children
April 4, 2013 — The military child will be in the spotlight 10 a.m.-2 p.m. April 13 as Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph Youth Programs hosts its 16th annual Famaganza.An annual spring family festival that celebrates... MORE

JBSA-Randolph Airmen complete Bataan Memorial Death March
April 4, 2013 — Five active-duty members and two civilians from Air Education and Training Command's Computer Systems Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph joined 5,800 contestants in the 24th annual Bataan... MORE

First Lt. Michael Fitisemanu (left) and Master Sgt. Lynn Mortimer, Air Education and Training Command Computer Systems Squadron, take part in the 24th annual Bataan Memorial Death March at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., March 17. (Courtesy photo)

JBSA organizations celebrate Wingman Day throughout April
April 4, 2013 — Organizations at Joint Base San Antonio are gearing up to celebrate Wingman Day throughout April. Wingman Day was developed to boost morale and highlight the wingman concept - the promise, pledge and... MORE

International Military Student Office a passport to medical training
March 29, 2013 — A first-time visitor to the International Military Student Office, located on the first floor of the Army Medical Department Center and School, might think they have walked into a small museum, as the... MORE

Fort Sam Houston remembers Lt. Gen. William Caldwell III
March 29, 2013 — "If it is something that you want to do, then it is a great life," said former Fifth Army Commander, Lt. Gen. William Caldwell III, in an interview with Southwest Magazine in June 1979. "However, it... MORE

Foreign liaison officers critical to Army South's success
March 29, 2013 — Building partner nation capacity in the Southern Hemisphere is a priority for the U.S. Army. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the U.S. Army South foreign liaison program.The Army South staff... MORE

Brain injury doesn't mean you're broken, Soldier says
March 29, 2013 — Army Spc. Kevin Wear was riding in an armored vehicle in Afghanistan last summer when a roadside bomb exploded, tearing the vehicle into three pieces and killing three of the five passengers... MORE

Sgt. Ed Matayka spends a quiet moment with his wife, Karen, at the Warrior and Family Support Center near San Antonio Military Medical Center. The Vermont National Guard medic lost both legs and suffered a brain injury after a roadside bomb blew up his vehicle in Afghanistan in July 2010. (Photo by Lori Newman, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Public Affairs)

Air Force Assistance Fund campaign gets underway
March 28, 2013 — The Air Force Assistance Fund campaign kicked off Monday at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland with a goal to raise $347,000 for the four charitable affiliates under the AFAF umbrella. The kickoff was... MORE

(From left) Col. Gerald V. Goodfellow, 12th Flying Training Wing commander, Maj. Gen. A.J. Stewart, Air Force Personnel Center commander, Gen. Edward A. Rice Jr., commander of Air Education and Training Command, and Brig. Gen. John P. Horner, Air Force Recruiting Service commander, sign their pledge form for Air Force Assistance Fund in General Rice's office at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, March 26, 2013. (U.S. Air Force photo/Joel Martinez)

JBSA-Randolph clubs earn Air Force-level award
March 28, 2013 — The Parr and Kendrick Clubs at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph were chosen for a top Air Force-wide distinction as the Best Food Operations Program of the Year in 2012. With $4.9 million in revenue... MORE

UFC fighters bring sport to JBSA service members, families
March 28, 2013 — A quintet of Ultimate Fighting Championship competitors brought the excitement and intensity of mixed martial arts to Joint Base San Antonio this month.The five fighters - Shane Del Rosario, Ian... MORE

Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter Shane Del Rosario teaches 1st Lt. Steve Arthur and Senior Airman Joshua Royer how to perform certain moves while sparring during a UFC demo event March
15 at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Colville McFee/ Released)

Concerts, competitions await Randolph school choirs
March 28, 2013 — The Randolph High School and Randolph Middle School choirs are heading for the home stretch of the 2012-13 school year, preparing for two concerts and two competitive events.The choirs will showcase... MORE

Joyce Sullivan, Randolph Middle School choir director, rehearses songs with her sixth grade choir class March 21 at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph. (U.S. Air Force photo by Benjamin Faske/ Released)

Barrier upgrade to temporarily close half of Harmon Drive
March 28, 2013 — Harmon Drive is scheduled to be closed two lanes at a time starting April 15 to facilitate an upgrade of the final denial barriers at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph's main gate.Plans call for Harmon... MORE

Harmon Drive is scheduled to be closed two lanes at a time starting April 15 to facilitate an upgrade of the final denial barriers at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph’s main gate. (Courtesy photo by Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph Public Affairs)

'Idol Factor' debuts with new name, same thrills
March 28, 2013 — The singing competition, formerly called Randolph Idol, opened Thursday night at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph's Parr Club with a new name - Idol Factor - and a new format. In addition to the name... MORE

479th FTG Airman wins AETC Medical Technician of the Year Award
March 22, 2013 — Air Education and Training Command officials recently named Staff Sgt. Arturo Garcia, 479th Flying Training Group medical technician, as the 2012 AETC Olson-Wegner Aerospace Medical Technician of the... MORE

Staff Sgt. Arturo Garcia, 479th Flying Training Group medical technician, stationed at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., sits in a T-6A Texan II cockpit as he prepares for a familiarization flight to understand the stresses his patients endure. Garcia was recognized as the Air Education and Training Command’s 2012 Olson-Wegner Aerospace Medical Technician of the Year. (Courtesy photo)

Integration establishes contracting training ground for Soldiers
March 22, 2013 — Broadening contracting proficiency and increasing readiness are among the reciprocal benefits behind integrating more than 400 Soldiers at offices throughout the Mission and Installation Contracting... MORE

Top Akeroyd Blood Donor Center donors, units for 2012 recognized
March 22, 2013 — The Akeroyd Blood Donor Center on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston held its annual blood donor and military unit appreciation ceremony at the Sam Houston Community Center in February to thank... MORE

METC instructor recognized as Doolittle Educational Fellow
March 22, 2013 — Senior Master Sgt. Claude Weidow, superintendent for the Air Force's Independent Duty Medical Technician program at the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam... MORE

435th FTS and 12th OSS bring home AETC Top Ops Awards
March 22, 2013 — The 435th Fighter Training Squadron and 12th Operations Support Squadron were recognized as Air Education and Training Command Top Operations Squadrons for 2012. "We can all be proud of their... MORE

Bill Monk, 12th Maintenance Directorate, waits to marshall the T-38C Talon piloted by Capt. Kevin Welsh, 435th Fighter Training Squadron, prior to take off at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., Dec. 15, 2011. The 12th Flying Training Wing sent a group of 13 pilots and maintainers and five T-38C Talons from Randolph to Tyndall to assist the 325th Fighter Wing in a training exercise. (U.S. Air Force Photo by LIsa Norman)