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New Parent Support Program helps answer questions
November 12, 2015 — The New Parent Support Program offers expectant parents and parents with a child under the age of 3, the opportunity to learn new parenting skills or to improve old ones. ... MORE

Air Force's Operation Home Cooking phone lines are open
November 10, 2015 — San Antonio area families can express their warmth and hospitality to Airmen and trainees at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland by allowing them an opportunity to enjoy a holiday meal and family atmosphere through Operation Home Cooking Nov. 26.... MORE

Mission Thanksgiving gives Soldiers a break at Thanksgiving
November 10, 2015 — Mission Thanksgiving at Fort Sam Houston started more than 20 years ago when area families and the installation chaplains joined to start a program providing an opportunity for Soldiers to take a break from training and enjoy a Thanksgiving within a family environment. On Nov. 26, local Army commanders invite people to welcome Soldiers into their home in recognition of Thanksgiving Day ... MORE

‘Fit Mom’ provides expectant mothers with exercise guidelines
November 5, 2015 — One of the top priorities for an expectant mother is to stayas physically active as possible, since a fit body will benefit both her andher baby.A class scheduled from 10:30-11:30 a.m. Nov. 13 in... MORE

Leading the way: A spark to start a fire
November 5, 2015 — As a leader, do not let your ego get in the way. Stand tall,but not above everyone else. Do not tell people what to do, show them. Showingthem is what leading is all about. When you show them, you are... MORE

ARMY PICKS BEST MEDICS
November 5, 2015 — The competition took place from Oct. 27 through Friday at Fort Sam Houston and Camp Bullis. ... MORE

Mission Thanksgiving gives Soldiers a break at Thanksgiving
November 5, 2015 — Local Army commanders invite people to welcome Soldiers into their home in recognition of Thanksgiving Day. For many Soldiers, Thanksgiving will be their first major holiday away from home and their families. For some it can be lonely being away. ... MORE

Celebrate America’s Military events
November 5, 2015 — Celebrate America’s Military ... MORE

Fort Sam Houston hosts ‘Salute To Veterans’ Nov. 13
November 5, 2015 — Fort Sam Houston will host its annual Salute to Veterans Ceremony at 11 a.m. Nov. 13 at MacArthur Parade Field.... MORE

Air Force legend interacts with next generation of Airmen
November 2, 2015 — Lt. Gen. Darryl Roberson, commander of Air Education andTraining Command, hosted a distinguished visitor, retired Lt. Col. Richard Cole,one of two surviving members of the Doolittle Raiders from WWII... MORE

Operation Home Cooking phone lines open Nov. 2
November 2, 2015 — San Antonioarea families can express their warmth and hospitality to Airmen and traineesat Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland by allowing them an opportunity to enjoy aholiday meal and family atmosphere... MORE

2015 JBSA Air Show, Open House showcases AF missions to local community
November 1, 2015 — More than 250,000 people attended the 2015 Joint Base SanAntonio Air Show and Open House Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 to witness military and civilian aerialacrobatics, learn about various static aircraft... MORE

Thunderbirds enlist recruits at JBSA Air Show and Open House
November 1, 2015 — More than 50 recruits from south Texas participated in an enlistment ceremony performed by the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds during the2015 Joint Base San Antonio Air Show and Open House Oct. 31 at... MORE

Thunderbirds inspire future Airmen
October 30, 2015 — Members of the Air Force Air Demonstration Team, theThunderbirds, spoke to students at Judson and Samuel Clemens High School inConverse and Schertz, Texas, respectively, today about the... MORE

NBA Spurs assistant coach Becky Hammon takes flight with Thunderbirds
October 29, 2015 — Becky Hammon, NBA assistant coach for the San Antonio Spurs,flew with the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds aerial demonstration team Oct. 29 atJoint Base San Antonio-Randolph. This once in a lifetime... MORE

The ghosts of old BAMC still roam U.S. Army South headquarters building
October 29, 2015 — Building 1000 on historic Fort Sam Houston may be occupied by U.S. Army South, but that wasn’t always the case. ... MORE

San Antonio Spurs spend time with local wounded warriors
October 29, 2015 — Warriors, family members and staff are often treated to lunch at the Warrior & Family Support Center, but rarely is lunch served by local sports superstars. Sixteen San Antonio Spurs players, along with head coach Gregg “Pop” Popovich and other members of the Spurs organization filed off a bus Oct. 21 to serve lunch, sign autographs and mingle with wounded warriors and their families. ... MORE

Military kids learn life lessons from NBA pros at Fort Sam Houston
October 29, 2015 — Seventy-five Department of Defense youth from Joint Base San Antonio locations learned life lessons and basketball skills from NBA and former San Antonio Spurs legend Bruce Bowen and current Spurs guard Patty Mills during a Jr. NBA clinic at Cole High School on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Oct. 19.... MORE

Fort Sam Houston hosts school partnership update with local districts
October 29, 2015 — Fort Sam Houston leaders met with representatives from the Fort Sam Houston, Northeast and San Antonio Independent School Districts for a luncheon Oct. 22 to discuss recent successes and future plans for the installation’s “Adopt-A-School” initiative.... MORE

Construction projects abound on Brooke Army Medical Center campus
October 29, 2015 — New construction of two facilities and renovation work at the Center for the Intrepid are keeping construction workers busy on the Brooke Army Medical Center campus and have resulted in the temporary loss of more than 200 patient parking spaces.... MORE