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JBSA members learn how credit score impacts life
June 29, 2016 — Joint Base San Antonio members learned about credit reports, credit scores and the impact those reports and scores could have on their ability to obtain a loan, mortgage or additional credit at a... MORE

Elizabeth Kuhlmann, Randolph Brooks Credit Union, business development officer, teaches a class in understanding your credit, June 24, at the Military and Family Readiness Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph. Personal Financial Readiness Services provide patrons with the tools and information needed to develop individual strategies, achieve financial goals, and address financial challenges. (U.S. Air Force photo by Joel Martinez/Released)

JBSA SAPR office holds victim advocate training
June 29, 2016 — Twenty-five volunteers from Joint Base San Antonio locations underwent training to become advocates for the JBSA Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program and sexual assault survivors June 20-24... MORE

Twenty-five volunteers from Joint Base San Antonio locations underwent training to become advocates for the JBSA Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program and sexual assault survivors June 20-24 at the JBSA-Fort Sam Houston SAPR Office. A victim advocate provides support to survivors of sexual assault, including referring the survivors to medical, mental health, chaplain, legal services and law enforcement authorities who can help as necessary. Also, the victim advocate can help survivors explore their legal options, including how to report the assault to law enforcement authorities or Office of Special Investigations if they wish to. (Courtesy graphic)

ARNORTH Soldier uses jiu-jitsu as therapy to cope with PTSD
June 24, 2016 — The traditional Brazilian martial art of jiu-jitsu isn’tjust a workout or some sport to practice for 33-year-old Sgt. 1st Class BrentSchneider, U.S. Army North Security Operations Division... MORE

Former Sgt. Maj. of the Army Leon L. Van Autreve honored at ceremony
June 24, 2016 — National Flag Day and the 241st Army Birthday were specialremembrances for Rita Van Autreve, widow of former Sgt. Maj. of the Army LeonL. Van Autreve. The U.S. Army Medical Department Center and... MORE

Mrs. Rita Van Autreve (second from left), widow of former Sgt. Maj. of the Army Leon L. Van Autreve, poses June 14 with Command Sgt. Maj. Alexis A. King (left), commandant of the Non Commissioned Officers Academy, U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School, her daughter Jodi Bearden, and Command Sgt. Maj. Andrew J. Rhoades, AMEDDC&S command sergeant major.

U.S. Army South completes Brazilian army-to-army staff talks
June 24, 2016 — Maj. Gen. K.K. Chinn, U.S. Army South commander, recentlywelcomed Lt. Gen. Joarez Alves Pereira Jr., Brazilian army deputy chief of staff, to San Antonio for the32nd annual staff talks between the two... MORE

Former Army surgeon general lauds medical, allied health graduates
June 24, 2016 — A former U.S. Army surgeon general had high praise for thenearly 250 medical and allied health graduates being honored at the San AntonioUniformed Services Health Education Consortium, or SAUSHEC,... MORE

Air Force Lt. Col. Erik Weitzel (center) is presented the Gold Headed Cane by (from left) retired Lt. Gen. Eric Schoomaker; Col. Jeffrey Johnson, BAMC commander; Air Force Col. Rachel Lefebvre, 59th Medical Wing vice commander; and Dr. Woodson “Scott” Jones, San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium dean, during the SAUSHEC awards and graduation ceremony in downtown San Antonio June 10. Weitzel, an otolaryngologist, was recognized for excellence in patient care, teaching, clinical research and operational medicine.

86-year-old veteran receives nation’s highest civilian honor
June 24, 2016 — An 86-year-old Korean War veteran was awarded the nation’shighest civilian honor in a bedside ceremony at San Antonio Military MedicalCenter at Fort Sam Houston June 5.Retired Army Staff Sgt. Jose... MORE

New command chief joins JBSA team
June 24, 2016 — The 502nd Air Base Wing and Joint Base San Antonio community welcomed a new command chief who believes teamwork will be key to the continued success of the wing. Chief Master Sgt. Brion Blais, a... MORE

Young golfers learn skills at JBSA-Randolph golf camp
June 22, 2016 — Children at Joint Base SanAntonio-Randolph eager to learn about golf or better their golf skills receivedexpert instruction at the Randolph Oaks Golf Course Junior Golf Camp June13-17.Thirty-six... MORE

Children practice their golf swings at the Randolph Oak Golf Course driving range during the Junior Golf Camp, June 14, 2016, at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph. Thirty-six children, ages 7 to 14, took four days of lessons from volunteer instructors and played a few holes on the course on the last day of the camp.

Budget analyst earns AFRC’s Outstanding NCO honor
June 22, 2016 — Tech. Sgt. Gilberto Hernandez, 340th Flying Training Groupbudget analyst, may have been the most surprised person in the room when hereceived one of the Air Force Reserve Command’s most prestigious... MORE

Technical Sergeant Gilberto Hernandez, (right) 340th Flying Training Group, non-commissioned officer of the year, briefs Major Thallas Lumpkin, June 15, at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph. Hernandez was announced as the Air Force Reserve Command’s Outstanding NCO of the Year for 2015 at a banquet April 16 in Jacksonville, Fla., and he advances to represent the command in the competition for Air Force Outstanding Airman of the Year honors.

12th Operations Support Squadron keeps aircraft flying at JBSA-Randolph
June 22, 2016 — At Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, hundreds of thousands ofaircraft landings and takeoffs occur each year and the unit responsible forcoordinating the large volume of air traffic is the 12th... MORE

Jeremy Sebesta, 12th Operations Support Squadron, air traffic controller, looks for incoming aircraft, aircraft landing lights and birds at the East Control Tower, June 15, at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph. Air traffic controllers keep planes a safe distance apart, advise on landings and alert planes to potential problems.

Korean War anniversary connects generations
June 21, 2016 — (Editor's note: 2nd Lt. Howard’s last name, along with the name of his father, have been withheld for security purposes.) If not for American military intervention in the Korean War, 2nd Lt. Howard,... MORE

59th Medical Wing takes lead on Armed Services Blood Center
June 21, 2016 — The 59th Medical Wing is now at the helm of the first Air Force-led Armed Services Blood Center. A recent ribbon-cutting ceremony marked the Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Blood Donor Center’s... MORE

Stay safe around water this summer
June 21, 2016 — Ten people die daily from unintentional drowning, which ranks fifth among leading causes of unintentional injury and death in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and... MORE

DON-SAPRO Visits NTTC Lackland
June 21, 2016 — Dr. Paul Garst, Department of the Navy Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office (DON-SAPRO) deputy director, and his team conducted a site visit June 7 at Naval Technical Training Center Lackland... MORE

JBSA-Lackland pararescue training building dedicated to fallen Airman
June 21, 2016 — The pararescue training building at Joint-Base San Antonio-Lackland Medina Annex has always been adorned with the words "these things we do, that others may live," a phrase demonstrating the... MORE

A dedicated father, Airman laid to rest
June 20, 2016 — Two months after the tragic and sudden passing of Lt. Col. William “Bill” Schroeder, the U.S. Air Force Honor Guard laid him to rest with full military honors June 16, at the Arlington National... MORE

Special Tactics members pay their final respects to Lt. Col. William “Bill’ Schroeder, during his interment ceremony, June 16, 2016, at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia. Schroeder, 39, was a special operations weather officer who identified a perilous situation and reacted swiftly by putting himself between an armed individual and his first sergeant. In the process, he saved lives of other squadron members while being fatally wounded. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Philip Bryant)

First C-5M named 'City of San Antonio,' lands at Alamo Wing
June 20, 2016 — The saying “history repeats itself” has become all too familiar to the 433rd Airlift Wing, as hundreds of Airmen and distinguished guests gathered along the flight line here June 17 to welcome the Alamo Wing’s first official C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft, bestowed “The City of San Antonio.” The 433rd AW is the first and only U.S. Air Force Reserve wing to receive Lockheed Martin’s modernized cargo plane... MORE

Col. Thomas K. Smith Jr., 433rd Airlift Wing commander, addresses the crowd during the C-5M Super Galaxy transfer ceremony June 17, 2016 along the flight line of Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. Colonel Smith boarded the aircraft bound for the ceremony from Stewart Air National Guard Base, New York, that morning. It is the only C-5M to be bestowed as "The City of San Antonio." (U.S. Air Force photo by Benjamin Faske)

Warrior medics enhance skills, build relationships in Dominican Republic
June 17, 2016 — Airmen from the 59th Medical Wing are improving their clinical skills and building international relationships during a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored readiness training exercise in the Dominican Republic... MORE

(l-r) Staff Sgt. Isela Gonzalez, 506th Air Expeditionary Group chaplain assistant, translates to Alberto Rosario for Maj. Peter Rhee, 506th Expeditionary Medical Operations Squadron hand surgeon, during a Medical Readiness Training Exercise or MEDRETE as part of NEW HORIZONS 2016. In the span of two-weeks, the orthopedic medical team has treated more than 420 patients and provided 26 specialized orthopedic surgeries. Rhee is deployed from the 59th Medical Wing, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Chenzira Mallory/released)

‘Earn your cake!’… and eat it too Fort Sam Houston celebrates Army Birthday
June 17, 2016 — The morning was dark and the birds still quiet in the treesas more than 2,000 Soldiers filed onto a parade field at Fort Sam Houston toprove a point: in the Army, you can eat cake … but you have to... MORE