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531st IS captures base intramural basketball title
March 7, 2016 — The 531st Intelligence Squadron defeated the Navy Information Operations Command–Texas Gold team 44-34 Feb. 25 at the Chaparral Fitness Center and won the 2015 Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland... MORE

Relief act helps with financial, legal obligations
March 7, 2016 — The Service Members Civil Relief Act was passed to provide protection to service members who have difficulty meeting their financial and legal obligations because of their military service. As part of... MORE

560 FTS honors legacy of POW fighter pilots at 43rd Freedom Flyer Reunion
March 7, 2016 — A retired Air Force chaplainextolled the contributions and sacrifices of all of America’s service memberslast week as the 560th Flying Training Squadron again paid homage to the AirForce fighter... MORE

Retired Air Force Col. Robert Certain addresses the audience at the 43rd annual Freedom Flyer Reunion wreath-laying ceremony in front of the Missing Man Monument March 4, 2016, at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. Certain was imprisoned for 101 days after his B-52 Stratofortress was shot down over North Vietnam Dec. 18, 1972.

Joint Base San Antonio fire response crews red-hot at AETC’s February awards
March 7, 2016 — The fire response community here won big atthe Air Education and Training Command 2015 annual awards, which were announcedin February, with the 502nd Civil Engineering Squadron’s fire emergency... MORE

Green Dot training gives Airmen tools to prevent abuse
March 7, 2016 — More than 100 program implementers wrapped up Green Dot training at Joint Base San Antonio–Lackland Feb. 25 as part of the Air Force’s newly implemented violence and abuse prevention initiative. These... MORE

Newest 'Freedom Flyer' takes final flight for his B-52 crew
March 7, 2016 — The events of Dec. 20, 1972, wereclearly on the mind of former Air Force pilot Paul Granger as he exited a T-38CTalon following a special hourlong flight March 3 that began and ended on theeast... MORE

Lt. Col. Joel Deboer (right), 560th Flying Training Squadron commander and Paul Granger (middle), present "Freedom Flight" patches to Thomas Klomann at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, March 3, 2016. Granger and Klomann were shot down in the same B-52 Stratofortress while on a combat mission near Hanoi in North Vietnam on December 20, 1972, in support of Operation Linebacker II.

U.S. Army North hosts Regional Border Commanders Conference
March 4, 2016 — U.S. Army North hosted a Regional Border CommandersConference at Fort Sam Houston Jan. 20-21 with representatives from the MexicanSecretariat of National Defense, or SEDENA, and numerous U.S. civilian... MORE

Commentary: METC cardiovascular technicians training for healthy hearts
March 4, 2016 — As a Navy cardiovascular technician, or CVT, I am one of themost highly specialized, medically trained enlisted professionals in the Navy.The training I deliver at the Medical Education and Training... MORE

Petty Officer 1st Class Aldrin Augustus (center), cardiovascular technician program instructor and Navy service lead at the Medical Education and Training Campus on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, instructs Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Chessa Sheppard (left) and Army Spc. Victoria Belbusti (right) on using the cardiac catheterization simulator during a portion of their CVT didactic training. The simulator is used to demonstrate concepts learned in the classroom and exposes students to hands on training that they will be expected to perform.

Pet therapy provides stress relief for Corpsmen students
March 4, 2016 — The Navy chaplain at Navy Medicine Training Support Centerat Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston is in the business of speaking tostudents under stress. After having enough young adults come... MORE

Seaman Jeniffer Rodriguez, a student in the Basic Medical Technician Corpsman Program at the Medical Education and Training Campus on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, pets Lady, one of the Navy Chaplain Lt. Cmdr. Scott Adams’ certified therapy dogs, during “Pet Therapy” night at the Navy student barracks.

National Safe Sleep Hospital Certification Program recognizes SAMMC
March 4, 2016 — San Antonio Military Medical Center at Joint Base SanAntonio-Fort Sam Houston was recently recognized by the National Safe SleepHospital Certification Program as a “Silver Certified Sleep Leader,” for... MORE

Army North commander talks ‘Military City USA’ to SA Chamber of Commerce
March 3, 2016 — Lt. Gen. Perry L. Wiggins, commander of United States ArmyNorth (Fifth Army) and senior commander of Fort Sam Houston and Camp Bullis,addressed the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce Feb. 24 at Sunset... MORE

Commentary: you don’t need to have
March 3, 2016 — Distracted driving has become the number one cause of fatalcar accidents and pedestrian deaths due to motor vehicles in the United States.In 2014, 4,223 pedestrians in the United States were killedby... MORE

Navy Surgeon General visits Navy Medicine San Antonio
March 3, 2016 — NMETC Public AffairsThe Navy’s surgeon general made his second trip sinceassuming his new position in December, visiting Navy Medicine commands in SanAntonio Feb. 18 and 19.Vice Adm. C. Forrest... MORE

SAN ANTONIO (Feb. 19, 2016) Vice Adm. C. Forrest Faison III, Navy Surgeon General and Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED), uses a tablet to control a simulation model in the nursing synthesis lab at the Medical Education and Training Campus on board Joint Base San Antonio - Fort Sam Houston, Texas. The lab is a part of the Basic Medical Technician Corpsman Program where all hospital corpsmen students get hands-on experience with simulated patients. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jacquelyn D. Childs/Released)

DOD: Tax changes could affect service members, families
March 2, 2016 — Several tax law changes could significantly affect howservice members and their families file their 2015 income tax returns.“It’s probably the biggest set of changes in many years”said Army Lt. Col... MORE

DOD: Training, awareness critical in human trafficking fight
March 2, 2016 — The signs of human trafficking could be all aroundDepartment of Defense personnel: a subcontractor withholds passports and delayspayment to its employees or a company forces potential workers to pay a... MORE

Miltary members urged to learn how to prevent Zika virus
March 2, 2016 — Have you ever heard of the Zika virus? Up until about a month ago, unless you were studying raretropical diseases, probably not. Now, you can’t turn on the TV or surf the webwithout seeing an article... MORE

Know how to prevent the zika virus graphic.

Air Force monitoring Zika virus infection
March 2, 2016 — The Air Force is closely monitoring the emergence of Zikavirus infection in the Americas, Oceania, and Africa to help inform and protectAirmen and their families. The Department of Health and Human... MORE

359th Medical Group’s Fit Kid event focuses on nutrition, physical activity
March 2, 2016 — Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph’s 359th Medical Group isplanning an event this month that will emphasize the role proper nutrition andphysical activity play in shaping healthy lifestyles for... MORE

March marks Brain Injury Awareness Month
March 2, 2016 — Often called one of the “invisible wounds of war,” traumaticbrain injury, or TBI, is the result of a blow or jolt to the head that disruptsthe normal function of the brain. Anyone can suffer a TBI, it... MORE

Brain Injury Awareness timeline Mar 2015 (US Air Force Graphic / Steve Thompson)

Sen. Campbell, Commissioner Bush visit JBSA-Randolph
March 2, 2016 — Texas Sen. Donna Campbell and Texas Land Commissioner GeorgeP. Bush visited Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph Feb. 24 to tour 12th FlyingTraining Wing facilities and learn about its mission.The 12th FTW... MORE

Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush, Texas Sen. Donna Campbell and Lt. Col. Emil Bliss, 12th Flying Training Wing Community Initiatives director, discuss encroachment issues at an air traffic control tower Feb. 24 at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph.