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Bexar County, JBSA form partnership to help transitioning service members
October 23, 2017
The Bexar County military service officers program will provide services and counseling to transitioning service members and veterans who are looking for job and educational opportunities in the civilian sector and need access to housing, health and other vital services once they leave the military.

Workplace violence survivors unite to turn tragedy into hope
October 23, 2017
Army Capt. John Arroyo and 1st Lt. Katie Ann Blanchard pose outside of Brooke Army Medical Center on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston. The officers are both workplace violence survivors hoping to share a story of hope with other service members and civilians.

JBSA Air Show parking and shuttle options for DoD ID card holders
October 23, 2017
2017 JBSA Air Show and Open House website infographic

International Airman Leadership School set to launch
October 21, 2017
Master Sgt. Amy Ferraro-Rodriguez, 837th Training Squadron instructor, provides professional military education training to international and civil service students during an International Airman Leadership School course Oct. 13, 2017 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Inter-American Air Forces Academy. The IALS teaches the same course imparted to military personnel in the grade of senior airman and staff sergeant or E-5 equivalent in the United States Air Force Total Force. This course is the foundational step in the professional development as it prepares individuals to assume greater leadership and responsibilities.

The Spirit Salutes Military Service
October 20, 2017
The Joint Base San Antonio Honor Guard marches past Union Pacific locomotive No. 1943 after posting colors during an unveiling ceremony at Sunset Station in San Antonio, Texas Oct. 19, 2017.  UP No. 1943's paint scheme honors Veterans and serving members of the military.

Surrounded by history: the U.S. Army Best Medic Competition and medics in World War I
October 20, 2017
(From left) Adrian Martinez, Gus Martinez, Lt. Col. Mike Williams and Jed Elrod demonstrate an aid station on the front lines of France circa 1917-18.

6 reasons to check out the 2017 JBSA Air Show & Open House website
October 20, 2017
2017 JBSA Air Show and Open House website infographic

Air Force Alpha Warriors prepare for ‘Final Battle’
October 20, 2017
Alpha Warrior

Outstanding ISR Airmen nominated for top leadership award
October 19, 2017
The Sijan award, first presented in 1981, was named in honor of the first Air Force Academy graduate to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor. Each year it is given to a senior and junior officer, and a senior and junior enlisted member who demonstrated outstanding leadership abilities though out the year.

4th Air Force leadership visits Alamo Wing
October 19, 2017
Tech. Sgt. John Gonzalez, 433rd Maintenance Squadron structural maintenance technician, demonstrates to 4th Air Force leadership how the technology available to his shop helps improve practices and increases production.  Maj. Gen. Randall Ogden, 4th Air Force commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Timothy White, Jr., 4th AF command chief, were visiting squadrons within the 433rd Maintenance Group Oct. 15, 2017 during their four-day visit to the Alamo Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Bryan Swink)

SWAT training helps build capabilities and relationships
October 18, 2017

How Drone Operators and Airfields Share the Sky
October 18, 2017
Commercial users (those people who operate drones for profit) must request a waiver to fly within five miles of any airport. They can contact JBSA easily by dialing 210-652-7827 to start the process.

JBSA Air Show and Open House offers ‘Five Things You Need to See’
October 18, 2017

Growing to Meet Current and Future AF RPA Training Demands
October 18, 2017
Members of the 502nd Trainer Development Squadron gather for a group photo in Hangar 74, Oct. 13, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. They worked with several contractors to design, test, accept, deliver and maintain 16 flight simulators that the 558th Flying Training Squadron uses to train Remotely Piloted Aircraft pilots. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Ave I. Young)

Get informed, trained on what to do during emergencies
October 18, 2017
The AtHoc purple globe refers to the icon for the Air Education and Training Command’s Emergency Mass Notification System program installed on the installation’s computers.

Follow Halloween fire safety tips to avoid a scary fate
October 18, 2017
Joint Base San Antonio Fire Emergency Services advises parents to follow some safety tips for Halloween.

Army North continues to assist in Puerto Rico
October 18, 2017
Members of the Puerto Rico Army National Guard, Reserve and active duty, along with Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Buchanan, U.S. Army North commander; Brig. Gen. José Reyes, Dual Status commander; and Caguas Mayor Hon. William Miranda Torres, distributed food and water to residents of the neighborhood Borinquen, Oct. 14. Reyes, Buchanan and Marín handed over provisions to the people who were grateful for the help received and were seriously affected by Hurricane Maria.

Navy Hospital Corpsman school graduation first of its kind
October 18, 2017
Petty Officer 2nd Class Zachary Riley (right), an instructor assigned to Navy Medicine Training Support Center, grades a hospital corpsman (HM) "A" School student as she reads the list of steps she must take for a simulated patient during a final exercise at the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Oct. 5. The students are in the first class to go through a revised HM "A" School curriculum which incorporates the Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) Course as the final exercise, the first time ever that this critical qualification has been included in the "A" School.

Commentary: Serving the nation in the military … own it!
October 18, 2017
Airmen attending Airman’s Week speak with their instructor about the significance of squadron symbols and lineage Jan 21, 2015, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland’s Airmen’s Week, a five-day course implemented in March 2015 that helps Airmen better prepare for technical training school and beyond.

Courts-martial, crime and punishment at Joint Base San Antonio
October 18, 2017
Manual for Courts Martial