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Army South links past and present through Panama Canal artifacts
March 22, 2017 — U.S. Army South is reconnecting with its history in Panama by displaying three concrete spherical artifacts from the Panama Canal Zone displayed near the flag post in the Army South parking lot. These massive concrete balls were originally on top of light posts lining the Panama Canal... MORE

Three lampposts from the Panama Canal are now prominently displayed in front of the U.S. Army South headquarters building at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston.

351st BATS unveils new assault course
March 22, 2017 — The 351st Battlefield Airmen Training Squadron debuted its new assault course March 16 at Kirtland Air Force Base. The unveiling included squadron leadership ceremoniously breeching the doors,... MORE

Pararescue trainees from the 351st Battlefield Airmen Training Squadron test the unit's new assault course March 17 at Kirtland. The course includes challenges like low crawls, rope and rock climbing, and jumping over a high wall, and will be used in training BATS students. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Senior Airman Chandler Baker)

Brooke Army Medical Center welcomes new command sergeant major
March 22, 2017 — Brooke Army Medical Center Command Sgt. Maj. Albert Crews relinquished the organization colors to Command Sgt. Maj. Diamond Hough during a change of responsibility ceremony at the Warrior and Family Support Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston March 17... MORE

Brooke Army Medical Center's new Command Sgt. Maj. Diamond D. Hough renders a salute to BAMC Commanding General Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Johnson during BAMC's change of responsibility at the Warrior and Family Support Center Freedom Park Amphitheater March 17. Command Sgt. Maj. Albert Crews, who has served since October 2015, relinquished his responsibilities to Hough during the ceremony.

JBSA April 2017 Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month
March 21, 2017 — Calendar of events for April 2017 Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month... MORE

JBSA-Fort Sam Houston experts provide Fort Campbell medics Brigade Combat Team Trauma Training
March 21, 2017 — More than 100 health care specialists from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division completed a week of intensive medical training on Fort Campbell, Ky., March 6-10. The Brigade Combat Team Trauma Training course consists of five days of classroom instruction, practical application and field training. BCT3 is led by a staff of experts from the U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston... MORE

Pfc. Wesley Brown, a combat medic with 326th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, applies a tourniquet to a simulated casualty during Brigade Combat Team Trauma Training on Fort Campbell, Kentucky, Mar. 10, 2017. The BCT3 program ensures medics across the Army have the trauma and surgical skills to manage combat casualties prior to a deployment. BCT3 is led by a staff of experts from the U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston.

Combat simulation lab brings real-life scenarios to medic trainees
March 21, 2017 — The Combat Trauma Patient Simulation Lab, located at the Medical Education Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, is part of the Department of Combat Medic Training at METC. The DCMT trains service members in the Army who want to become 68 Whiskey combat medic Specialists. ... MORE

(From left) Pvt. Jason Wu and Pvt. Jeremiah Sanders work on a simulated patient under the instruction of Staff Sgt. Brian Worfman at the Combat Trauma Patient Simulation Lab, located at the Medical Education Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston.

U.S. Central Command medical conference participants visit Medical Education and Training Campus
March 20, 2017 — Medical professionals representing more than 10 countries within the U.S. Central Command area of operation, Europe and the United States were in San Antonio for a CENTCOM theater medical conference March 6-8. For the three days during the conference, conference participants toured the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston to learn about some of the 48 Army, Navy and Air Force enlisted medical training programs taught there. ... MORE

Lt. Col. Faisal Qazi from Pakistan, a participant in the U.S. Central Command Theater Medical Conference, exams a "patient" in the Nurse Synthesis Laboratory during a tour of the Basic Medical Technician Corpsman program at the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston. The patient is a high-tech human-patient, high-fidelity mannequins, or SimMan, used in the BMTC course to help train Navy and Air Force students to become Air Force medical technicians and Navy hospital corpsmen.

Squadron revitalization focus group visits JBSA
March 20, 2017 — An Air Force research team visited JBSA-Randolph March 15-17 for a field visit to support Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein’s focus to revitalize squadrons. JBSA-Randolph’s visit allowed... MORE

JBSA participants in a Chief of Staff of the Air Force focus group on revitalizing squadrons rearrange sticky notes of ideas to improve squadron level activities at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph Mar. 16, 2017. Focus groups are being held at 23 bases across the Air Force throughout 2017 to support the initiative. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Sean M. Worrell)

Treasure hunters can’t use metal detectors on JBSA or any federal property
March 20, 2017 — Artifacts and archaeological sites on federal, state, and local jurisdiction-controlled properties are protected by law. Archaeological resources on private property are also safeguarded by law (e.g., trespassing). Violation of these laws carries serious consequences including the possibility of fines, jail time, and confiscation of the metal detector and other equipment used in the violation (such as vehicles)... MORE

Legal corner: Parents of disabled children must start guardianship process early
March 20, 2017 — Military members with children with a cognitive disability must consider whether a guardianship order will be necessary when the child turns 18. The 502nd Air Base Wing Legal Office is available to assist with the process... MORE

March observance emphasizes poison prevention
March 20, 2017 — An estimated 2.2 million calls were made to poison centers across the nation in 2015, according to the National Poison Center, proof that exposure to dangerous or potentially dangerous substances is a common occurrence in the United States... MORE

An estimated 2.2 million calls were made to poison centers across the nation in 2015, according to the National Poison Center, proof that exposure to dangerous or potentially dangerous substances is a common occurrence in the United States. During National Poison Prevention Awareness Month in March, health and safety officials across the country – including those at Joint Base San Antonio – are emphasizing the need for people to handle toxic substances with caution and to ensure young children do not have access to these substances, especially everyday items.

Military Youth of the Year finds a home at JBSA-Lackland
March 17, 2017 — Eighteen year-old David Zulli, son of Air Force chaplain Lt. Col. Daniel Zulli, who is stationed here, is this year’s winner of the Texas State Military Youth of the Year award. The award, handed... MORE

David Zulli, 18, won his year's Texas State Military Youth of the Year award in February. David, the son of Air Force chaplain Lt. Col. Daniel Zulli, was recognized for his outstanding public speaking, academics, and his story of
overcoming the challenges of changing schools and communities several times due to his family's military lifestyle. (Courtesy photo)

Freedom Flyer tradition reaches 44 years with annual reunion
March 16, 2017 — A 44-year tradition continues this month when the 560th Flying Training Squadron hosts a band of brothers who endured the horrors of prisoner-of-war camps during the Vietnam War. The Freedom Flyer... MORE

T-38 Talons fly over Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph.

School construction promotes partnership in Peru
March 16, 2017 — In a community where violence and drugs are the norm and old, damaged buildings line the streets, a sign of hope arrived recently. An inauguration for recently built, Jose Maria Arguedas School was held in Aguaytia, Peru, March 13. The construction follows the U.S. Army South theme of working together as trusted professionals and strengthening military-to-military relationships. ... MORE

The Jose Maria Arguedas School was inaugurated in Aguaytia, Peru March 13 by Maj. Gen. K.K. Chinn, U.S. Army South commander, and Brian Nichols, U.S. Ambassador to Peru. It will serve more than 800 elementary students. The construction of the facility was a joint effort between Peruvian engineers and the West Virginia National Guard, as partners in the State Partnership Program.

The mainstay of the fire prevention program is the inspection process
March 16, 2017 — The experience of a fire inspector first establishes itself at the fire ground operations as a firefighter. In other words, he or she has had their share of experience in battling fires during their careers, such as waking up at all hours answering structural fire calls, responding to a fire alarm sounding somewhere in the community, vehicle accident or medical response... MORE

JBSA 2017 Holy Week/Easter Chapel Schedule
March 16, 2017 — Joint Base San Antonio 2017 Holy Week/Easter Chapel Schedule... MORE

Studies show milk is safe to drink
March 16, 2017 — New cancer-causing agents seem to arise daily in consumer products. Some products are used so rarely that potential harm is not considered. However, products consumed on a regular basis, like milk, raise a high level of concern. Some companies advertise that their milk is superior because it is not produced with recombinant bovine growth hormone, or rBGH. ... MORE

There is limited evidence to show milk containing rBGH causes cancer, so embrace those milk mustaches and aim for three servings of dairy per day.

Courts-martial, crime and punishment at Joint Base San Antonio
March 16, 2017 — The Joint Base San Antonio Judge Advocate General completed three Air Force courts-martial during the month of February. The results of a court-martial are not final until the clemency and/or appeals process is completed. During the month of February, JBSA Air Force commanders administered 17 non-judicial punishment actions under Article 15 of the uniform Code of Military Justice... MORE

Chilean, U.S. Soldiers learn food protection in an expeditionary environment
March 16, 2017 — A team of veterinarians from U.S. Army South and the U.S. Army Medical Center & School at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston participated in a subject matter expert exchange, or SMEE, with approximately 40 Chilean military and civilian veterinarians March 6-9 in Santiago, Chile... MORE

Lt. Col. Matthew Levine, Food Protection Branch chief in the Department of Veterinary Science, demonstrates to a group of Chilean veterinarians how to conduct a rapid field test to identify harmful bacteria in water during the subject matter expert exchange in Santiago, Chile. The exchange was March 6-9.

Regional border conference strengthens partnerships
March 15, 2017 — Leaders from U.S. Army North (Fifth Army) and the Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional, or SEDENA, of the Mexican Army met for a quarterly Regional Border Commanders Conference to discuss current trends along the U.S-Mexico border in San Diego March 7-9... MORE

Leaders from U.S. Army North (Fifth Army) and Mexico's Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional walk across the deck of the U.S.S. Midway in San Diego March 7. The two organizations, along with other U.S. government agencies, gathered for a three-day regional border commander’s conference to strengthen the partnership between the two countries.