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JBSA-Randolph main gate dedicated to Security Forces Airman
May 7, 2018 — Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph officials renamed the main gate in memory of Airman 1st Class Charles T. Lindsey, a former 12th Security Police Squadron law enforcement security specialist, at a dedication ceremony held Friday, May 4... MORE

Airman 1st Class Charles T. Lindsey is photographed while on patrol with the 12th Security Police Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph in 1994.

Thousands turn out for Military Appreciation Weekend May 5-6
May 7, 2018 — Along with more than 500 Tricentennial community partners, U.S. Army North (Fifth Army) and Joint Base San Antonio commemorated San Antonio’s 300th anniversary by opening base access to the public for two days of music, activities, military demonstrations and celebration of San Antonio’s unique military history... MORE

U.S. Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps perform during the annual Military Appreciation Weekend May 6, 2017 at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas. U.S. Army North and JBSA hosted the two-day event, which featured music, family activities, and various military demonstrations. This year, the appreciation weekend also commemorated the 300th anniversary for the city of San Antonio. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ismael Ortega / Released)

BAMC Emergency Medicine Residents Day highlights prehospital medicine, partnerships
May 7, 2018 — The San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium (Emergency Medical Services) and Disaster Medicine Fellowship hosted the first EMS Residents Day March 29 at the Bulverde Centre for Emergency Health Sciences... MORE

Brooke Army Medical Center Emergency Medicine resident, Air Force Capt. (Dr.) Anna Waller, performs an endotracheal intubation on a cadaver model during an ambulance transport while her colleagues observe and assist at the Bulverde Centre for Emergency Health Sciences as part of EMS Residents Day March 29.

JBSA Senior Chaplain participates in National Day of Prayer
May 4, 2018 — Chaplain (Col.) Leslie Janovec, the Joint Base San Antonio senior chaplain leads a prayer during the National Day of Prayer observance at the steps of the San Antonio City Hall May 3. Congress established the National Day of Prayer as an annual event by a joint resolution of Congress, signed into law by President Truman, in 1952. President Reagan, in 1988, designated the NDP to be the first Thursday of every May... MORE

JBSA Senior Chaplain participates during National Day of Prayer

Heart Link provides spouses with resources to support mission
May 4, 2018 — A spouse orientation program designed to strengthen military families and enhance mission readiness will be offered twice this month at Joint Base San Antonio... MORE

Hear Link is a spouse orientation program designed to strengthen military families and enhance mission readiness will be offered twice this month at Joint Base San Antonio.

Burn Flight Team provides care for burn patients throughout the world
May 4, 2018 — Throughout the year, a unit of the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research Burn Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston can be activated at a moment’s notice to help care for patients with critical burn injuries around the world... MORE

Sgt. AliceAnn Meyer (left), U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research Burn Flight Team NCO in charge and respiratory therapist, and Capt. Cassandra Bullock (right), U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research Burn Flight Team chief flight nurse, inspect equipment used for the treatment and care of critical burn patients being transported on military aircraft from locations around the world en route to San Antonio, home of the USAIR Burn Center located at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston.

Navy Band Southwest ‘Destroyers’ rock San Antonio during Fiesta
May 4, 2018 — Through Navy Recruiting Command’s Music for Recruiting program, Navy Band Southwest’s popular music group, the “Destroyers,” traveled to Military City USA to participate in the annual Fiesta celebration April 23-29... MORE

Petty Officer 2nd Class Clifton Murray, a guitarist with the “Destroyers,” the popular music group of Navy Band Southwest from San Diego, performs for students of Smithson Valley High School during Fiesta San Antonio 2018. The “Destroyers,” along with Sailors from Navy Recruiting District San Antonio, visited the school to conduct community outreach and spread Navy Awareness through Navy Recruiting Command’s Music for Recruiting program.

Military Appreciation Weekend showcases military, history, community May 5-6
May 4, 2018 — Along with more than 500 Tricentennial community partners, U.S. Army North (Fifth Army) and Joint Base San Antonio will help commemorate San Antonio’s 300th anniversary by opening base access to the public for two days of music, activities, military demonstrations and celebration of San Antonio’s unique military history May 5-6... MORE

Military Appreciation Weekend at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston is planned for May 5-6, and will feature live music, rides, arts and crafts, military demonstration teams, historic tours and a polo match. The weekend will open with a 5K race on Saturday and conclude with a live music concert and fireworks on Sunday.

Councilman Saldaña speaks to JBSA-Lackland's Airman's Voice
May 2, 2018 — Rey Saldaña, councilman for San Antonio District 4, spoke to junior enlisted Airmen at a monthly Airman’s Voice meeting May 1, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas... MORE

Airmen represent the U.S. Air Force to 2.5 million attendees
May 2, 2018 — Air Force senior leaders and representatives from across Joint Base San Antonio participated in Fiesta 2018, April 18-29, honoring San Antonio’s rich military history, strengthening relationships with community members, and representing the Air Force and its mission to Fiesta’s 2.5 million attendees... MORE

Military and civilian personnel stand at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas during a Basic military training graduation ceremony April 20, 2018. The ceremony also acknowledged the beginning of “Fiesta San Antonio,” the city’s annual festival held to honor the memory of the battles of the Alamo and San Jacinto. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ismael Ortega / Released)

DOD releases annual report on sexual assault in military
May 2, 2018 — The Department of Defense released its annual report on sexual assault in the military April 30, which shows an increase in reporting of assaults, but officials stress that more work needs to be done to eliminate the crime from the ranks... MORE

The Defense Department has released its annual report on sexual assault in the military, which shows an increase in reporting of assaults, but officials stress that more work needs to be done to eliminate the crime from the ranks.

Migration to Defense Health Agency to modernize Army medicine, surgeon general says
May 2, 2018 — To help modernize the Department of Defense's medical community, the Army's surgeon general, along with the other services, have been taking the necessary steps to migrate certain authorities and control from the military departments to the Defense Health Agency... MORE

Lt. Gen. Nadja Y. West, the Army Surgeon General and commanding general for Army Medical Command, addressed the Army's fiscal year 2019 funding request and budget justification before the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations on Capitol Hill, April 26.

59th Medical Wing executes five missions at once
May 1, 2018 — The 59th Medical Wing orchestrated five air transport missions simultaneously during the week of April 16-2o... MORE

59th Medical Wing CCATT team members, in conjunction with mission partners, transition from their aircraft to an ambulance during an infant patient transport mission from Germany to Walter Reed National Medical Center, Bethesda, Md., April 19th, 2018. Examples of conditions requiring CCATT support include supportive or resuscitate care of shock/hemorrhage, respiratory failure, and multi-system trauma.

32nd Medical Brigade holds change of responsibility ceremony
May 1, 2018 — Col. Clinton W. Schreckhise (right), commander, 32nd Medical Brigade, presided over the change of responsibility ceremony as Command Sgt. Maj. Thomas R. Oates relinquished responsibility to Command Sgt. Maj. Carlisie Y. Jones (left) at Blesse Auditorium at the Army Medical Department Center & School at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston May 1. Oates is transitioning to serve as the command sergeant major at Brooke Army Medical Center. Jones comes to the 32nd Medical Brigade from the Medical Professional Training Brigade... MORE

Col. Clinton W. Schreckhise (right), commander, 32nd Medical Brigade, presided over the change of responsibility ceremony as Command Sgt. Maj. Thomas R. Oates relinquished responsibility to Command Sgt. Maj. Carlisie Y. Jones (left) at Blesse Auditorium at the Army Medical Department Center & School at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston May 1. Oates is transitioning to serve as the command sergeant major at Brooke Army Medical Center. Jones comes to the 32nd Medical Brigade from the Medical Professional Training Brigade.

U.S. Army South sponsors vector control practices seminar in Chile
May 1, 2018 — Military doctors and veterinarians from the Chilean Army, U.S. Army, U.S Air Force and the Uruguayan Navy gathered in Santiago, Chile, for a vector control practices seminar April 17-18, hosted by the Chilean Army Health Command and sponsored by U.S. Army South. ... MORE

(From left) Chilean Army Lt. Col. Pablo Larraguibel, U.S. Army Lt. Col. Eric Lombardini and Chilean Army Maj. Claudia Lucar participate an exercise focusing on a vector-borne risk assessment pre-deployment scenario April 17.

Army engineers rescue mock disaster victims during Guardian Response
May 1, 2018 — Soldiers from 3rd Platoon, 22nd Engineer Clearance Company based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., brushed up on their search-and-rescue skills during the Guardian Response 18 exercise held at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Ind., April 22. The training scenario features searching for and treating victims in the aftermath of a chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear disaster. ... MORE

Spc. Logan Lawrence adjusts the Level C suit of U.S. Army Pvt. Brandon Cormeir, both from 3rd platoon, 22nd Engineer Clearance Company, before Cormeir enters the exercise “hot zone” during Guardian Response 18 at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Ind., April 22. Lawrence is part of the first team entering the area to provide a 360-degree site characterization. The soldiers are identifying where casualties are and what kind of tools are needed to rescue them.

Local commands host Navy Day at the Alamo during Fiesta San Antonio
April 30, 2018 — Sailors from several local commands, to include the “Destroyers” of Navy Band Southwest from San Diego, Calif., gathered at the Alamo to participate in Navy Day, April 26, during Fiesta San Antonio. The year's celebration marks the 127th Anniversary of Fiesta San Antonio which coincides with the city’s Tricentennial. ... MORE

The Navy Honor Guard from Navy Information Operations Center Texas presents the colors during Navy Day at the Alamo April 26.

Salado Park becomes outdoor classroom for Fort Sam Houston Elementary School children
April 30, 2018 — Salado Park at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston became an outdoor classroom for approximately 150 kindergarten students from Fort Sam Houston Elementary School during a nature field trip April 26... MORE

Pat Gonser, a member of the Lindheimer Chapter Texas Master Naturalists in New Braunfels, teaches kindergarteners from Fort Sam Houston Elementary School about turtles and amphibians by using a turtle puppet during a nature field trip put on by the U.S. Army Environmental Command at Salado Park, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, April 26.

Military Surgeons General testify on medical readiness at Senate hearing
April 30, 2018 — The services’ surgeons general updated senators on Capitol Hill April 26 on the needs and priorities of military health programs... MORE

Medical personnel from William Beaumont Army Medical Center on Fort Bliss, Texas, prepare for treatment of a simulated postpartum hemorrhage using the center’s new simulation system, which provides cutting-edge scenarios for training to medical staff, March 29, 2018. The new simulation system aims to increase communication and improve interdisciplinary and clinical performance of staff when treating obstetrics emergencies.

Getting tested for STIs is an 'important part of sexual health'
April 29, 2018 — Some may feel itching, burning, or pain, while others see physical signs. But more often than not, two of the most common sexually transmitted infections or STIs – chlamydia and gonorrhea – are ignored because of a lack of symptoms. Military Health System experts encourage men and women to take steps to ensure their health and prevent these infections... MORE

Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Robert Hall studies a blood sample with a microscope at Naval Branch Health Clinic Kings Bay’s laboratory. Blood tests and pap smears are commonly used ways to diagnose sexually transmitted infections.