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Military caregivers can help fix the gaps
November 29, 2018
Military caregivers are being asked to participate in a survey.

433rd Airlift Wing hosts Porter High School AFJROTC
November 29, 2018
Command Curator Rudy Purificato gives a guided tour with photos at the U.S. Air Force Airman Heritage Museum to Porter High School Air Force Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps cadets, Nov. 16, 2018 during a two-day tour of Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.

Policy changes for Post-9/11 GI Bill transfers
November 28, 2018
Additional changes to the Post-9/11 GI Bill Transfer of Benefits policy were announced Nov. 14, 2018.

Medical Airmen committed to patients, readiness throughout transformation
November 28, 2018
Maj. Gen. Robert I. Miller, Director, Medical Operations and Research, discusses the Air Force Medical Service transformation and how medical Airmen are maintaining an unwavering commitment to readiness and Trusted Care.

Combating suicide: What can I do today?
November 28, 2018
Resilience is defined as how one “deals effectively with pressure, ambiguous and emerging conditions, and multiple tasks; remains optimistic and persistent, even under adversity or uncertainty. Recovers quickly from setbacks. Anticipates changes and learns from mistakes.”

Turn stress into strength this holiday season
November 28, 2018
Engaging in close relationships, practicing gratitude, and participating in religious activities that promote spirituality are often helpful aspects of the holidays. However, the holidays may also create stressors that are unique to this time of year.

Soldier to Soldier: The Lost Art of Developmental Counseling
November 27, 2018
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Danielle Vaccaro, a career counselor for headquarters and headquarters battalion, 4th Infantry Division, explains reenlistment options to U.S. Army Sgt. Eric Glassey, a public affairs operations noncommissioned officer, Kandahar, Afghanistan, Oct. 10, 2013.

Commentary: Getting in the habit of excellence
November 27, 2018
Lt. Col. Dear Beloved
Commander, 637th International Support Squadron
Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland

Major changes to medical policies good news for Air Force Reservists
November 27, 2018
Air Force Reserve Command

Commentary: beware the hidden danger of the holidays
November 27, 2018
Children are singing, there’s cheer in the air, bells are a-ringing, and the weather is fair. The holidays are finally upon us, and with them comes not only joy and mirth, but also an increase in crime sprees and foodborne illnesses. Around this time of year, people buy expensive gifts and travel to see family, but these seasonal habits leave people open to seasonal dangers.

Moving expenses now taxable for Department of Defense civilian employees, contractors
November 27, 2018
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, passed December 2017, eliminated a number of deductions that taxpayers have come to rely on. One of these was the moving expense deduction. The act eliminated the deduction for the tax year 2018 through the tax year 2025. However, the deduction will come back in 2026 unless Congress intervenes to eliminate it permanently. This change does not apply to military personnel, but does apply to Department of Defense civilian employees and contractors.

Air Force’s focus on readiness yields results, highlights innovation, problem solving
November 27, 2018
Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson delivers her the "Air Force We Need" address during the 2018 Air Force Association Air, Space and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Maryland., Sept. 17, 2018.

Fort Sam Houston Elementary School teacher wins EXCEL Award for dedication to children
November 27, 2018
Kim Ware, a second grade teacher at Fort Sam Houston Elementary School, reacts after learning she will receive $1,000 for being selected for the KENS 5 Credit Human EXCEL Award, which recognizes local and San Antonio area public school teachers who use innovative practices in the classroom and are making a difference in the lives of students in the classroom and beyond, at an assembly at the elementary school Nov. 13. Holding the check is Mike Burnett, a member of the Credit Human supervisory committee.

Deputy Defense Secretary talks dollars, fiscal sense and space
November 26, 2018
The Air Force’s 45th Space Wing supported SpaceX’s successful launch of NASA’s Commercial Resupply Mission 13 aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, Dec. 15, 2017. The DOD is working on creating a Space Force in the near future.

Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio scientists collaborate with Cornell University researcher
November 26, 2018
Dr. Sylvain Cardin (center), chief science director, and Dr. Luis Martinez (right), principal investigator, NAMRU-SA, have been discussing future collaborations involving the gut microbiome and the immune system’s response to wound trauma with Dr. Alireza Abbaspourrad (left), a nanoparticle technology researcher in his lab at Cornell University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Department of Food Science in Ithaca, New York.

Mission Thanksgiving a success with Soldiers, local families
November 26, 2018
Angel Gramling and father-in-law, Richard, are a military family who hosted Soldiers for Mission Thanksgiving Nov. 22.

NRD San Antonio hosts DEP, Influencer Meeting to prepare women for the Navy
November 26, 2018
Chief Petty Officer Isabel Guerrero, Division 6 leading chief petty officer, Navy Recruiting District San Antonio, speaks with (left) Erica Jew of St. Louis and (right) future Sailor Ashiyanna Landers of Newport News, Va., during an All-Female Delayed Entry Program and Key Influencer Meeting hosted by NRD San Antonio at the Rosenberg Sky Room on the campus of the University of the Incarnate Word.  Landers, who attended San Antonio College, joined the Navy to become a hospital corpsman. Jew attended the event to provide Landers with moral and emotional support.

Nominations for the Military Child of the Year® Awards close Dec. 5
November 26, 2018
The deadline to nominate a military child for Operation Homefront’s 2019 Military Child of the Year®, or MCOY, Awards is Wednesday, Dec. 5.  Military Child of the Year® is the nation’s premier celebration of the achievements of military children. The MCOY awards will be presented at a recognition gala April 18, 2019, in Washington, D.C.

AETC, 59th MDW command chiefs visit Team Mildenhall
November 26, 2018
U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Juliet Gudgel, Air Education and Training Command command chief, and Master Sgt. Troy French, 100th Maintenance Squadron aircraft fuels system section chief, discuss the maintenance squadron’s confined space trainer at RAF Mildenhall, England, Nov. 14, 2018. The 100th MXS presented the chief with the newest innovation to show how those innovations sustain mission effectiveness.

59th MDW radiology system saves time and money
November 26, 2018
Marvin Perez, 59th Medical Wing cardiac magnetic resonance imaging technologist, observes a patient’s vitals during a scan at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. Cardiac MRI, which takes approximately 20-45 minutes, is a non-invasive assessment of the function and structure of the heart.