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Stop the Bleed program provides training to area schools
October 3, 2019 — Medical personnel from Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston are providing training to area school districts that must comply with a new state law that require that teachers, staff members and students be trained in the treatment of injuries in the event of an emergency... MORE

Dr. John Kragh, U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research Department of Damage Control Resuscitation orthopedic surgeon and researcher, demonstrates the proper technique for packing a bleeding wound. Kragh is one of several Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston trauma physicians, nurses and medics who are going to area schools to provide training to school personnel, including teachers and nurses, on the basics of treating a bleeding injury. A new state law that went into effect this year requires that school personnel and students be trained and prepared in the basics of treating an injury in the event of an emergency.

Air Force recognizes Energy Action Month 2019
October 2, 2019 — October is Energy Action Month, an opportunity to highlight why energy is a critical enabler to combat capability for the U.S. Air Force and Department of Defense, and to encourage smarter energy use and management for installations, ground vehicles, and aircraft. Unveiled this year, the Air Force theme of “Energy Able, Mission Capable” educates Airmen about the importance of energy readiness and resilience for the global mission... MORE

Every October, the Air Force recognizes Energy Action Month to highlight the critical role energy plays in Air Force operations, and to encourage smart energy use and management for our installations, ground vehicles and aircraft. This year’s theme of "Energy Able – Mission Capable” will showcase how efficient energy use increases mission capability and readiness for our global mission.

No effort spared to bring home seriously wounded Soldier
October 2, 2019 — Over four days, three aircraft, 18 medical specialists, including from the 59th Medical Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, more than 24,000 gallons of fuel, and 100 liters of blood were committed across an 8,000-mile journey to a single goal – saving the life of one Soldier... MORE

A critical care air transport team tends to a patient during a nearly 20-hour direct flight from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, to San Antonio on Aug. 18, 2019. The service member was cared for by a joint service team of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation specialists, an aeromedical evacuation team and a CCATT in order to maintain the highest level of care possible during transport.

149th FW Air Guardsman, single mother talks resilience
October 2, 2019 — Staff Sgt. Kimberly Gaona, a Texas National Guard Joint Counterdrug Task Force Ground Reconnaissance Detachment operator and a medic with the 149th Medical Group, 149th Fighter Wing, has used her life experiences and military training to remain resilient during her daughter's fight with cancer... MORE

Staff Sgt. Gaona, a Texas National Guard Joint Counterdrug Task Force Ground Reconnaissance Detachment operator and a medic with the 149th Medical Group, 6th Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear and Explosives Enhanced Response Force Package, 149th Airlift Wing, Texas Air National Guard at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, smiles next to her daughter, Kiyana. Gaona used her life experiences and military training to remain resilient during her daughter's fight against cancer. Texas National Guard Joint Counterdrug Task Force members came together to gift Kiyana with a prayer blanket made by a local church group, the Piece Makers.

MICC contracts underpin Army readiness efforts
October 2, 2019 — Contracting professionals from the Mission and Installation Contracting Command executed contract actions in support of Army commands, installations and activities across the country through the final hours of Sept. 30 culminating a government fiscal year committed to optimizing mission partner readiness... MORE

Sgt. 1st Class Kevin McClatchey conducts a site visit with members of the department of public works Sept. 18 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, in preparation for a contract award for minor construction. McClatchey and Capt. Steve Voglezon conducted 27 sites visits with DPW across Fort Bragg in order to accomplish contract awards prior to the end of the fiscal year. McClatchey and Voglezon are members of the 900th Contracting Battalion.

340th FTG volunteers help San Antonio abused women, children
October 1, 2019 — More than 70,000 Reserve Citizen Airmen daily answer their nation’s call, including the men and women assigned to the Headquarters, 340th Flying Training Group at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, who recently supported the Family Violence Prevention Services/Battered Women and Children’s Shelter’s 42-year legacy of delivering life-changing services to San Antonio victims... MORE

340th Flying Training Group volunteers (from left) Master Sgt. Faith Wells, Capt. Yolanda Seals and Lt. Col. Teresa Davies move boxes of clothing to the sorting area at the Family Violence Prevention Services/Battered Women and Children’s Shelter’s Donation Center during the group's Sept. 11 community outreach event.

Army Gen. Mark A. Milley takes oath as 20th Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff
October 1, 2019 — Army Gen. Mark A. Milley was sworn in Sept. 30 as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in a rain-soaked ceremony at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Virginia... MORE

Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, the outgoing chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, swears in his successor, Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, during an armed forces welcome ceremony at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Virginia, Sept. 30, 2019.

AETC to host Developmental Special Experiences webcasts Oct. 3
October 1, 2019 — The Air Education and Training Command Developmental Special Experiences Branch will host two webcasts Oct. 3, 2019... MORE

Force Development is a deliberate process of preparing Airmen through the Continuum of Learning with the required competencies to meet the challenges of the 21st Century.

AACOG, JBSA sign blanket intergovernmental support agreement
September 30, 2019 — Brig. Gen. Laura Lenderman, commander, 502nd Air Base Wing and Joint Base San Antonio, and Diane Rath, Alamo Area Council of Governments executive director, signed a historical agreement at the AACOG Board of Directors meeting Sept. 25. ... MORE

Brig. Gen. Laura Lenderman, commander, 502nd Air Base Wing and Joint Base San Antonio, and Diane Rath, Alamo Area Council of Governments executive director, signed a historical agreement at the AACOG Board of Directors meeting Sept. 25. This new blanket Intergovernmental Support Agreement, or IGSA, will afford JBSA the opportunity to bring requirements they would normally fill through traditional federal contracting actions to AACOG.

Navy Recruiting District San Antonio Sailors volunteer at food bank
September 30, 2019 — Sailors assigned to Navy Recruiting District San Antonio journeyed to the San Antonio Food Bank Sept. 27 to provide community service through the Navy’s Community Relations Program... MORE

Petty Officer 1st Class Shannon Clifton (left) and Petty Officer 2nd Class William Dyson volunteer at the San Antonio Food Bank Sept. 27. Sailors assigned to Navy Recruiting District San Antonio journeyed to the food bank to provide community service through the Navy’s Community Relations Program.

JBSA dedicates new technology career training program for military spouses
September 30, 2019 — Joint Base San Antonio leaders and representatives from Microsoft marked the start of a new career training program geared towards military spouses at a ribbon-cutting event at the JBSA-Fort Sam Houston Military & Family Readiness Center Sept. 27... MORE

Joint Base San Antonio officials and representatives from Microsoft marked the start of a new technology career training program geared towards military spouses known as the Microsoft Military Spouse Technology Academy at a ribbon cutting at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston Military & Family Readiness Center Sept. 27. Cutting the ribbon are (from left) Danny Chung, Microsoft military affairs chief of staff; Col. Peter Velesky, JBSA and 502nd Air Base Wing deputy commander; retired Maj. Gen. Chris Cortez, Microsoft vice president of military affairs; and Elizabeth O’Brien, U.S. Chamber of Commerce senior director of Hiring Our Heroes Military Spouse Program.

BAMC honors Fisher House founder
September 30, 2019 — Brooke Army Medical Center staff, patients and beneficiaries took to the field just outside two of BAMC’s Fisher Houses at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston to hold a Founder’s Day Celebration Sept. 20 to honor Zachary Fisher, who initiated the Fisher House program in 1990... MORE

Brooke Army Medical Center’s Color Guard posts the colors at the BAMC Fisher House’s 26th Annual Founder’s Day Celebration at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Sept. 20. The celebration is held every year to honor Fisher House founder, Zachary Fisher.

AETC Command Team visits Joint Base San Antonio
September 27, 2019 — The Air Education and Training Command team got a firsthand look at the 502nd Air Base Wing's unique mission across the joint base Sept. 26 and 27, 2019... MORE

U.S. Navy Lt. LaMont Simmons, Navy Medicine Training Support Center facilities manager, briefs U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, commander of Air Education and Training Command, on the cultural difference between the services management of dormitories, Sept. 26, 2019, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas. The AETC command team visited some of the 502nd ABW’s 49 installation support functions, and 266 mission partners that enabling the largest Joint Base in DoD to support 80,000 personnel and local community of more than 250,000 retirees. (U.S. Air Force photo by Sean M. Worrell)

San Antonio Sailors honor submarine vet’s life
September 27, 2019 — Sailors assigned to Navy Medicine Education, Training and Logistics Command, Navy Medicine Training Support Center and Navy Recruiting District San Antonio attended the graveside service of a Navy veteran in Killeen, Texas, Sept. 26... MORE

Navy Recruiting District San Antonio Sailors carry the casket for Petty Officer 3rd Class Mark Lyle Walker, a sonar technician (submarine), in Killeen, Texas, Sept. 26 . Walker, a submarine veteran, had no family or next of kin, prompting the Navy Medicine Education, Training and Logistics Command, Navy Medicine Training Support Center and NRD-SA Sailors to make the two-hour drive from Joint Base San Antonio to honor Walker's Navy service.

DOD releases report on suicide among troops, military family members
September 27, 2019 — Defense Department officials have released a report focused on prevention and analysis of service member and family member suicides... MORE

Navy: Sept. 30 Is last day for blue working uniform, rank-insignia cover
September 27, 2019 — The last day of approved wear of the Navy Working Uniform Type I is Sept. 30, as this uniform has been replaced by the NWU Type III, as announced in Naval Administrative Message 174/16... MORE

Command Master Chief De'Andre Beaufort performs a uniform inspection on the engineering department's repair division Sailors as part of Division in the Spotlight aboard the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) at Newport News, Virginia.

Feedback Fridays
September 27, 2019 — Feedback Fridays is a weekly forum that aims to connect the 502d Air Base Wing with members of the Joint Base San Antonio community. Questions are collected during commander’s calls, town hall meetings and throughout the week. If you have a question or concern, please send an email to RandolphPublicAffairs@us.af.mil using the subject line “Feedback Fridays.” Questions will be further researched and published as information becomes available. ... MORE

Feedback Fridays is a weekly forum that aims to connect the 502d Air Base Wing with members of the Joint Base San Antonio community. Questions are collected during commander’s calls, town hall meetings and throughout the week. If you have a question or concern, please send an email to RandolphPublicAffairs@us.af.mil using the subject line “Feedback Fridays.” Questions will be further researched and published as information becomes available.

‘Shot in the arm’ a good thing with onset of flu season
September 26, 2019 — The flu is a contagious respiratory illness caused by the influenza virus that can be spread by coughing, sneezing or nasal secretions, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Its symptoms range from cough, sore throat and runny or stuffy nose to muscle or body aches, headaches and fatigue. Fever can also be a symptom, though it does not affect everyone who has the flu... MORE

Staff Sgt. Hakeem Smith, 359th Medical Operations Squadron Immunization Clinic NCO in charge, simulates giving an immunization to Senior Airman Kayli O’Keefe, 359th MDOS medical technician, at the Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph clinic, Sept. 25, 2019. With flu season quickly approaching, health care professionals throughout JBSA are encouraging beneficiaries to receive their flu shots once the vaccines are available. The flu is spread throughout the year, but is most common during the fall and winter months. Influenza activity typically begins to increase in October and November, peaking during the winter months and continuing as late as May.

Air Force releases unique new call to action for ideas
September 26, 2019 — The Air Force unveiled Air Force Explore, a new opportunity call for capability ideas that advance the transformational component of the Air Force Science and Technology 2030 strategy, Sept. 26. With this nationwide call, the Air Force is seeking disruptive ideas that can create remarkable new capabilities for the future force... MORE

The Air Force unveiled Air Force Explore, a new opportunity call for capability ideas that advance the transformational component of the Air Force Science and Technology 2030 strategy, Sept. 26. With this nationwide call, the Air Force is seeking disruptive ideas that can create remarkable new capabilities for the future force.

Reserve Citizen Airmen distribute food to those in need
September 26, 2019 — Fifteen Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 433rd Airlift Wing and 960th Cyberspace Wing packaged and distributed food during three distribution events in San Antonio Sept. 19-20... MORE

Tech. Sgt. Rachel Stalnaker, 433rd Maintenance Squadron aerospace ground equipment technician, assembles packages of fresh produce during a San Antonio Food Bank distribution event at Windcrest United Methodist Church Sept. 19. Fifteen Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 433rd Airlift Wing and 960th Cyberspace Wing participated in three distribution events over two days.