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Fire Department Open House highlights prevention week
September 25, 2019 — Keeping everyone aware of how to survive a fire is the aim of Joint Base San Antonio Fire Emergency Services during Fire Prevention Week Oct. 6-12...

ARNORTH NCO earns Soldier's Medal for heroism
September 25, 2019 — Maj. Gen. David P. Glaser, U.S. Army North deputy commanding general-operations, presented the Soldier’s Medal to Sgt. James Miller, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Sept. 24. The Soldier’s Medal recognizes acts of heroism during a non-combat situation...

433rd AW Airmen, Marines work together to deploy equipment, personnel
September 25, 2019 — Marines and Airmen worked together Sept. 16 at Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, California, to strengthen their ability to transport equipment and personnel over long distances, using a U.S. Air Force Reserve Command C-5M Super Galaxy from Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland's 433rd Airlift Wing...

558th Flying Training Squadron Airman recognized as 'Hidden Hero'
September 25, 2019 — The phrase "heroes come in all shapes and sizes" has a special ring to one Airman in the 12th Flying Training Wing...

Army issues public health alert on vaping dangers
September 24, 2019 — The Army Public Health Center issued a Public Health Alert Sept. 10 warning Soldiers and family members who do not currently use tobacco products to avoid all e-cigarette and vaping products, particularly those sold off the street or modified to add any substances not intended by the manufacturer...

Soldiers should safeguard against suspicious tweets
September 24, 2019 — The tweets surface innocently in Twitter feeds, often passing as legit news or normal social media posts. Often, Soldiers may not even know they have been fed disinformation...

Past, Present and Future: JBSA Honor Guard
September 24, 2019 — Somber, but patriotic. Humbling, but motivating. Strenuous, but rewarding. Many adjectives define Joint Base San Antonio Honor Guard. An outside perspective sees honor guard duty in many different ways. For each guardsman, this duty can be something totally different. To capture the entire realm of honor guard, three Airmen gave their perspective. ...

Legal education program opens doors to law school
September 24, 2019 — Interested in pursuing a law degree and a career as an Army lawyer? The Office of the Judge Advocate General is now accepting applications through Nov. 1 from U.S. Army lieutenants and captains for the Army's Funded Legal Education Program...

JBSA ‘We Care Carnival’ highlights SHARP, and more
September 24, 2019 — More than a thousand Soldiers, along with a couple of hundred Sailors and Airmen, participated the first Joint Base San Antonio-wide “We Care Carnival” Sept. 19, highlighting Sexual Harassment, Assault Response and Prevention, Army Substance Abuse Program and chaplain programs...

Young blood recipient thanks donors personally
September 23, 2019 — The Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Exceptional Family Member Program and the Armed Services Blood Program hosted a blood drive Sept. 19 at the Military & Family Readiness Center to support the military community at Brooke Army Medical Center who need blood transfusions for blood cancer and blood-related illnesses. A young recipient of blood transfusions at BAMC took it upon himself to personally thank those who turned out for giving the gift of life. ...

Lincoln Military Housing residents have voices heard at JBSA- Fort Sam Houston housing town hall
September 20, 2019 — Residents of Lincoln Military Housing at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston participated in a town hall with JBSA and LMH leaders at the Military & Family Readiness Center Sept. 18...

ACC commander discusses Sixteenth Air Force as new Information Warfare NAF
September 20, 2019 — Gen. Mike Holmes, commander of Air Combat Command, said that Sixteenth Air Force will be the designation for a new Information Warfare Component-Numbered Air Force, while speaking at the Air Force Association Air, Space and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, Sept. 18...

Special night brings security forces, JBSA community together
September 20, 2019 — Military working dog and Taser demonstrations, emergency vehicle displays, and music and games are among the activities in store for Joint Base San Antonio community residents as JBSA security forces squadrons host National Night Out on Oct. 1...

JBSA-Randolph physical therapy, family health clinics work together
September 20, 2019 — Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph physical therapy and family health clinics have been working together to see and treat patients with musculoskeletal issues sooner...

METC instructor selected as trainer for All Armed Forces Women’s Basketball Team
September 20, 2019 — Capt. Kelsey Gebauer, Medical Education and Training Campus Physical Therapist Technician Program instructor at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, will be utilizing her skills as a physical therapist for players on the All Armed Forces Women’s Basketball Team competing at an international tournament in China in October...

Army North responds to Hurricane Dorian by staging forces, equipment
September 20, 2019 — While Homeland Defense is U.S. Army North’s number one priority, the command also provides military-unique capabilities in support of requests from a lead federal agency following destructive storms such as Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Sandy, Harvey, Maria and Florence...

Feedback Fridays
September 20, 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. ...

Teleconferencing program gives Air Force dietitians a broader reach
September 19, 2019 — The Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph Medical Clinic is one of the “hubs” of a program that is changing the way the Air Force provides diet and nutrition counseling to its health care beneficiaries...

340th Flying Training Group hosts Congressional staffers
September 19, 2019 — Staff members for U.S. Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) toured the 340th Flying Training Group at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph Sept. 16, focusing on total force integration between air reserve and active duty squadrons to accomplish the flying training mission. ...

Army South commander honors Chilean allies
September 19, 2019 — Maj. Gen. Daniel Walrath, U.S. Army South commanding general, traveled to Santiago, Chile Sept. 17-19, where he joined other partner nation army leaders to celebrate Chile’s Independence Day and The Day of the Glories of the Chilean Army...