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EUCOM commander visits Air Force Cyber
August 30, 2019 — Gen. Tod Wolters, commander of U.S. European Command, visited Air Force Cyber headquarters at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Aug. 28. Wolters visited the 624th Operations Center to learn about the center's command and control mission and meet cyber Airmen... MORE

Col. Jeffrey Gomes, 624th Operations Center commander (right), briefs Gen. Tod Wolters, commander of U.S. European Command, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Aug. 28. Wolters visited the 624th Operations Center to learn about the center's command and control mission, and to meet cyber Airmen.

Feedback Fridays
August 30, 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.

Military health care consolidation moves to next phase
August 29, 2019 — The Defense Health Agency will take the next step this fall in evolving health care across the Military Health System, which oversees the care and well-being of some 9.5 million people, including service members, families and retirees... MORE

A health care provider meets with a patient at William Beaumont Army Medical Center on Fort Bliss, Texas, March 17, 2017.

Career Skills Program helps Soldiers transitioning out of the Army
August 29, 2019 — The Army Career Skills Program provides Soldiers transitioning out of the Army with an opportunity to participate in free or minimal-cost apprenticeships, on-the-job training, employment-skills training and internships... MORE

The Army Career Skills Program provides Soldiers transitioning out of the Army with an opportunity to participate in free or minimal-cost apprenticeships, on-the-job training, employment-skills training and internships.

September is National Preparedness Month; make time to plan for disasters
August 29, 2019 — September is recognized as National Preparedness Month, which serves as a reminder to plan and prepare for emergencies that could impact our homes, workplace, schools and communities. Planning and preparation is essential in building resilient communities and coincides with this year’s theme of “Prepared, Not Scared. Be Ready for Disasters.” ... MORE

September is recognized as National Preparedness Month, which serves as a reminder to plan and prepare for emergencies that could impact our homes, workplace, schools, and communities. Planning and preparation is essential in building resilient communities and coincides with this year’s theme of “Prepared, Not Scared. Be Ready for Disasters.”

Air Force mandates dedicated space for nursing mothers
August 29, 2019 — A new lactation policy, released in an Air Force Guidance Memorandum dated Aug. 15, requires units to provide nursing mothers access to a lactation room. The policy enables commanders to support nursing mothers by outlining procedures and requirements for establishing a private, secure (lockable from the inside) and sanitary location for the purpose of breastfeeding and/or expressing breast milk... MORE

AMEDD Center & School getting a new name
August 29, 2019 — The premier Army medicine training and education institution widely known as the “Army Medical Department Center & School” will officially change its name to “U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence,” or MEDCoE, effective Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019... MORE

Installation Management Command leaders host housing manager symposium
August 29, 2019 — More than 60 Army housing managers from installations around the world traveled to San Antonio Aug. 19-23 for the inaugural housing executive course hosted by U.S. Army Installation Management Command. ... MORE

More than 60 Army housing managers from installations around the world traveled to San Antonio, Texas, Aug. 19-23, for the inaugural housing executive course hosted by Installation Management Command.

JBSA leader honors legacy of President Lyndon B. Johnson on 111th anniversary
August 28, 2019 — “President Johnson was a man whose legacy is as big as the Texas sky,” said Col. Philip G. Born, 37th Training Wing vice commander, during a public wreath-laying ceremony Aug. 27 at the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park. This year marked the 111th anniversary of Johnson’s birth, in a house on the sprawling ranch in the Texas Hill Country. ... MORE

Col. Phillip G. Born, 37th Training Wing vice commander, speaks at the Lyndon B. Johnson Birthday Observance Wreath-Laying Ceremony Aug. 27 at the LBJ National Historical Park at Johnson City, Texas. The annual event honors what would have been Johnson’s 111th birthday.

Military students can win $20,000 in scholarships from exchange
August 28, 2019 — Military students who make a difference in their community are eligible to win one of 10 $2,000 scholarships through the Army & Air Force Exchange Service’s and Unilever’s Rewards of Caring essay contest... MORE

Military students who excel at serving their communities can earn cash for college by telling their stories in an essay contest.

Husband and wife, both three-star generals, share secrets to dual family success
August 28, 2019 — During the onset of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the Richardson family faced a difficult dilemma. James and Laura Richardson, Army officers with promising careers, both received orders to deploy to Iraq... MORE

Lt. Gen. Laura Richardson and Lt. Gen. James Richardson discuss their dual military family life, which has spanned more than three decades. Dual military families are family units where both parents serve in the military. Lt. Gen. Laura Richardson is the commanding general of U.S. Army North (Fifth Army) at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston. Lt. Gen. James Richardson serves as the deputy commanding general of Army Futures Command in Austin,

Army names top drill sergeant at JBSA-Camp Bullis competition
August 28, 2019 — After five days, more than 70 tested events and hundreds of evaluated standards, the U.S. Army named its top drill sergeant in an Aug. 23 ceremony hosted by the Center for Initial Military Training, or CIMT, the lead in the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, or TRADOC, for all initial entry training. The annual event was conducted at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston and JBSA-Camp Bullis for the first time since the Drill Sergeant of the Year was established 50 years ago... MORE

Army Staff Sgt. Earnest J. Knight II, Drill Sergeant Academy, on a ruck march.

OTS beta courses test accelerated commissioning program for senior NCOs
August 28, 2019 — Air University is testing a new, accelerated program to help fast-track qualifying Air Force senior non-commissioned officers looking to commission as Air Force second lieutenants... MORE

This image illustrates the start of the first Officer Training School Accelerated Commissioning Program at Maxwell Air Force Base, Mississippi. OTS-ACP tests commissioning senior NCOs in 14 training days instead of the standard 40 training days.

Air Force EFMP families can attend Virtual Summit 3.0
August 28, 2019 — For the third year, Air Force Services Directorate, or AF/A1S, the Air Force's Personnel Center and the Air Force Medical Readiness Agency will jointly host the Exceptional Family Member Program Summit 3.0... MORE

Army offers more than $80,000 in re-up bonuses
August 27, 2019 — Effective Sept. 9, Soldiers willing to reenlist in some of the Army's most in-demand careers have the chance to receive up to $81,000 in lump-sum bonuses -- the highest amount in more than five years, officials announced Aug. 27... MORE

Spc. Eugene Bromberg (left with hand raised), an infantryman, is led in the oath of reenlistment by his commanding officer Army Cpt. Evan Dimakas (right with hand raised) in Poptun, Guatemala, July 15, 2019. The two are flanked by Soldiers from B Company, 182nd Infantry Regiment and Guatemalan Kaiblies. Bromberg, who immediately bonded with the Guatemalan special forces soldiers, asked that they be included in his reenlistment ceremony.

DOD to begin next major phase of military hospital consolidation
August 27, 2019 — The Department of Defense is preparing for the next major step in consolidating military hospitals and clinics under a single agency, one of the largest organizational changes within the U.S. military in decades... MORE

Lt. Col. Juli Fung-Hayes (center), a U.S. Army Reserve emergency medicine physician with the 2nd Medical Brigade, leads a medic team from the 396th Combat Support Hospital, headquartered at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, through a trauma and critical care scenario in a field hospital during a promotional photo shoot for Army Reserve marketing and recruiting at Fort Hunter Liggett, California, July 18, 2018.

Army overhauls small arms training with tougher standards, combat-like rigor
August 27, 2019 — The U.S. Army has drawn up a sweeping overhaul of how it will train Soldiers in using small arms -- rifles, pistols and automatic rifles -- a revamp that adds tougher standards and combat-like rigor to training and testing marksmanship... MORE

Soldiers with C Troop, 2nd Squadron, 15th Cavalry Regiment, a one station unit training for cavalry scouts with the Maneuver Center of Excellence, zero their M4 carbines at Soto Range on Fort Benning, Georgia Aug. 21.

Air Force pilot trainee accepts tennis award, life’s challenges
August 23, 2019 — Second Lt. Isaac Perez, a former tennis player at the U.S. Air Force Academy, has been named a 2019 Arthur Ashe Jr. Leadership and Sportsmanship Award recipient by the National Collegiate Athletics Association. ... MORE

U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Isaac Perez celebrates the end of a match in this undated photo while a member of the United States Air Force Academy men’s tennis team. Perez, who will begin pilot training in early 2020, has been named a 2019 recipient of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s national Arthur Ashe Jr. Leadership and Sportsmanship award.

K-9 fixer upper: 340th FTG volunteers spruce up dogs’ digs
August 23, 2019 — It was a K-9 fixer upper opportunity that led two 340th Flying Training Group members who don’t have pets to spend a recent afternoon helping dogs who don’t have families... MORE

Master Sgt. Melissa Erwin and Anthoney Smith, 340th Flying Training Group, volunteered a few hours last week to paint dog kennels at the Humane Society of New Braunfels Area shelter in New Braunfels, Texas.

JBSA program provides information and resources on suicide prevention
August 23, 2019 — Active duty members, military family members, Department of Defense civilians and veterans who are experiencing thoughts of suicide have a program they can turn to at Joint Base San Antonio that can connect them with the resources they need to get help... MORE

Active duty service members, military family members, veterans and DOD civilians seeking help and resources for suicidal behaviors, substance abuse problems or risky behaviors, can contact members of the Army Substance Abuse Program, or ASAP, including Ward at 210-221-2093; Leslie Noel, ASAP prevention coordinator, at 210-221-0326; or Alicia Cline, ASAP risk reduction coordinator, at 210-221-1696.