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JBSA Community Programs offers free school supplies at Back to School Bash
July 19, 2019 — Children and families can get ready for the start of the school year by getting free school supplies and enjoying free beverages, activities and music at the Back to School Bash from 9 to 11 a.m. Aug. 3 at the W. Ed Parker Youth Center, building 1630, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston... MORE

Children and families can get ready for the start of the school year by getting free school supplies and enjoying free beverages, activities and music at the Back to School Bash from 9 to 11 a.m. Aug. 3 at the W. Ed Parker Youth Center, building 1630, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston.

One World Terrain to allow Soldiers to train anywhere
July 19, 2019 — Carrying only a backpack and a drone, Soldiers could capture and eventually re-create entire sections of forests and steep mountains... MORE

Austin Drexler, researcher at the Institute for Creative Technology in Los Angeles, helps Maj. Gen. John George use special interactive goggles to view One World Terrain 3D interactive simulation data. George is deputy director, Army Futures and Concepts Center.

Feedback Fridays
July 19, 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.

Air Force chief of staff stresses multi-domain operations
July 18, 2019 — Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein urged fellow air chiefs from 39 nations to fully embrace, institute and refine a warfighting approach that links air, sea, land, space, cyber and information assets in a powerful system for identifying threats and defeating them... MORE

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein urged fellow air chiefs from 39 nations, in London, July 18, to fully embrace, institute and refine a warfighting approach that links air, sea, land, space, cyber and information assets in a powerful system for identifying threats and defeating them.

WHASC Pediatric Clinic keeps basic trainee pipeline moving
July 18, 2019 — The 59th Medical Wing’s Pediatric Clinic is currently assisting the 559th Medical Group by lending two additional providers. The 559th MDG keeps the Air Force’s enlisted pipeline moving by providing medical care to all basic military trainees... MORE

Capt. Natalie Aguilar, 59th Medical Operations Squadron pediatric nurse practitioner, checks a basic military trainee’s heart and lungs during an appointment June 28 at Reid Clinic, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. Aguilar volunteers a few days a week at the clinic and sees about 20 patients a day.

Senior enlisted advisor to Joint Chiefs chairman visits Army North
July 18, 2019 — Command Sgt. Maj. John W. Troxell, senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, held a Senior Noncommissioned Officer forum during his visit to U.S. Army North (Fifth Army) July 17... MORE

Command Sgt. Maj. John W. Troxell, senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, held a Senior Noncommissioned Officer forum during his visit to U.S. Army North (Fifth Army) July 17.Troxell's visit to Army North was his first stop while visiting service members throughout Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston.

Navy Recruiting District San Antonio hosts Texas educators, counselors in San Diego
July 17, 2019 — Navy Awareness is an important element in recruiting America’s best and brightest for naval service. To assist the recruiting effort in Central and South Texas, eight educators and counselors, along with support personnel from Navy Recruiting District San Antonio, visited naval commands in support of an Educator Orientation Visit July 8-12... MORE

Central and South Texas educators and counselors, along with support personnel from Navy Recruiting District San Antonio, toured the Freedom-class littoral combat ship, USS FORT WORTH (LCS 3) during the NRD’s annual Educator Orientation Visit July 11. The EOV is a Navy Recruiting Command (NRC) program with a main focus of showing educators the various facets of America’s Navy and the many career paths available to students.

149th Fighter Wings hosts F-16 Senior Officer Course for AFNORTH commander
July 17, 2019 — Lt. Gen. Marc Sasseville, Continental U.S. NORAD Region-1st Air Force (Air Forces Northern) commander, flew an F-16 Fighting Falcon for the F-16 Senior Officer Course, hosted by the 149th Fighter Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland recently... MORE

Lt. Gen. Marc Sasseville, Continental U.S. NORAD Region-1st Air Force (Air Forces Northern) Commander,inspects an AIM-9X Sidewinder missile on an F-16 Fighting Falcon prior to a flight for the F-16 Senior Officer Course, hosted by the 149th Fighter Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. The four-week course, designed to requalify experienced F-16 fighter pilots, focused on advanced handling characteristics, tactical formation and instrument-flying procedures. He also regained his air-air refueling currency during the course along with flying basic fighter maneuvers. He was required to requalify in the fighter jet based on his roles and responsibilities as the CONR-1 AF (AFNORTH) commander.

Medical professionals change command at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston
July 17, 2019 — Army Col. Shannon N. Shaw accepted the unit colors entrusted to her by Maj. Gen. Patrick D, Sargent, commanding general, U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School, Health Readiness Center of Excellence in a change of command ceremony for the Medical Professional Training Brigade, or MPTB, at a ceremony held at the AMEDD Museum July 16... MORE

Col. Shannon N. Shaw, incoming commander Medical Professional Training Brigade at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, accepts the unit colors from Maj. Gen. Patrick D. Sargent, commanding general, U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School, Health Readiness Center of Excellence, as she assumes command of the brigade July 16.

BAMC welcomes first woman commander
July 17, 2019 — Brooke Army Medical Center experienced a unique "first" during the change of command ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston July 16. Brig. Gen. George Appenzeller relinquished command to Brig. Gen. Wendy L. Harter, making her the first woman to command BAMC in its storied history... MORE

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Johnson (right), Regional Health Command-Central commanding general, presents the guideon to U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Wendy L. Harter (left), Brooke Army Medical Center commanding general, at a change of command ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston July 16. Harter is BAMC’s first female commanding general.

Regional Health Command-Central holds change of command ceremony
July 16, 2019 — Regional Health Command-Central held a change of command ceremony at the Quadrangle at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston July 16, with Brig. Gen. Jeffrey J. Johnson passing the reins of command to Brig. Gen. George “Ned” Appenzeller... MORE

Lt. Gen. Nadja Y. West (center), Army Surgeon General and commanding general, U.S. Army Medical Command, passes the guidon to Brig. Gen. George “Ned” Appenzeller as Brig. Gen. Jeffrey J. Johnson relinquished command of the Regional Health Command-Central in a change of command ceremony today at the Quadrangle at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston July 16.

Clinics, patients turn to hyperbaric medicine at BAMC
July 16, 2019 — “We call it the fog. It's like they’ve been awake for a few days straight,” said Col. (Dr.) Michael Richards, 59th Medical Specialty Squadron Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine section chief... MORE

Gennette Jones, a hyperbaric patient, wears an oxygen hood inside a hyperbaric chamber at Brooke Army Medical Center May 31. Typical hyperbaric patients suffer from post-radiation injuries, decompression sickness, arterial gas embolism, chronic wounds, diabetics that have end-organ disease and poor circulation, sensory hearing loss, and burns.

STEM students visit 433rd Airlift Wing
July 16, 2019 — Fourteen students with the San Antonio Chapter of Tuskegee Airmen Inc.’s Youth Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics-Aviation Program visited the 433rd Airlift Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland July 12... MORE

Tech. Sgt. Jason Henry, 356th Airlift Squadron flight engineer, talks to students with the San Antonio Chapter of Tuskegee Airmen Inc.’s Youth Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Aviation Program about the C-5M Super Galaxy’s flight deck at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland July 12.

San Antonio Missions baseball team hosts 433rd Airlift Wing night
July 16, 2019 — Reserve Citizen Airmen and family members from the Alamo Wing attended the San Antonio Missions baseball team’s 433rd Airlift Wing Night game July 13 at Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium... MORE

The 433rd Airlift Wing Honor Guard performs a flag ceremony at the San Antonio Missions baseball team’s 433rd Airlift Wing Night game at Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium July 13.

Military spouses awarded grants for medical courses
July 16, 2019 — The career of a military spouse can sometimes be transient, but funds were made available at the beginning of 2019 to the Military and Family Readiness Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland to assist them... MORE

Senior Airman Clayton Wear and Airman 1st Class Hanah Abercrombie, 30th Space Wing Public Affairs photojournalists ,pose for a photo as money falls down April 3, 2019, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.

U.S. Army South welcomes new commander
July 15, 2019 — U.S. Army South conducted a change of command ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston July 15. Adm. Craig Faller, commander of U.S. Southern Command, presided over the ceremony in which Maj. Gen. Mark R. Stammer relinquished command to Maj. Gen. Daniel R. Walrath. ... MORE

Maj. Gen. Daniel R. Walrath, incoming U.S. Army South commander, accepts the Army South colors from Adm. Craig Faller, U.S. Southern Command Commander, providing him with the authority of command, and ceremonially recognizing him as the commander of U.S. Army South, during a change of command ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston July 15.

Child identity theft: 'How did my 6-year-old get a credit card?'
July 15, 2019 — In 2017, more than one million children were victims of identity fraud... MORE

In 2017, more than one million children were victims of identity fraud. Cyber criminals compromise various data sources and steal the personal identifying information of millions of people every year. From the thief's perspective, children make excellent targets.

Arts in the Armed Forces visits 433rd Airlift Wing
July 15, 2019 — Arts in the Armed Forces visited the 433rd Airlift Wing and got an up-close look at the wing’s massive C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft, and experienced a simulated flight in the wing’s C-5M simulator at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland June 28... MORE

Actor Michael James Shaw sits in the cockpit of a C-5M Simulator during a tour of the 433rd Airlift Wing, Joint Base San Antonio June 28. Shaw was one of the four actors who performed a reading of “True West” to San Antonio’s local military personnel, veterans, and their families June 29 at the Charline McCombs Empire Theatre. The Arts in the Armed Forces, Inc. is a non-profit based in Brooklyn, New York. Its mission brings high-quality arts programming to active-duty and Reserve service members, veterans, military support staff, and their families around the world free of charge.

59th MDW commander reflects on past year, way forward
July 15, 2019 — Sitting in his conference room, Maj. Gen. John DeGoes, 59th Medical Wing commander, is surrounded by floor-to-ceiling windows and the clean, modern lines of Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. It’s a much different view, he reflects, than the one he saw sitting in the auditorium of the old WHASC, which he affectionately names “Big Willy,” as an internal medicine student entering his residency 30 years ago... MORE

Maj. Gen. John J. DeGoes, 59th Medical Wing commander, addresses the audience after taking command during the June 14, 2018, ceremony at the old Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center auditorium at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. The 59th MDW provides superior graduate medical education and training, state-of-the-art research, and first-class global medical readiness. It also serves as the Air Force functional medical command for Joint Base San Antonio.

DOD delays Post 9/11 GI Bill changes
July 15, 2019 — The Department of Defense delayed the implementation of a policy that would limit a service member’s ability to share education benefits with family members. The policy, originally slated to take effect July 12, discontinues the transfer benefit for members with 16 years or more of service... MORE

The Department of Defense delayed an issued change in policy regarding service members transferring their Post-9/11 GI Bill educational benefits. Implementation has been delayed until January 12, 2020, giving long-serving members more time to transfer their education benefits to spouses or dependents.