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433rd Civil Engineer Squadron welcomes new commander
June 6, 2019 — Maj. Nathan M. Leuthold relinquished command of the 433rd Civil Engineer Squadron to Maj. Jaime L. “Leigh” Barker at the 433rd Airlift Wing auditorium during a change of command ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland June 1... MORE

Lt. Col. James A. Hearn III, 433rd Mission Support Group deputy commander, presents the guidon to Maj. Jaime L. “Leigh” Barker, 433rd Civil Engineer Squadron commander, signifying the assumption of squadron command June 1 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. Barker is returning to the 433rd CES after working as the 433rd Airlift Wing executive officer.

Flight equipment redesigned to better fit female aviators
June 6, 2019 — Flight equipment is on its way through a major overhaul. The biggest change coming to the equipment is it is being designed with measurements from female aviators... MORE

An Airman gets her head measured at the Female Fitment Event at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, June 4. The purpose of the event was to take the measurements of female aviators to use when designing female flight equipment prototypes.

GIs remember D-day, 75 years later
June 6, 2019 — As the sun rose on Utah Beach June 6, 1944, the explosions were deafening. "There was all kinds of fire coming down on us," said then-Cpl. Herman Zeitchik, who served with the 42nd Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Infantry Division. He was hunkered down in a landing craft with about 30 other Soldiers. ... MORE

U.S. Soldiers disembark a landing craft under heavy fire off the coast of Normandy, France, June 6, 1944.

BAMC volunteers earn presidential award for devotion to patients, staff
June 6, 2019 — A select group of Brooke Army Medical Center volunteers received the President’s Lifetime Achievement Award May 30 for their thousands of service hours aiding patients and staff. The award is presented to individuals who have contributed 4,000 or more hours of service in their lifetime. ... MORE

Brig. Gen. George Appenzeller, BAMC commanding general, and Command Sgt. Maj. James Brown present Shirley Adcock with the President’s Lifetime Achievement Award May 30 for her more than 12,000 service hours at Brooke Army Medical Center. Adcock has volunteered as a tour guide, a ward listener and, currently, as a greeter for the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research Burn Center intensive care unit.

Recycling allows JBSA community to contribute to environmental effort
June 5, 2019 — World Environment Day, a United Nations program celebrated annually on June 5, gives people around the globe an opportunity to spring into positive environmental action and sustain that effort on a daily basis... MORE

Russell Lepage, left, and Maria Daniel, Joint Base San Antonio Qualified Recycling Program motor vehicle operators, unhitch a cardboard trailer at the JBSA-Lackland Recycling Center so that the cardboard can be unloaded and prepared for processing.

Borden Institute marks Veterinary Corps birthday with release of veterinary textbook
June 5, 2019 — The Borden Institute, an agency of the Health Readiness Center of Excellence, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, released “Military Veterinary Services” as a part of the Textbooks of Military Medicine series June 3... MORE

Retired Brig. Gen. John Poppe (left), 25th Chief of the Army Veterinary Corps, presents the first copy of the “Military Veterinary Services” textbook to retired Brig. Gen. Charles Elia, the 15th Chief of the Army Veterinary Corps.

National Guard 'ready' as 2019 hurricane season kicks off
June 5, 2019 — The National Guard has been busy responding to recent tornadoes and flooding in the Midwest, as well as other areas, but stands ready for this year's "hurricane season" that began June 1... MORE

A South Carolina National Guard Soldier with Task Force Palmetto, helps clear a road in the vicinity of Cayey, Puerto Rico. The Soldiers are working in conjunction with the 190th Engineer Battalion of the Puerto Rico National Guard to clear mud and debris from the roads in the wake of Hurricane Maria and subsequent rain storms.

Alamo Wing hosts clergy from throughout Texas
June 5, 2019 — Twenty clerics from different faiths and from all over the state of Texas endured the South Texas summer heat and humidity arriving here at sunrise June 1 to participate in the 433rd Airlift Wing’s Clergy Appreciation Day... MORE

Tech. Sgt. Eric Ganley (right), 68th Airlift Squadron flight engineer, uses an electronic tablet to show Josue Tapia, Bexar County Sheriff’s Office chaplain, their location in-flight on a C-5M Super Galaxy during the 433rd Airlift Wing’s annual Clergy Day flight June 1 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. The wing welcomed 20 ministers nominated by their Reserve Citizen Airman to get a glimpse of a unit training assembly.

JBSA-Fort Sam Houston's North New Braunfels Gate closed June 6-9
June 5, 2019 — The North New Braunfels Avenue Entry Control Point at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston will be closed, depending on weather, for approximately three days from Thursday, June 6, to Sunday, June 9, for ballistic gate installation. During these temporary closures, the Wilson Gate will be open from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily... MORE

The North New Braunfels Avenue Entry Control Point at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston will be closed, depending on weather, for approximately three days from Thursday, June 6, to Sunday, June 9, for ballistic gate installation. During these temporary closures, the Wilson Gate will be open from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.

Former international medical student returns to JBSA-Fort Sam Houston as general officer
June 4, 2019 — A South Korean delegation, led by a former international student trained at the Health Readiness Center of Excellence, or HRCoE, visited Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston recently. It has been more than two decades since Brig. Gen. Myoung-ok Kwon of the Republic of Korea Army was an international military student at the HRCoE in what is now known as the Captains Career Course, but she still has fond memories of the experience. ... MORE

Republic of Korea Army Brig. Gen. Myoung-ok Kwon (center), superintendent for the Korea Armed Forces Nursing Academy, observes a live demonstration of a combat trauma management scenario in a mock aid station conducted by instructors for the U.S. Army Medical Department Center & School, Health Readiness Center of Excellence’s Tactical Combat Medical Care course during a May 2019 visit to Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston. Also pictured (to her right) is ROK Army Lt. Col. Yoomi Jung, director for the Academy’s Clinical Nursing Science Department.

Technology, AFWERX, helping SF Academy graduates become more lethal, ready
June 4, 2019 — Recognizing the pace of change is accelerating, the Security Forces Academy at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland has taken full advantage of an opportunity to help field tomorrow’s Air Force faster and smarter by adding innovative technology into its apprentice course to help produce more lethal and ready Airmen... MORE

Airman 1st Class Valric Suyom, a recent graduate of the Security Forces apprentice course, participates in a use of force training scenario in the Multiple Interactive Learning Objectives, or MILO, simulator as Staff Sgt. James McKinney, 343rd Training Squadron instructor, guides the training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland May 29. The MILO system puts student in various interactive use of force training scenarios, including the potential application of deadly force, through the use of enhanced video screens.

Air Force medic trainee saves choking toddler
June 3, 2019 — An Airman from the 59th Medical Wing performed lifesaving intervention on a choking toddler at a local restaurant in San Antonio March 30. Airman 1st Class Tobias Titus, an aerospace medical technician in training, and his wife were having dinner when he noticed a mother and grandmother at an adjacent table attempting to dislodge a piece of food from a toddler’s airway... MORE

Airman 1st Class Tobias Titus, an aerospace medical technician in training at the 59th Medical Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, was recognized by Maj. Gen. John J. DeGoes, 59th MDW commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Chuck Frizzell, 59th MDW command chief, after performed lifesaving intervention on a choking toddler at a local restaurant March 30.

Air Force secretary, chief of staff initiate dialogue on plan for new officer promotion categories
June 3, 2019 — Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein shared in a memorandum to wing, numbered Air Force and major command commanders May 31, on a draft plan for new Line of the Air Force officer promotion categories... MORE

Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein shared in a memorandum to wing, numbered Air Force and major command commanders May 31, on a draft plan for new Line of the Air Force officer promotion categories.

Air Force announces partnership with FAA
June 3, 2019 — The Air Force and the Federal Aviation Administration announced a collaborative effort to counter the national aircrew shortage May 31. This effort aims to ensure the continued and long-range health and safety of the aviation industry by collaborating to inspire a passion for aviation in the next generation... MORE

The Air Force and the Federal Aviation Administration announced a collaborative effort to counter the national aircrew shortage May 31. This effort aims to ensure the continued and long-range health and safety of the aviation industry by collaborating to inspire a passion for aviation in the next generation.

Firefighters support JBSA-Kelly Field flightline
May 31, 2019 — Firefighters at Station No. 2 aren’t like some of their counterparts; they stand by to combat an array of potential threats to the flightline and its operations. They respond to emergencies with the C-5M Super Galaxy and F-16 Fighting Falcon along with commercial airlines and small airplanes that uses the runway at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland... MORE

Firefighters from Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph prepare a fire hose before entering a mockup aircraft April 11, 2018 at the Camp Talon fire training grounds on JBSA-Randolph. The training offers firefighters the opportunity to train with live fire to get as close to a real-life scenario as possible.

Police Week highlights sacrifices of law enforcement members
May 31, 2019 — In recognition of National Police Week, Joint Base San Antonio security forces members took part in a weeklong remembrance May 13-17... MORE

Senior Airman William McLaughlin, 502nd Security Forces Squadron combat arms instructor, competes in an obstacle course race during Police Week May 14, 2019, at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas. National Police Week dates back to 1962, when President John F. Kennedy proclaimed May 15 as National Peace Officers Memorial Day. That same year, Congress established by joint resolution the week in which May 15 falls as National Police Week.

New 502nd Air Base Wing honorary commanders visit JBSA-Fort Sam Houston
May 31, 2019 — Civic leaders from across the Joint Base San Antonio metropolitan area gathered at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston May 21 for their first of three honorary commander tours to learn more about the 502nd Air Base Wing... MORE

502nd Air Base Wing Honorary Commanders Kristi Villanueva, president of the West San Antonio Chamber of Commerce and Sean Hoffmann, Seguin Independent School District executive director of communications, enjoy feeding one of the horses at the equestrian center at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston May 21.

Army boards to rank NCOs solely on merit
May 31, 2019 — More deserving Soldiers will be promoted sooner and fewer school seats should go vacant under the Army's new Enlisted Centralized Promotion Board process, said Sgt. Maj. of the Army Daniel Dailey May 29... MORE

Sgt. Maj. of the Army Daniel A. Dailey (center) greets Fort Leonard Wood-based Soldiers during an installation visit Nov. 1-2, 2018.

Security Forces initial skills training focus of latest “Developing Mach-21 Airmen” podcast
May 31, 2019 — Legacy, innovation, technology and an AFWERX partnership at the Security Forces Academy schoolhouse are the focus of episode 10 of "Developing Mach-21 Airmen," Air Education and Training Command's professional development podcast series, which released May 28... MORE

The "Developing Mach-21 Airmen" podcast provides visibility on emerging issues in the recruiting, training, education and development of Total Force Airmen, as well as impactful insight on leadership and lessons learned from the field through conversations with subject matter experts and leaders, in an easy-to-listen to format available on demand

Feedback Fridays
May 31, 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.