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Feedback Fridays
April 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.
JBSA-Fort Sam Houston Exchange associate helps lead USA Special Olympics team to silver medal
April 18, 2019
Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Army & Air Force Exchange Service associate Jamie Holt (back row, holding sign) recently returned from competing in the Special Olympics World Games in Abu Dhabi as a member of the U.S. women’s basketball team.
Sergeant Major of the Army recognizes local recruiter
April 18, 2019
Command Sgt. Major of the Army Daniel A. Daily (left) and Command Sgt. Major Tabitha A. Gavia (right) U.S. Army Recruiting Command, recognize Sgt. 1st Class Ebony R. Thomas-Yarborough, Park North Station Commander, for her efforts leading her team of recruiters who put 51 individuals in the Army Between January and March 2019.
JBSA-Fort Sam Houston contracting units stand down to raise awareness about sexual assault
April 18, 2019
Shirley Herwig reviews the agenda for a stand down training event April 10 with uniformed and civilian members from contracting activities on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston as part of Sexual Assault and Prevention Awareness Month. Herwig is the Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention manager for the Mission and Installation Contracting Command.
‘American Dream is alive’ and well through Army Recruiting
April 18, 2019
Maj. Gen. Patrick D. Sargent, commanding general, U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School, Health Readiness Center of Excellence, or AMEDDC&S HRCoE, hosted a welcome reception and meet and greet in support of a Los Angeles educator tour at Willis Hall at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston April 16.
AMEDDC&S HRCoE commander welcomes Army Medical Department students
April 18, 2019
Maj. Gen. Patrick D. Sargent, commander, U.S. Army Medical Department, Health Center of Excellence, or AMEDDC&S HRCoE, speaks with students attending the Brigade Health Care Provider Course at the ROC Drill Facility at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston April 15.
Military trailblazer speaks at Breaking Barriers event
April 18, 2019
Brig. Gen. Jeannie Leavitt, commander of Air Force Recruiting Service, speaks to youth attendees at the Breaking Barriers event April 10, 2019, in the Fleenor Auditorium, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph. The purpose of this event was to provide an opportunity for the JBSA community to hear, ask questions and learn from a leader like Brig. Gen. Leavitt as she shares her story as the first female fighter pilot and the first woman to command an Air Force combat fighter wing and talks about effective leadership practices in the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by: Airman 1st Class Shelby Pruitt)
Commentary: Refusing to be a bystander
April 16, 2019
The Air Force encourages Airmen who identify an individual considering suicide to use the A.C.E. model: ask directly if a person is considering suicide, care by actively listening and removing means for self-injury, and escort the person to a helping organization. For more information, visit the Air Force suicide prevention website at http://www.af.mil/Suicide-Prevention.
JBSA-Fort Sam Houston M&FRC hosts military spouse conference May 10-11
April 16, 2019
Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston will be hosting a first-time conference in May focusing on the needs of military spouses that will include workshops and a question and answer panel discussion. From May 10-11, the Embolden Military Spouse Conference will be held at the JBSA-Fort Sam Houston Military & Family Readiness Center, 3060 Stanley Road, building 2797. The conference is free and open to all JBSA military spouses.
Keep your common access card safe, secure
April 16, 2019
Anyone who possesses a common access card, or CAC, must keep it safeguarded and not allow it to be duplicated or photographed. According to Title 18, U.S. Code Part I, Chapter 33, Section 701, it is illegal for a commercial establishment to photocopy a military identification card as a means to verify military affiliation for providing government rates or discounts on products or services.
Larson Awards testing starts May 1 for Twenty-Fifth Air Force enlisted Airmen
April 16, 2019
esting for the 2019 Maj. Gen. Doyle Larson Awards begins May 1, 2019. Enlisted Airmen, technical sergeant and below, from Twenty-Fifth Air Force, to include attached Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard components, and the National Air and Space Intelligence Center, are eligible to test.
AFCYBER Airmen reach ‘firsts’ in global exercises
April 16, 2019
Members of the 624th Operations Center perform a wide range of cyber missions at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in support of Air Force and joint force commanders.
Curriculum development highlighted on latest "Developing Mach-21 Airmen" podcast
April 16, 2019
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.
How to effectively use ICE feedback
April 16, 2019
When our customers take a brief moment to provide us with positive feedback they may show thanks or appreciation and that feeling alone can make most of us feel warm and happy inside. Naturally though, you are going to check your e-mail, social media or ICE feedback one day and you will experience the shock of negative feedback.
Vogel Resiliency Center holds interactive event at JBSA-Camp Bullis
April 15, 2019
Sgt. Justin Chiang (left) and Spc. Danielle Powers (right), members of the 549th Military Intelligence Battalion, act in a skit about a military couple dealing with financial issues at a resiliency event on Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis conducted by the Vogel Resiliency Center April 12.
I-WEPTAC delivers third straight year of innovation
April 15, 2019
Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Steven W. Wilson talks with Mission Area Working Group chairs (from left) Capt. Stephen Bernero. Maj. Zachary Haney and Maj. Justin Bateman at the conclusion of the AFIMSC Installation and Mission Support Weapons and Tactics Conference April 10 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.
Deadline to transfer GI Bill benefits coming this July
April 15, 2019
Soldiers with more than 16 years of service who want to transfer their Post-9/11 GI Bill to a dependent must do so before July 12, or risk losing the ability to transfer education benefits.
U.S. Ambassador visits JBSA-Lackland
April 12, 2019
(Left) The honorable W. Stuart Symington, U.S. ambassador to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, watches Airmen march in a basic military training graduation parade April 5, 2019, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. Symington is the grandson of William Stuart Symington Jr., the first Secretary of the Air Force.
Restoration project enhances Parr Club patio’s aesthetics, improves drainage
April 12, 2019
Workers carry out restoration work on the Parr Club fountain in the center of Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas on April 19, 2019. A ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of the project and opening of the patio is planned in the near future.
Program gives military spouses a head start on finding employment
April 12, 2019