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Randolph High School Girl Scout earns prestigious award
August 13, 2020
Madison Wright poses for a photo at the Schertz-Cibolo Emergency Clinic in Schertz, Texas, Aug. 1. She worked with the Randolph Chapel youth to create more than 100 packages to give to children visiting the clinic.

USAISR welcomes new senior enlisted leader
August 13, 2020
Sgt. Maj. Jennifer A. Redding (right) assumed responsibility as the senior enlisted leader of the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research during a ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Aug. 10.

USAISR Soldiers on front line of national efforts to combat COVID-19
August 13, 2020
Sgt. Stephen Freed from the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research inspects a batch of COVID-19 convalescent plasma ready to be shipped from the South Texas Blood & Tissue Center.

BAMC microbiologist deploys to mobile medical lab
August 12, 2020
Army Capt. Eric Coate, Molecular Diagnostics officer in charge, loads patient samples for COVID-19 ribonucleic acid (RNA) testing at Brooke Army Medical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, April 9.

MTI, MTL developmental special duties focus of latest "The Air Force Starts Here" podcasts
August 12, 2020
"The Air Force Starts Here" is Air Education and Training Command's professional development podcast. The professional development podcasts are designed to help communicate and inform Total Force Airmen across the globe on relevant, timely topics related to the recruiting, training, education and development fields and can be listened to on the government network on the AETC website, or via mobile application as well as on Apple Podcasts (iTunes). For Android or Google mobile users, the podcast can be found on their favorite third-party podcast phone application. (U.S. Air Force graphic / 1st Lt. Robert Guest)

New Medical Provider Trends Dashboard available
August 12, 2020

Back to school immunizations: What you need to know
August 11, 2020
The San Antonio Military Health System stands ready to help parents meet their children’s immunization and vaccination requirements, as well as back-to-school and sports physicals.

New Army Digital Garrison app serves as guide to on-post services
August 11, 2020
The Army has launched the new Digital Garrison mobile app that provides information and facilitates access to a full array of on-post services, as part of a partnership between Army Installation Management Command and the Army & Air Force Exchange Service, or AAFES.

Space Force releases 1st doctrine, defines “spacepower” as distinct form of military power
August 11, 2020
Space Force News

New commander takes over 433rd Training Squadron
August 11, 2020
Reserve BMT squadron

433rd Maintenance Squadron welcomes new commander
August 11, 2020
Lt. Col. Stuart Martin (left), 433rd Maintenance Group commander, presents the guidon to Capt. Nicholas Velazquez, 433rd Maintenance Squadron commander, at an assumption of command ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Aug. 8. Prior to earning a commission, Velazquez was an enlisted master sergeant in the maintenance career field.

Commander leaves Security Forces career field a legacy of change
August 10, 2020
Col. Brian S. Greenroad

39th Flying Training Squadron welcomes new commander
August 10, 2020
39th FTS changes command

Donating plasma may be the key in the fight against COVID-19
August 10, 2020
COVID-19 doesn’t discriminate against who it infects – even general officers are susceptible.

BAMC offers ‘last line of defense’ against COVID-19
August 10, 2020
Nurses tend to a patient on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, or ECMO, in a COVID-19 intensive care unit at Brooke Army Medical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, July 17, 2020.

Freedom’s price – the Purple Heart
August 7, 2020
Aug. 7 is National Purple Heart Day. Created in 2014, it’s a time when all Americans are urged to recognize, remember and honor the nation’s service members and veterans who have been wounded or paid the ultimate price in defense of our liberties.

433rd Airlift Wing welcomes Dover aircraft during Tropical Storm Isaias
August 7, 2020
A C-5M Super Galaxy from Dover Air Force Base, Delaware takes to the air after a short stay at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Aug. 5, 2020.

MEDCoE employee selected as TRADOC Civilian Instructor of the Year
August 7, 2020
Maj. Gen. Dennis P. LeMaster, commanding general of the U.S Army Medical Center of Excellence at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, presents Robert “Bob” Preshong, Department of Combat Medic Training, with the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, or TRADOC, Civilian Instructor of the Year award and a letter from Gen. Paul E. Funk II, TRADOC commanding general.

Feedback Fridays
August 7, 2020
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.

Brown formally installed as 22nd Air Force Chief of Staff
August 6, 2020
Secretary of the Air Force Barbara M. Barrett administers the oath of office to incoming Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. during the CSAF Transfer of Responsibility ceremony at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Aug. 6, 2020. Brown is the 22nd Chief of Staff of the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Wayne Clark)