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DLIELC pilots virtual training team program with Puerto Rico
August 4, 2020 — To continue partner nation support across combatant commands and execute the global security cooperation mission amidst a global pandemic, the Defense Language Institute English Language Center piloted a one-week virtual training team program with Puerto Rico July 2020... MORE

The Defense Language Institute English Language Center hosts a group discussion between instructors and cadets during a class conducted over Zoom July, 2020. This Virtual Training Team initiative is in its piloting stage and may prove to provide U.S. partners across the globe a viable hybrid distance learning option.

Knowledge, balancing resources vital to Army’s COVID-19 efforts
August 4, 2020 — Driven by a three-phase emergency response plan, the Army has contributed in every facet of the ongoing battle against COVID-19, Army Surgeon General Lt. Gen. R. Scott Dingle said July 29... MORE

Capt. Stacey Johnson, critical care nurse from Urban Augmentation Medical Task Force-627, provides positioning aids to a COVID-19 patient, July 10, 2020 at Baptist Hospital in San Antonio, Texas.

Special Warfare career fields update entry requirements
August 4, 2020 — Air Force Special Warfare has refined its rich history of Assessment and Selection for entry into the special tactics and Guardian Angel career fields... MORE

Special Warfare Training Wing trainees conduct dive training July 28, 2019, at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. Dive training is an integral part of training for many career fields in special warfare.

New AETC Command Chief focused on Airmen and valuing force generation
August 4, 2020 — The First Command welcomed Chief Master Sgt. Erik Thompson as its new senior enlisted advisor to the commander and senior staff effective Aug. 1, 2020. Thompson, who replaces Chief Master Sgt. Julie Gudgel as the command chief of Air Education and Training Command, is coming into the position after serving as the 19th Air Force command chief... MORE

Official biography photo for Chief Master Sgt. Erik Thompson, command chief of Air Education and Training Command.

AFCEC continues building on AFCAMP successes
August 3, 2020 — It’s been six years since the Air Force Civil Engineer Center established a new, transparent process for strategically racking and stacking facility sustainment, restoration and modernization requirements across the Air Force... MORE

Danny Butler at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, inventories and assesses the condition of buildings and structures on the base.

Contracting offices join forces to tackle Sixteenth Air Force Information Warfare mission
August 3, 2020 — As Sixteenth Air Force (Air Forces Cyber) reached full operational capability earlier this month, solidifying the convergence of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, cyber, electromagnetic warfare, information operations, and weather operations, federal agencies’ and joint partners’ need for these capabilities continues to skyrocket. ... MORE

Sixteenth Air Force (Air Forces Cyber) Shields

METC cytotechnologist program closes its doors
August 3, 2020 — After 53 years of training cytotechnologists, the Medical Education and Training Campus cytotechnologist program will be eliminated... MORE

Students in the Medical Education and Training Campus cytotechnologist program participate in an instructor-led microscopic workshop and discussion of atypical cell criteria.

AETC cultivates community culture of innovation with new APAN online tool
August 3, 2020 — Innovators across Air Education and Training Command now have an online collaboration tool designed to help them discover, learn, and promote a culture of innovation... MORE

Settlement of estate
August 3, 2020 — The commander regrets to announce the death of Airman 1st Class Taylor Ray Siebels, assigned to the 802nd Security Forces Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, who passed away May 30, 2020... MORE

Any persons having a claim for or against the estate of Airman 1st Class Taylor Ray Siebels should contact Capt. El Attrache at 210-671-1272.

Skin cancer: Here's how to reduce the risk
August 3, 2020 — With plenty of summer weather remaining for Airmen executing the mission, impacts of sun exposure directly affect health and readiness... MORE

MEDCoE’s top drill sergeant competes at Army level
August 3, 2020 — Staff Sgt. Travis Webster is the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence Drill Sergeant of the Year, or DSOY, for 2020 and represents MEDCoE at the Army-level DSOY competition. The event is hosted by the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, or TRADOC, and conducted virtually Aug. 3-5, due to COVID-19, considerations... MORE

Staff Sgt. Travis Webster, the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence 2020 Drill Sergeant of the Year.

AETC deputy commander completes JBSA immersion tour
August 3, 2020 — Maj. Gen. William Spangenthal, Air Education and Training Command’s new deputy commander, was joined by Brig. Gen. Caroline Miller, 502d Air Base Wing and Joint Base San Antonio commander, and her senior enlisted advisor, Command Chief Master Sgt. Wendell Snider, along with other JBSA senior leaders, for an immersion tour at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston and JBSA-Lackland July 24. ... MORE

Maj. Gen. William Spangenthal, vice commander of Air Education and Training Command, elbow bumps Lt. Col. Damien Williams, 37th Training Group deputy commander, during an immersion tour June 24, 2020, at JBSA-Lackland, Texas.

San Antonio mayor visits JBSA-Fort Sam Houston
July 31, 2020 — San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg and members of the City of San Antonio’s city council visited Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston July 29 to learn about the installation's day-to-day missions and the missions of U.S. Army South and U.S. Army North... MORE

Brig. Gen. Alcides V. Faria, Jr., U.S. Army South Deputy Commanding General of Interoperability, met with San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg and City of San Antonio Municipal Government officials during their visit to Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston July 29. They were interested in learning JBSA-Fort Sam Houston's daily missions as well as the U.S. Army South missions with its partner nations.

Seguin airfield maintains steady course during pandemic
July 31, 2020 — An airfield that was constructed about a decade after the Army Air Corps opened Randolph Field continues to serve the needs of the flying training mission at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph as it meets the challenges posed by the novel coronavirus pandemic... MORE

A T-38C Talon lands at the Joint Base San Antonio-Seguin Auxiliary Airfield during a ribbon-cutting event signifying the reopening of the airfield Jan. 20, 2015, after completion of a three-year construction project. The airfield continues to serve the 12th Flying Training Wing’s mission while meeting the challenges posed by the novel coronavirus pandemic.

DOD medical officials outline COVID-19 testing approach
July 31, 2020 — Though the rate of confirmed positive COVID-19 tests among those in uniform is lower than that of the nation's civilian population, the most junior service members have a slightly higher rate than that of their civilian counterparts, the medical advisor to the Defense Department's coronavirus task force said... MORE

A soldier with the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade receives a test for COVID-19 at a mobilization station at Fort Hood, Texas, July 9, 2020.

Airmen rescue family from house fire
July 31, 2020 — It was 7:30 p.m. July 13 when two Airmen on their way home from a gas station became unexpected heroes. What began as a normal Monday evening for the two air traffic controllers stationed at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland ended with several lives being saved... MORE

Maj. Gen. William Spangenthal, vice commander of Air Education and Training Command, coins Airman 1st Class Brian Hallock and Airman 1st Class Sebastian Flores, both from the 502nd Operational Support Squadron, during an immersion tour June 24, 2020, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas.

Feedback Fridays
July 31, 2020 — If you have a question or concern, please send an email to jbsapublicaffairs@gmail.com 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.

DOD must do more to prevent sexual assault
July 30, 2020 — The Defense Department must do more to prevent sexual assault and encourage reporting of such crimes, the deputy director of the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office said... MORE

A teal ribbon pin adorns a pocket flap on a soldier's uniform.

Fort Sam Houston ISD announces free, reduced-price meals policy
July 30, 2020 — The Fort Sam Houston Independent School District recently announced its policy for providing free and reduced-price meals for children served under current income eligibility guidelines. Each school/site or the central office has a copy of the policy, which may be reviewed by anyone on request... MORE

The Fort Sam Houston Independent School District recently announced its policy for providing free and reduced-price meals for children served under current income eligibility guidelines. Each school/site or the central office has a copy of the policy, which may be reviewed by anyone on request.

DOD proposes removing more than 11,000 troops from Germany
July 30, 2020 — The United States will bring some American service members home from their forward stationed assignments in Germany, while other service members will move to other locations in Europe to improve the commitment to NATO and the defense of Europe, Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper said, adding that the proposed changes are firmly in line with the National Defense Strategy... MORE

Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper, Joint Chiefs of Staff Vice Chairman Air Force Gen. John E. Hyten, and Commander, U.S. European Command Air Force Gen. Tod D. Wolters, brief the media on the European Strategic Force Posture Review from the Pentagon Briefing Room, Washington, D.C., July 29, 2020.