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BAMC aims to improve patient engagement, communication through new initiative
February 26, 2020 — Brooke Army Medical Center is implementing a new nurse initiative to improve communication and interaction with patients... MORE

Citizens join military during San Antonio Rodeo joint enlistment ceremony
February 26, 2020 — More than 150 citizens from the San Antonio and surrounding areas took the oath of enlistment during the first-ever Joint services ceremony hosted at the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo Feb. 22... MORE

Maj. Gen. Dennis P. LeMaster, commander, U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence, administers the oath of enlistment at the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo Feb. 22 to a total of 153 recruits joining the Army, Marines, Navy and Air Force.

AETC partners with multiple MAJCOMs to create virtual aircraft maintenance hangars
February 26, 2020 — Air Education and Training Command is working to build a faster and smarter Air Force in partnership with multiple major commands to develop a competency-based virtual and augmented-reality training capability for the aircraft maintenance and career enlisted aviator communities... MORE

computer with 3D image with actual airplane in foreground

MICC leaders meet to discuss contracting priorities
February 26, 2020 — Almost 60 contracting leaders from across the Mission and Installation Contracting Command were in San Antonio recently for discussions on a variety of key acquisition topics and training... MORE

New IMCOM commander addresses Installation Innovation Forum 2020
February 26, 2020 — In his first official event representing the U.S. Army Installation Management Command to an external audience, Lt. Gen. Douglas Gabram, IMCOM commanding general, described actions the Army is taking to strengthen Soldier, family and civilian readiness... MORE

AETC names Training Support Officer of the Year
February 24, 2020 — Maj. Tate Grogan, 341st Training Squadron Director of Operations at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, was named the Air Education and Training Command’s Training Support Officer of the Year Jan. 31... MORE

JBSA Employment Readiness Programs offer support to career seekers
February 24, 2020 — Finding a job can be difficult, especially for transitioning military members, spouses and dependents, but the Employment Readiness Programs at Joint Base San Antonio Military & Family Readiness Centers are a good place to start... MORE

JBSA-Lackland engineer wins national recognition
February 21, 2020 — Air Force Civil Engineer Dr. Tim Sullivan was named the 2020 Federal Engineer of the Year during a ceremony Feb. 14 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C... MORE

Air Force award recognizes excellence of JBSA-Randolph physical therapist
February 21, 2020 — Jason Wheeler, a member of the 559th Medical Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, set his sights on a career in the health care profession when he was in his teens... MORE

The Air Force Medical Service recognized Jason Wheeler, 559th Medical Squadron Diagnostics and Therapeutics Flight physical therapist, as its Biomedical Clinician Civilian of the Year for 2019. (Photo by Sabrina Fine)

BAMC hosts tobacco cessation program for beneficiaries
February 21, 2020 — Brooke Army Medical Center's Pulmonary Tobacco Cessation Team is helping beneficiaries reduce and eliminate their dependence on a variety of tobacco products... MORE

Military health system changes focus on readiness
February 21, 2020 — The Military Health System is implementing significant reforms aimed at building a more integrated and effective system of readiness and health, the assistant secretary of defense for health affairs said Feb. 19... MORE

Feedback Fridays
February 21, 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... MORE

Air Force changes path of entry for enlisted special warfare operators
February 20, 2020 — To better afford enlisted recruits the time and opportunity to find the path of their greatest calling, the Air Force has created a single path of entry into the special warfare recruiting and initial training pipeline called the Special Warfare Operator Enlistment Vectoring program... MORE

Special warfare trainee patrols in the middle of green smoke

AMC, IMCOM want to make every installation ‘Number One Choice’
February 20, 2020 — Gen. Gus Perna, commanding general, U.S. Army Materiel Command, visited San Antonio for his third quarterly update with U.S. Army Installation Management Command leadership at the command’s headquarters at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Feb. 18... MORE

433rd Airlift Wing C-5M Super Galaxy makes appearance at Laredo air show
February 19, 2020 — The 433rd Airlift Wing’s C-5M Super Galaxy out of Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland was part of the 22nd annual Stars and Stripes Air Show during the 123rd Washington’s Birthday Celebration in Laredo, Texas, Feb. 16... MORE

A 433rd Airlift Wing C-5M Super Galaxy was one of the aircraft in attendance Feb. 16, 2020 at the Stars and Stripes Air Show in Laredo, Texas. Hundreds of people got a chance to walk through the C-5M to view the aircraft up close from the inside. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Iram Carmona)

Squadron Commander, Superintendent Course gears up for 2020
February 19, 2020 — The Air Force’s Personnel Center wrapped up a successful year of hosting nearly 400 students in its 2019 Squadron Commander and Superintendent Course and is off-and-running with its first 2020 class concluded... MORE

Photo of Chief Master Sgt. Daniel Hoglund, AFPC’s command chief speaking to squadron leaders in the Boles Conference room at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas.

Changes to promotion process provide Army officers more career flexibility
February 19, 2020 — The Army has initiated changes to its promotion process, allowing qualified officers a chance to "opt-in" for early promotion consideration, Army Talent Management Task Force leaders said Feb. 13... MORE

JBSA-Lackland M&FRC hosts voting workshop March 17
February 19, 2020 — Service members, their families and Department of Defense civilians will learn about the processes and guidelines for exercising their right to vote at the Voting Assistance Workshop from 9-11 a.m. March 17 at Arnold Hall, building 5506, 1560 Stewart Street, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland... MORE

433rd Airlift Wing member re-enlists last time in hometown on C-5M during air show
February 19, 2020 — Tech. Sgt. Jorge Aradillas, 433rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron ground equipment technician at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, had one more enlistment to do before he officially retires from the United States Air Force Reserve... MORE

Tech. Sgt. Jorge Aradillas, 433rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron ground equipment technician at Joint Base San Antonio Lackland, Texas, also from Laredo, re-enlists for the last time onboard a C-5M Super Galaxy, Feb. 15, 2020 during Laredo’s annual Stars and Stripes Air Show. Aradillas was surrounded by family and friends, members of the 68th and 356th Airlift Squadrons and an audience attending the pre-air show. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Iram Carmona)

Commodore, Navy Recruiting Region West visits NRD San Antonio
February 18, 2020 — Capt. Anthony Bayungan, commodore of Navy Recruiting Region West, Navy Recruiting Command, visited Navy Recruiting District San Antonio at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Feb. 18. Bayungan is visiting several recruiting stations in the area to include the Navy’s Virtual Reality Experience, the “Nimitz”, currently at the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo... MORE