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Spouses share ideas, discuss wellness at ARSOUTH conference
February 27, 2020 — Army veteran Maria McConville, spouse of Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. James C. McConville, visited JBSA-Fort Sam Houston Feb. 21 to meet with Army spouses at the U.S. Army South Soldier and Family Readiness Group Spouse’s Conference... MORE

149th Fighter Wing takes part in Coronet Cactus
February 27, 2020 — Coronet Cactus is an annual training event that takes members of the 149th Fighter Wing, headquartered at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, to Arizona to participate in a simulated deployment that acts as a capstone project for the current iteration of F-16 student pilots... MORE

Department of the Air Force to consider military family support measures in future basing decisions
February 27, 2020 — The Air Force approved criteria Feb. 24 to assess states’ policies for accepting professional, career licenses and a community’s public education system support of military children as part of its strategic basing process... MORE

Commentary: The circumstances of your past are not your future
February 26, 2020 — Self-fulfilling prophecy is a process through which an originally false expectation leads to its own confirmation. Unfortunately, this happens too often to our youth. They become branded with titles and labels and are demonized when those negative expectations come to fruition... MORE

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

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

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

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

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

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