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DHA director visits JBSA vaccination sites, discusses medical market certification
January 25, 2021
Army Lt. Gen. Ronald Place, Director, Defense Health Agency, talks with Army Lt. Col. Elizabeth Markelz, Chief of Infectious Disease, and Army Lt. Col. Robert Walter, Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, at Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Jan. 20, 2021. Place said there is no location in DoD that has seen more COVID-positive cases or COVID-positive workload than the medical facilities at JBSA, lauding the relationship between the military health system here and their involvement in the community.

MEDCoE adds antigen testing lab to COVID-19 mitigation strategy
January 25, 2021
Pfc. Jagher Jones with Company A, 232nd Medical Battalion, testing COVID-19 antigen samples.

MEDCoE’s Borden Institute releases teledermatology E-book
January 25, 2021
MEDCoE’s Borden Institute releases teledermatology E-book

New Defense Secretary arrives at Pentagon, convenes COVID meeting
January 22, 2021
Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III stands next to a man holding up his right hand facing another man.

99th FTS participates in Tuskegee Airman’s 100th birthday celebration
January 22, 2021
Lt. Col. Derek McCafferty, 99th Flying Training Squadron director of operations, waves to retired Master Sgt. James Bynum, a documented Original Tuskegee Airman, during his 100th birthday celebration Jan. 9 at the Grandview Assisted Living Facility in San Antonio. To celebrate the milestone, the Tuskegee Airmen San Antonio Chapter held a drive-thru car parade where close to a 100 cars showed up to wish him a happy birthday.

AETC innovators start 2021 with virtual collaboration
January 22, 2021
AETC announces launch of updated, dynamic Innovation Dashboard at iSummit

Career Enlisted Aviator Center of Excellence wins AFA award
January 22, 2021
The conversion of a static VC-135E aircraft into an active training device is one of the achievements the Career Enlisted Aviator Center of Excellence has been recognized for as the recipient of the 2021 Air Force Association Aerospace Award in the David C. Schilling category at the Air Education and Training Command level.

Feedback Fridays
January 22, 2021
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.

Partnerships, COVID-19 are catalysts for enterprise virtual health
January 21, 2021
Zekelia Rembert and Anna Moore, virtual health nurse care coordinators, coordinate virtual health projects and outline participating Military Treatment Facilities at the Virtual Medical Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston May 16, 2019.

Happy Anniversary: At the age of 79, AETC continues to build on its incredible heritage
January 21, 2021
Happy Anniversary: At the age of 79, AETC continues to build on its incredible heritage.

Air Force to allow longer braids, ponytails, bangs for women
January 21, 2021
Beginning in February 2021, female Airmen will be able to wear their hair in up to two braids or a single ponytail with bulk not exceeding the width of the head and length not extending below a horizontal line running between the top of each sleeve inseam at the under arm through the shoulder blades. In addition, women’s bangs may now touch their eyebrows, but not cover their eyes. (U.S. Air Force graphic by Corey Parrish)

737th TRG named AETC’s 2021 Verne Orr Award winner
January 21, 2021
The 737th Training Group was recently selected as Air Education and Training Command's 2021 Verne Orr Award recipient.

Combined Arms Center commanding general visits MEDCoE
January 21, 2021
Lt. Gen. James Rainey, commanding general, U.S. Army Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, addresses U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence commanders and leaders Jan. 20 at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston.

Biden, Harris sworn in as America's new leaders
January 20, 2021
A woman and an older man put their hands on a large wreath that sits on a stand.

New active threat training mandatory at JBSA
January 20, 2021
Senior Airman Jose Sanchez (right) and Staff Sgt. Mathew Moncivais, 902nd Security Forces Squadron, enter a room during an active shooter exercise on Aug 28, 2019, at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph.

BAMC celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with virtual presentation
January 20, 2021
BAMC command team present certificate

DOD announces new Acting Secretary of Defense, service secretaries
January 20, 2021
DOD announces new Acting Secretary of Defense, service secretaries.

The Air Force Medical Service in the Persian Gulf War and the need for critical care
January 20, 2021
Medical personnel use litters to transport Cpl. Richard Ramirez, 1st Marine Division, and other wounded to a C-141B Starlifter aircraft.  The patients are being medically evacuated from Al-Jubayl Air Base to Germany for treatment of wounds received during Operation Desert Storm.

DOD extends deadline for Tenant Satisfaction Survey 
January 20, 2021
The Department of Defense is extending the deadline for Air Force housing residents to complete the annual Tenant Satisfaction Survey to Feb. 5 to ensure residents have an opportunity to voice their opinions.

Roth to serve as acting Secretary of the Air Force
January 20, 2021
U.S. Air Force courtesy graphic