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Cybersecurity Awareness Month: 502nd Communications Squadron serves JBSA
October 25, 2022 — The 502nd Communications Squadron provides cybersecurity support and training across Joint Base San Antonio serving over 266 mission partners. Cybersecurity safeguards networks and electronic devices from theft of, or damage to hardware, software or electronic data... MORE

BAMC doctor honored as Hero of Military Medicine
October 24, 2022 — U.S. Air Force Col. (Dr.) Heather Yun, an infectious diseases physician, Brooke Army Military Center deputy commander for medical services, received the inaugural Hero of Military Medicine San Antonio award from the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine Inc., Oct. 20... MORE

Senior leader embraces behavioral health to overcome abuse, racism and trauma
October 24, 2022 — Sgt. Maj. Rafael Colon Hernandez, assistant chief of staff of medical at U.S. Army South, sat proudly in his office decorated with awards, coins and memorabilia from his more than 29 years of total service in the U.S. Army. Behind the pride of his honorable service, he reflected on countless moments of abuse, neglect, racism and combat-related trauma he had to overcome throughout his life... MORE

Navy Talent Acquisition Group San Antonio recruiter's service earns recognition
October 24, 2022 — Petty Officer 1st Class Jeremy T. Lagunas, a Machinist Mate Nuclear, who has served as a recruiter for Navy Talent Acquisition Group San Antonio since 2020, recently earned a Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal and Navy Recruiting Service Ribbon for his dedicated service... MORE

Machinist Mate Nuclear First-Class Petty Officer Earns is Honored for His Impressive Efforts

BAMC offers new prostate cancer therapy for patients
October 24, 2022 — The Brooke Army Medical Center Department of Nuclear Medicine is now offering a newly approved treatment for patients who have prostate cancer... MORE

BAMC provides new prostate cancer treatment

Navy Talent Acquisition Group San Antonio recruiter receives honor
October 24, 2022 — Chief Petty Officer Robert B. Massingill, a Navy Fire Controlman who has served as a Leading Chief Petty Officer, Lead Onboarder for Navy Talent Acquisition Group San Antonio since 2019, earned a Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal and Navy Recruiting Service Ribbon for his dedicated service Oct. 17... MORE

Lufkin Native Recognized for His Exceptional Naval Service

Navy Talent Acquisition Group San Antonio supports San Antonio Football Club
October 24, 2022 — In its continued effort to strengthen community relationships with the city of San Antonio, Navy Talent Acquisition Group San Antonio participated in the city’s professional soccer club during the club’s Military Appreciation Night Sept. 9... MORE

Army re-establishes accelerated naturalization for Lawful Permanent Residents
October 24, 2022 — The U.S. Army has re-established the opportunity for Lawful Permanent Residents to apply for accelerated naturalization upon arrival at the Army Reception Battalion for Basic Combat Training... MORE

Soldiers in uniform stand at attention with their right hand raised.

First Air Force Combat Dive Course graduates to receive new Air Force combat diver badge upon graduation
October 24, 2022 — Graduates of the Air Force Combat Dive Course, Class 22-6, are the first to receive the new Air Force combat dive badge upon graduation Oct. 20. For Class 22-6, earning the Air Force Combat Dive Badge is the culmination of six weeks of rigorous work at the AFCDC but for members of the Special Warfare Training Wing who designed the new badge, this is the culmination of more than two years of work. ... MORE

Newly authorized Air Force Combat Dive Supervisor and Diver pins issued for the first time, Oct. 20.

DAF, Clemson conducting research for Undergraduate Space Training educational partnership
October 24, 2022 — A team from Second Air Force, as well as the U.S. Space Force and the Air Force Personnel Center, has been working with Clemson University under a mutually beneficial educational partnership agreement since July 2020 as part of an effort to assist the United States Space Force with the deliberate development, education and training of space professionals... MORE

2nd Air Force shield on blue and orange background

Ready for enrollment: AFCDA presents its first modernized CDC
October 24, 2022 — As part of the Second Air Force commander’s priority to advance force development across the entire service, the Air Force Career Development Academy, or AFCDA, officially implemented Career Development Course, or CDC, 2R151 Edit Code M-01, Maintenance Management Production Journeyman Aug. 1... MORE

Graphic for the Air Force Career Development Academy depicting two Airmen holding cell phones.

AETC officials announce top ideas for Spark Tank ‘23 Challenge
October 24, 2022 — Two Airmen were selected to represent Air Education and Training Command for advancing to the quarterfinals of the 2023 AFWERX Spark Tank Challenge at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph Oct. 19, 2022... MORE

graphic announcing AETC's Spark Tank winners selection

Join the 'Freeze the Gain' wellness challenge
October 24, 2022 — During the holiday season, Air Force Civilian Health Promotion Services, or CHPS, sponsors the Freeze the Gain wellness challenge. Freeze the Gain is a weight maintenance program that encourages participants to maintain – not gain weight during the six-week challenge period, which runs from Nov. 1 through Dec. 12, 2022... MORE

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AETC, AFSOC Airmen induct former commander into Order of the Sword
October 21, 2022 — In long-standing military tradition, retired Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, former commander of both Air Education and Training Command and Air Force Special Operations Command, was inducted into the Order of the Sword at Keesler Air Force Base, Oct. 15, 2022... MORE

U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Antonio Cooper, 14th Flying Training Wing command chief, presents a commemorative sword to retired Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, left, while serving as the Sergeant at Arms during the Order of the Sword Ceremony at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Oct. 15, 2022

B-21 bomber to be unveiled Dec. 2
October 21, 2022 — The Air Force confirmed Oct. 20 it plans to reveal the B-21 Raider Dec. 2 during an unveiling ceremony hosted and sponsored by the Northrop Grumman Corporation at its production facilities in Palmdale, California... MORE

Photos: AETC, French Air and Space Forces initiate pilot training information exchange
October 21, 2022 — U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. James Sears, deputy commander of Air Education and Training Command, converses with French air and space forces counterparts during their visit to learn more about pilot training at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, Oct. 18, 2022... MORE

SMA: Army will take better care of Soldiers, standards remain high
October 21, 2022 — Upgrading living quarters, extending permanent change of station accommodations and enhancing services for military families will be among the quality-of-life improvements the Army will make for its Soldiers, the service’s top enlisted leader said... MORE

Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael A. Grinston speaks to Soldiers during an Association of the U.S. Army Annual Meeting and Exposition forum on Oct. 11, 2022.

433rd Medical Squadron welcomes new commander
October 21, 2022 — Col. Alvin Bradford assumed command of the 433rd Medical Squadron during an assumption of command ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Oct. 16, officiated by Col. Michelle Van Sickle, 433rd Medical Group commander. ... MORE

Col. Michelle Van Sickle, 433rd Medical Group commander, claps during the 433rd Medical Squadron assumption of command ceremony Oct. 16, 2022, where Col. Alvin Bradford assumed command, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Monet Villacorte)

Sixteenth Air Force leaders receive 363rd ISRW targeting immersion tour
October 21, 2022 — The 363rd Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Wing hosted U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Kevin Kennedy, Sixteenth Air Force (Air Forces Cyber) commander and Command Chief Master Sgt. Kenneth Bruce for a visit Oct. 13, 2022 at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. ... MORE

Electromagnetic spectrum operations instructors provide training in Germany
October 21, 2022 — Instructors from the 479th Operations Support Squadron Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations School recently traveled to NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen, Germany, to provide their “Introduction to Electromagnetic Warfare” course for the U.S. component of the NATO E-3 mission... MORE

AWACS NATO “Introduction to Electromagnetic Warfare”