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Mission Monday: Traffic management at the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center’s Installation Support Directorate
December 12, 2022 — It’s Mission Monday and Senior Master Sgt. Matthew Dorsett is the traffic management superintendent in the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center’s Installation Support Directorate at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. ... MORE

Air Force offering hands-on experience to future researchers
December 12, 2022 — The Air Force Research Laboratory is accepting applications through Jan. 20, 2023, for a fully funded graduate student internship program... MORE

Graduate student intern Brittani Huegen works in the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Liquid Metals Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Nov. 29, 2022, preparing an electromyography measurement using liquid metal-based electrodes. Huegen, a fifth-year Duke University Ph.D. candidate in electrical engineering, began her internship with AFRL’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate in September 2022. AFRL is accepting applications for this fully funded graduate student internship program Dec. 1, 2022 through Jan. 20, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo / Jonathan Taulbee)

DAF reaches $3 billion cost savings across enterprise
December 12, 2022 — The Air Force operational acquisition community recently achieved a huge goal: saving the Department of the Air Force more than $3 billion. ... MORE

Changes to official, unofficial foreign visit request procedures coming Jan. 1
December 8, 2022 — In the effort to streamline all foreign visit requests across Joint Base San Antonio, starting Jan. 1, 2023, requestors will no longer be required to submit their foreign visitor requests through the Foreign Disclosure Office... MORE

BAMC posts holiday pharmacy hours
December 8, 2022 — Brooke Army Medical Center has released the holiday hours for all their pharmacy locations... MORE

DAF Civilian Development nomination call window opens Jan. 17
December 8, 2022 — The applicant window for the AY24 Department of the Air Force Civilian Developmental (CD) Nomination Call will open Jan. 17, 2023. Interested civilians should begin prepping their applications now. Once the application window opens, submit the application package through MyVECTOR no later than Feb. 17, 2023. ... MORE

U.S. military readiness goes beyond just China, Russia 
December 8, 2022 — The Defense Department is ready to meet threats beyond those posed by China and Russia, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for force readiness said... MORE

JBSA legal offices available to assist families with special education needs
December 7, 2022 — Joint Base San Antonio legal offices are now ready to assist with special education law matters, ensuring military families, as well as retirees, understand their children’s right to a free and appropriate public education... MORE

Person in wheelchair reaching for book in library.

METC instructor inducted into college's Athletic Hall of Fame
December 7, 2022 — Air Force Staff Sgt. Moneque English, a diagnostic imaging instructor in the Medical Education and Training Campus radiologic technologist program at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, was recognized for her contributions to the Columbus State University track and field and cross-country teams by being inducted into the school's athletic hall of fame during a ceremony Oct. 1, 2022... MORE

METC Instructor inducted into college Athletic Hall of Fame

Future Soldier Preparatory Course pilot program helps thousands of future Soldiers
December 7, 2022 — When the Army announced the Future Soldier Preparatory Course pilot program this summer, the hope was to help eligible Americans overcome academic and physical fitness barriers to service... MORE

AETC officials design, educate force on new ‘Ready Airman Training’
December 7, 2022 — The reality of Air Force Force Generation, or AFFORGEN, the deployment model for presenting Airmen and airpower in support of the joint force, is well on its way only two months into Initial Operational Capability. One of the keys to ensuring the readiness necessary to sustain the model has been the implementation of Ready Airman Training, initiated Oct. 1, 2022... MORE

U.S. Air Force graphic for Ready Airman Training with a photo and text. RAT is designed to train Airmen undergoing the reset, prepare and ready phases of AFFORGEN and has been shaped through efforts of Air Education and Training Command experts during 2022.

Sixteenth Air Force command chief visits 181st Intelligence Wing
December 6, 2022 — Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Kenneth Bruce Jr., Sixteenth Air Force command chief, visited Hulman Field Air National Guard Base in Terre Haute, Indiana, Oct. 18, 2022. He was greeted by Air Force Col. Charles Goad, 81st Intelligence Wing commander... MORE

Proper handwashing one of best ways to protect you, your family from getting sick
December 6, 2022 — The number one way to prevent the spread of infection is washing your hands. For National Handwashing Awareness Week, do your part to prevent the spread of disease by following these tips from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention about when and how to wash your hands... MORE

Choose a TRICARE health plan before Dec. 13 deadline
December 6, 2022 — Time is running out to evaluate your 2023 health care coverage. TRICARE Open Season ends on Tuesday, Dec. 13. This is the last day you can make changes to your coverage taking effect Jan. 1, 2023... MORE

DAF announces 2022 Air Force Design Award winners
December 6, 2022 — The Air Force Civil Engineer Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland recently announced the winners of the 2022 Air Force Design Awards, recognizing four facilities that demonstrate excellence in design, sustainability and energy efficiency. ... MORE

Department of the Air Force releases 22E9, 22S9, 23S8 promotion cycle statistics
December 6, 2022 — Air Force officials have selected 514 senior master sergeants for promotion to chief master sergeant, out of 2,526 eligible, for a selection rate of 20.34 percent in the 22E9 promotion cycle, which includes supplemental promotion opportunities... MORE

Rank insignias of Air Force chief and Space Force's senior and chief master sergeant on blue background

San Antonio hosts largest Intelligence Community IT conference Dec. 12-15, 2022
December 6, 2022 — The Defense Intelligence Agency will host its annual Department of Defense Intelligence Information System Worldwide Conference at the Henry B. Gonzales Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas, from Dec. 12-15, 2022... MORE

An image of a DoD IIS Worldwide Banner that reads. December 12-15. 2022. San Antonio, Texas. With sub text that reads. Transcending Strategic Competitors through Innovation, Adaptation and Collaboration.

AFWERX Refinery supports Airman, Guardian innovators
December 5, 2022 — The Refinery program, an initiative of AFWERX’s Spark division, will host its seventh cohort of Airmen and Guardians for a four-week, hybrid Accelerator program in February 2023 to target grassroots efforts within the Department of the Air Force and rapidly advance innovative projects that directly aid warfighters... MORE

Airmen and Guardians from the Refinery program meet virtually with Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass Oct. 13, 2022, to discuss their projects. The Refinery’s fifth cohort met with Bass to discuss innovative projects focused on improving systems, operations and processes. The Refinery, an initiative of AFWERX’s Spark Division, targets grassroots innovation efforts within the Department of the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo / Dennis Stewart).

433rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron superintendent retires
December 5, 2022 — Chief Master Sgt. Pedro Saenz, 433rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron superintendent, retired from the Air Force Nov. 5 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland after more than 35 years of military service... MORE

Lt. Col. Michael Webb, former 433rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron commander, presents a certificate of retirement to Chief Master Sgt. Pedro Saenz, 433rd AMXS superintendent, during a ceremony at hangar 826 on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Nov. 5, 2022. Saenz began his Air Force career in 1987 as a hydraulics mechanic working on the F-111D Aardvark combat aircraft at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico. He retired with over 35 years of military service. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Brittany Wich)

USMEPCOM, recruiting partners streamline waiver process
December 5, 2022 — When an applicant qualifies for military service at a MEPS, they sign their contract, take the Oath of Enlistment, and go home not as an applicant but as a future service member enrolled in their service’s Delayed Entry Program, or DEP. If an applicant is medically disqualified at a MEPS, they go home without entering the DEP even if they are likely to receive a waiver for their disqualifying medical condition. ... MORE

New Air Force recruits tour a C-130H Hercules at Dobbins Air Reserve Base