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How to get urgent care under your TRICARE health plan
January 18, 2022 — Do you have an injury or illness that isn’t quite serious enough for a trip to the emergency room? This might be the right time to go to an urgent care center. Most TRICARE beneficiaries can go to an urgent care center whenever they need to. You just want to be sure to check out and follow the urgent care rules for your health plan... MORE

Nation observes anniversary of Operation Desert Storm
January 18, 2022 — Operation Desert Storm began 31 years ago — on Jan. 16, 1991 — five months after Iraqi forces invaded and annexed Kuwait. ... MORE

Marines run over sandy terrain near a helicopter.

IPAP graduates newest class of physician assistants
January 18, 2022 — The Interservice Physician Assistant Program, or IPAP, recently graduated Class 20-3, the last of 2021, and one that met many challenges due to COVID-19 during the 29-month long biphasic master’s program in physician assistant studies at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston... MORE

The Interservice Physician Assistant Program, or IPAP, recently graduated Class 20-3.

San Antonio Market leaders ask for patience during MHS GENESIS transition, COVID-19 uptick
January 18, 2022 — Beneficiaries are experiencing some delays in services due to the high levels of COVID-19 transmission in the community and the San Antonio Market’s transition to MHS GENESIS on Jan. 22... MORE

Civilian Development nomination window opens; expanded eligibility
January 18, 2022 — The Air Force’s Personnel Center is now accepting nomination packages from Department of the Air Force civilians for more than 35 Civilian Development opportunities... MORE

Digital memorial pays tribute to service members who died
January 18, 2022 — The Defense Department recently launched the Military In Lasting Tribute webpages to honor service members who died while serving on active duty... MORE

Indestructible: Air Force Citizen Airman’s road to recovery, struggle to return as C-5M Super Galaxy loadmaster
January 18, 2022 — An Air Force Citizen Airman’s road to recovery and the struggle to return to his position as a loadmaster on the C-5M Super Galaxy... MORE

Staff Sgt. Stuart Martin, 68th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, closes a door in the troop compartment of a C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft Sept. 13, 2021, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. Martin, who lost a leg in a motorcycle accident, was working to regain his loadmaster certifications and return to duty. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Kristian Carter)

Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower, Personnel and Services visits Air Force Manpower Analysis Agency
January 14, 2022 — Lt. Gen. Brian Kelly, Air Force Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower, Personnel and Services, visited the Air Force Manpower Analysis Agency at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph Jan. 12, 2022... MORE

AFMAA visited by Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower, Personnel and Services

Settlement of estate
January 14, 2022 — The commander regrets to announce the death of Army Pvt. Nathaniel D. Lewis, assigned to Company D, 232nd Medical Battalion, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, who passed away Jan. 1, 2022... MORE

Special Warfare Training Wing hosts Aquatics Training Center Heritage Capsule Commemoration Ceremony
January 14, 2022 — The Special Warfare Training Wing hosted the Aquatics Training Center Heritage Capsule Commemoration Ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Chapman Training Annex Jan. 13, 2022. The ceremony commemorates the construction of a new, modernized $66.6 million aquatics training facility that will accommodate training for more than 3,000 Air Force Special Warfare trainees annually by incorporating a full range of special operations training scenarios... MORE

U.S. Air Force Col. Mason R. Dula, Special Warfare Training Wing commander, places a spent bullet shell prior to putting it into the SWTW aquatics training center heritage capsule while standing next to the future site of the SWTW aquatics training facility

Take precautions to prepare for the next winter storm
January 14, 2022 — Through the lessons learned last year, it is now easy to see that storms can be unpredictable and its intensity can be difficult to measure until it is upon us. Members must take the time to prepare by creating a plan and educating themselves and others on winter hazards... MORE

The sun sets behind the base’s water tower on Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, Feb. 15, 2021. The base received between five and six inches of snow with frigid temperatures. (Courtesy photo)

Counselors urge service members to review SBP before retirement
January 14, 2022 — The Survivor Benefit Plan, or SBP, is a voluntary program that provides the survivors of participating retirees a monthly income that starts when the member dies and retired pay stops... MORE

Feedback Fridays
January 14, 2022 — If you have a question or concern, please send an email to jbsapublicaffairs@gmail.com using the subject line “Feedback Fridays.”... MORE

New facility provides DLA Energy Aerospace and Finance employees safer, healthier workplace
January 13, 2022 — A new operations center on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, will provide 104 DLA Energy Aerospace and Finance employees a well-equipped space to manage the worldwide acquisition of missile fuels, liquid propellants and other bulk industrial chemicals and gases, and separately their financial operations... MORE

Prescribed burn scheduled for JBSA-Camp Bullis Jan. 18-26
January 13, 2022 — Joint Base San Antonio’s Natural Resources Office, Fire & Emergency Services, and Air Force Wildland Fire Branch officials plan to conduct a prescribed burn of more than 1,700 acres of wildlands at JBSA-Camp Bullis from Jan. 18-26... MORE

Prescribed burn scheduled for Camp Bullis Jan. 18-26

BAMC command team holds Facebook Live Town Hall Jan. 18
January 13, 2022 — Brooke Army Medical Center Commanding General Brig. Gen. Clinton Murray and Command Sgt. Maj. Thurman Reynolds will host a Facebook Live Town Hall at 1 p.m. Jan. 18... MORE

Army offers up to $50k in enlistment incentives
January 13, 2022 — The U.S. Army is offering its largest bonus ever for new recruits with up to $50,000 available to qualified individuals who sign on for a six-year active-duty enlistment... MORE

group of young men and women holding up their right hand on a football field.

San Antonio Market: Telemedicine options
January 13, 2022 — On Jan. 22, 2022, our existing record AHLTA, will be turned off and our new record MHS Genesis will be turned on. Rest assured that none of your existing medical information will disappear. ... MORE

DOD officials say service members, families pay price of continuing resolutions
January 13, 2022 — Service members and their families will suffer if Congress passes a full-year continuing resolution for fiscal 2022, Defense Department officials told the House Appropriations defense subcommittee Jan. 12... MORE

A missile launches during an operation test.

Air Force unveils action plan to ‘Develop tomorrow’s enlisted Airmen’
January 12, 2022 — Air Force officials announced the implementation of the Enlisted Force Development Action Plan... MORE

Enlisted Force Development Action Plan cover graphic