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Bring your smile and your camera! JBSA sets up self-help portrait stations
July 24, 2025 — Starting July 24, the 502d Air Base Wing Public Affairs office — which serves Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, JBSA-Lackland and JBSA-Randolph — will offer a new self-help portrait station featuring an American flag backdrop... MORE

Yoga builds mental fitness, strengthens mind
July 24, 2025 — Mental fitness is more than just a buzzword in today’s high-stress world; it’s a mission-essential focus for the U.S. Air Force, as outlined in the Comprehensive Airman Fitness framework. The CAF framework emphasizes resilience and strength across four domains: mental, physical, social, and spiritual. For Holly Middleton, a group exercise instructor at JBSA-Randolph Rambler Fitness Center, yoga is a powerful tool that helps build mental endurance just as much as physical strength. ... MORE

Air Force stands up A6 for warfighter communications, cyber systems
July 24, 2025 — The Department of the Air Force has created a new AF/A6 Deputy Chief of Staff office dedicated to warfighter communications and cyber systems... MORE

Service members stand and replace their patches with new ones.

United by family, service: Father and daughter in arms
July 24, 2025 — Maj. Nicole Bermudez-Beck and her father, Lt. Col. Luis Bermudez, serve side by side at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, united by both family and military service. Their bond deepened after a humanitarian reassignment brought them together during a time of personal loss, highlighting their shared commitment to care, resilience, and duty... MORE

U.S. Air Force Maj. Nicole Bermudez-Beck, a physician assistant with the 559th Trainee Health Squadron, and her father, Lt. Col. Luis Bermudez, a dentist with the 59th Dental Squadron, pose for a photo.

Safe Leave available to federal employees
July 24, 2025 — The Office of Personnel Management recently updated its guidance on federal agency policies addressing specific forms of violence, abuse and harassment... MORE

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Air Force releases latest field grade officer promotions
July 24, 2025 — The Air Force selected 170 active duty lieutenant colonels for promotion to colonel (JAG, NC, MSC, BSC, DC and MC) and 518 active-duty captains to major (BSC, DC and MC) during recent P0625B, M0625A, P0425B and M0425A central selection boards... MORE

Air Force Reservists join Army OPERATION DUSTOFF VIGILANCE 2025
July 24, 2025 — More than 100 personnel from across the Total Force participated in OPERATION DUSTOFF VIGILANCE 2025, a Texas Army National Guard-led personnel recovery, survival, evasion, resistance, and escape, and medical evacuation aircrew training event held July 16. The mission brought together a wide range of joint mission partners, including Air Force Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 26th and 74th Aerial Port Squadrons — both part of the 433rd Airlift Wing — along with Airmen and Soldiers from the 802d Security Forces Squadron, 502d Force Support Group, 343rd Training Squadron, 902d Civil Engineer Squadron... MORE

U.S. Air Force personnel from the 74th and 26th Aerial Port Squadron work with Texas Army National Guard members to practice medevac procedures alongside a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during OPERATION DUSTOFF VIGILANCE ’25, at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis, Texas, July 16, 2025.

DOD seeks to make permanent change of station moves smoother
July 24, 2025 — Commander of the Permanent Change of Station Joint Task Force Army Maj. Gen. Lance G. Curtis announced HomeSafe Alliance will no longer provide household goods shipping services for the Defense Department and Coast Guard... MORE

A man and woman unload a suitcase from a car as a child holding a baby watches.

Slow down: Back to school means sharing the road
July 23, 2025 — As parents and children prepare for the new school year, drivers should be mindful of increased traffic and activity around schools... MORE

DEVCOM Soldier Center transitions new individual field ration for DOD-wide availability
July 23, 2025 — A new, lightweight, energy packed, nutrient-dense, individual field ration, called the Close Combat Assault Ration, or CCAR, is now available to all U.S. military service branches for procurement through the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support... MORE

Your TRICARE Pharmacy Program benefit: Creating a patient-centered military pharmacy experience
July 23, 2025 — Have you recently filled a prescription at a military pharmacy? If so, you may know that military pharmacies have different procedures than civilian pharmacies. When a provider issues a new prescription to a military pharmacy, you need to activate the prescription before a pharmacist fills it. Recently, the Defense Health Agency has developed and updated two tools — Q-Anywhere and ScriptCenters — to make this prescription pickup process easier and more convenient... MORE

Service member holds a brown paper bag next to ScriptCenter automated machine.

70th Flying Training Squadron welcomes new commander
July 23, 2025 — Lt. Col. Christopher Rothe relinquished command of the 70th Flying Training Squadron to Lt. Col. Timothy Ray on July 16, 2025, during a ceremony held at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Col. Anthony Straw, 340th Flying Training Group commander, officiated the change of command ceremony... MORE

Special Warfare Training Wing welcomes new commander
July 22, 2025 — Col. Kaveri T. Crum assumed command of the Special Warfare Training Wing during a change of command ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, on July 11, 2025. Crum previously served as the deputy commander of the 1st Special Operations Wing, Hurlburt Field, Florida.  ... MORE

Army retires legacy equipment in new push for accountability and modernization
July 22, 2025 — In a sweeping modernization effort, the Army issued new guidance on the removal and disposal of legacy Organizational Clothing and Individual Equipment, or OCIE items deemed to have no economic value, as outlined in previous guidance. Soldiers across all components will see legacy OCIE automatically cleared from their records and given clear procedures for responsibility disposing of outdated gear... MORE

Hegseth, Philippine president meet to advance deterrence in Indo-Pacific
July 22, 2025 — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth hosted Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. at the Pentagon, where the two leaders reaffirmed their commitment to the U.S.-Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty and discussed security concerns in the Asia-Pacific region... MORE

Two people wearing formal attire shake hands outside a building with steps and columns. Service members from each U.S. military branch stand in formation behind them; some hold ceremonial weapons, and one holds the American flag.

Army replaces howitzers with HIMARS to boost Soldier lethality
July 21, 2025 — The Army will bolster its lethality in the Pacific region, where the 25th Infantry Division has started the transition from howitzer battalions to smaller, more agile High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS, units... MORE

Army scales down Military Working Equid program for warfighting priorities
July 21, 2025 — Starting in July 2025, the Army will sunset ownership, operation and materiel support of MWE programs at Fort Irwin, California; Fort Huachuca, Arizona; Fort Riley, Kansas; Fort Sill, Oklahoma; and Fort Hood, Texas. However, MWE programs will continue with The Old Guard caisson units at the Military District of Washington and Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas... MORE

An expanding force: Aeromedical Nurse Practitioners elevate flight medicine readiness
July 21, 2025 — Five years after the Air Force officially welcomed ANPs to the flight medicine community, the career field has grown to become a vital force in ensuring pilots are fit to fly, fight, and WIN... MORE

Joint Base San Antonio First Sergeant Diamond Sharp Awards
July 21, 2025 — The Diamond Sharp Award is sponsored by the Joint Base San Antonio First Sergeants Council and recognizes outstanding Airmen who continually exceed the standard to meet the Air Force mission... MORE

JBSA First Sergeant Diamond Sharp Awards

Mission Monday: Jessie Chisolm, Human Resources Specialist, Air Force Reserve Command, NAF Human Resources
July 21, 2025 — It’s Mission Monday! Meet Elvira “Jessie” Chisolm, team lead and human resources specialist for the Air Force Services Center’s Non-Appropriated Fund Human Resources Office, servicing all Air Force Reserve Command installations... MORE

Mission Monday: Meet Elvira “Jessie” Chisolm, team lead and human resources specialist for the Air Force Services Center’s Non-Appropriated Fund Human Resources Office, servicing all Air Force Reserve Command installations.