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  • Navy Information Operations Command-Texas base runner Ross Beebe slides under the tag as 343rd Training Squadron catcher James Bice tries to take him out at home July 26 during the Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland intramural softball tournament championship game. Home plate umpire Jesse Jenkins called Beebe safe. NIOC-Texas, and the 343rd TRS will join the 802nd Force Support Squadron and the 624th Operations Center at the all-JBSA intramural softball tournament, which begins Monday at JBSA-Randolph. (U.S. Air Force photo/Alan Boedeker)

    343rd TRS captures JBSA-Lackland intramural softball title

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- Pitcher/coach Richard Luna could not find the vernacular to describe the 343rd Training Squadron's miraculous run to the Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland intramural softball championship.One word did come off the tip of his tongue though - "surprised!"Going into the July 26 base intramural softball title
  • Col. Gregory Reese, former 37th Training Group commander. (Official Air Force photo)

    37 TRG commander reflects on tenure as tech training leader

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- Not long after Col. Gregory Reese assumed command of the 37th Training Group at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in July 2010, he called the commander's position "the best job I could ever dream of."The last two years have served to solidify this belief."It's still a true statement," Reese said before
  • Staff Sgt. Joshua Hite provides Acting Under Secretary of the Air Force Dr.Jamie Morin an orientation of the Air Force Basic Military Training campus July 30, 2012, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. During a visit to San Antonio, Morin met with BMT officials, toured trainee living quarters, and talked with current trainees. Hite is a military training instructor who has earned "Blue Rope" status, an honor bestowed on the top 10 percent of military training instructors at BMT. (U.S. Air Force photo/Alan W. Boedeker)

    Acting Under Secretary of the Air Force visits basic military training

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO -- LACKLAND, Texas (AFNS) -- Acting Under Secretary of the Air Force Dr. Jamie Morin visited with Air Force basic military training officials and trainees here July 30.During a trip to San Antonio, Morin met with the 37th Training Wing leadership and toured the BMT campus. In June, Gen. Edward A. Rice Jr., Air Education and
  • Adriana Marin, a training manager from El Salvador, receives instruction on the basic construction characteristics of an aircraft from Staff Sgt. Juan De La Rosa, an instructor at the Inter-American Air Forces Academy July 17. De La Rosa briefed IAAFA’s aircraft structural maintenance course to training managers from 16 partner Latin American countries. (U.S. Air Force photo/Robbin Cresswell)

    IAAFA hosts training managers

    Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Tx -- Training managers from 16 Latin American countries attended the Inter-American Air Forces Academy Training Manager Conference July 16-17 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. IAAFA works to foster enduring inter-American engagement with Latin American countries through education and training.Military students

  • AF Military Training Instructors: a heritage of honor, professionalism, integrity

    Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Tx -- Military training instructors are the leading edge of our enlisted force. They work hard every day to transform young men and women into the warrior Airmen of character who we will proudly serve alongside and be counted on as our wingmen in the future.These military training instructors epitomize our core

  • Former MTI found guilty on 28 charges

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO -- LACKLAND, Texas (AFNS) -- A sentence was returned today in the general court-martial of Air Force Staff Sgt. Luis Walker. Walker, a former basic military training instructor at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, was convicted of 28 charges Friday after a week-long court-martial. The charges included rape, adultery,

  • Leadership committed to safe training environment

    7/6/2012 - JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- Parents of basic trainees want to know, future airmen want to know and Col. Eric Axelbank, commander of the 37th Training Wing wants them to know what measures are in place at Air Force Basic Military Training to ensure trainees have a safe and productive training environment."I am deeply
  • Airman Luke Bolen, who recovered from Guillain-Barre Syndrome, stands in front of the U.S. flag during the Air Force Basic Military Training graduation ceremony May 11 at the 321st Training Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Alan Boedeker)

    Diagnosed with disorder ... Airman fights to stay

    7/3/2012 - JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- It normally takes a trainee 8.5 weeks to complete Air Force Basic Military Training. For one recent graduate, it took overcoming Guillain-Barre Syndrome to become an Airman, graduating six months after his arrival at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.In his fourth week of basic training last

  • Becoming an MTI? There's an app for that

    7/2/2012 - JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO--RANDOLPH (AFNS) -- There's a smart phone application for just about everything these days, including joining the ranks of the Air Force's military training instructor corps. The app, simply called "Air Force MTI," is free and available for Apple, Android and Blackberry devices."It takes a special person to be an
  • Gen. Edward Rice Jr., Commander, Air Education and Training Command, gives a press briefing on allegations of sexual misconduct involving basic military training instructors at Lackland Air Force Base in the Pentagon on June 28, 2012. An investigation since June 2011 into the allegations is still ongoing. (U.S. Air Force photo/Scott M. Ash)

    AETC commander addresses recruits' allegations of sexual misconduct

    6/29/2012 - WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- The commander of the Air Force's Air Education and Training Command spoke to members of the media here June 28 about the on-going investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by military training instructors (MTIs) at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas."In the fall of 2011 we discovered, to our great
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