• Joint Base San Antonio Announces Technical Sergeant Selectees

    Technical sergeant selectees from Joint Base San Antonio gathered at JBSA-Lackland and JBSA-Randolph for a group photo July 21. There were 319 staff sergeants across JBSA selected out of 33,569 in the Air Force who were eligible, with a total of 7,501 selected for promotion for a selection rate of

  • Mystery Escape room tests logic, builds camaraderie

    As an antique clock ticks away in the center of a mirrored room at the Arnold Hall Community Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, a group of 369th Training Group Airmen frenetically attempt to escape the cell just minutes away from certain doom. Figuratively speaking, at least.The team was

  • Build-A-Backpack drive provides backpacks for schoolchildren

    On Monday, the Joint Base San Antonio School Liaison Office kicks off its sixth annual Build-a-Backpack Program to provide backpacks and school supplies to children of active-duty members and to students in the local community.The school liaison office will be accepting donated backpacks filled with

  • Safe vacation travel depends on planning, greater awareness

    Summertime is vacation and travel time for many families and individuals, but those enjoyable trips by car or by plane can turn unpleasant or even deadly.Statistics from the Air Force Safety Center show the Air Force suffered 70 vehicle-related fatalities in the summer months from 2009-2013,

  • Operation JET brings deployment experience home for kids

    Joint Base San Antonio youths have to opportunity to get a taste of what their deployed parents go through 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 11 during Operation Junior Expeditionary Team. Registration for the event, which regularly draws more than 200 participants, runs until 2 p.m. July 29. Operation JET

  • A hot vehicle is no place for children or pets

    Being inside a parked vehicle on a hot day where the temperature can reach more than 100 degrees can become a dangerous situation for children and pets left unattended by their parents and owners. Awareness of the dangers of leaving children and pets unattended in a hot vehicle and efforts in

  • Eye injury prevention depends on proper protective eyewear

    July is Eye Injury Prevention Month, calling attention to a common occurrence in the United States which affects some 2.4 million people each year.Eye injuries can occur anywhere, from homes and playing fields to construction sites and factories, but an overwhelming majority of these injuries

  • AETC installs new emergency phone app for JBSA members

    Air Education and Training Command has installed a new mobile phone app that will allow Joint Base San Antonio active-duty members and Department of Defense cardholders to receive emergency notifications at their fingertips.The AtHoc Notifier app enables the JBSA Command Post to send emergency

  • Troops to Teachers deploys military might to the classroom

    Teachers with military experience are in high demand at school districts across the country and the Troops to Teachers program is one of the best ways for these veterans to get in front of the whiteboard, according to program officials.Troops to Teachers, which hosted a workshop at the Joint Base

  • Constructive chaos flourishes at Lego MakerSpace

    Libraries can act as portals to a far-off world for kids with their wall lined and shelves bulging with novels, tales and fables.But books aren’t the only way to get there.For a group of youngsters who attended a Traveling Lego MakerSpace event June 27 at the Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Library,