• 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,

  • Human trafficking increases worldwide

    Trafficking in persons is one of the fastest growingcriminal industries in the world.It is estimated that 20.9 million people are victims of humantrafficking. Fifty-five percent of victims are females and 26 percent ofvictims are children under 18 years of age.The United States government enacted

  • Summer Safety Campaign focuses on dangers of UV radiation

    Sunlight has many benefits, including its ability to boost Vitamin D production and increase serotonin levels in the human body, but too much exposure to the sun can also have unwanted consequences.The Air Force’s Summer Safety Campaign draws attention to the dangers of overexposure to the sun,

  • JBSA Safety Office offers tips for safe Fourth of July fireworks handling

    Firework displays are an integral part of celebrating thenation’s birthday. The Fourth of July occurs during the Summer Safety Campaign,which runs from Memorial Day to Labor Day.The Joint Base San Antonio Safety Office wants to encourageeveryone to relax and have a good time while watching the