27 Sep 2012

Liddick takes command of Air Force Basic Military Training

Barely into her first day as the 737th Training Group commander, the new senior leader of Air Force Basic Military Training said she expects her job at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland to be "an absolutely great tour.""I am going to soak it in, minute by minute," said Col. Deborah Liddick, who assumed command of the 737th TRG in a ceremony at the

27 Sep 2012

An Airman's gift: BMT-taught CPR saves her brother's life

If the Air Force needs to validate the importance of teaching Self Aid Buddy Care in basic training, a former trainee's brother is living proof of its effectiveness.Airman Basic Shelby Goff used CPR, a technique taught during SABC, to revive her 6-year-old brother, Amadeaus Foster of Grand Junction, Colo., after he nearly drowned in a downtown San

27 Sep 2012

AETC awards Sheppard $10.5 million

Brigadier General Michael Fantini, 82nd Training Wing commander, announced last week that Sheppard Air Force Base would receive more than $10 million in funds from Air Education and Training Command to support several demolition and renovation projects on the base, reinforcing the Cost Conscious Culture, or C3, at Sheppard. Sheppard won more than

27 Sep 2012

Manko pleads guilty, sentenced

Staff Sgt. Jason Manko, a former Air Force military training instructor, was sentenced this afternoon during a special court-martial held here.Manko was sentenced to 45 days confinement, reduction to the grade of E-3 (airman 1st class), forfeiture of $500 pay per month for three months and hard labor without confinement for 30 days to be served

27 Sep 2012

Senior leaders announce improved health system

The San Antonio Military Health System celebrated a year of historic and unprecedented change in military medicine Sept.14.During a press conference at the San Antonio Military Medical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston senior military leaders announced the successful accomplishments of the new military health system as well as