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  • Security forces, firefighters duke out Battle of the Badges

    Of three challenges that made up the Battle of the Badges, it came down to the last one - a fire truck tug - where firefighters pulled away with the victory, becoming three-time champions of the friendly competition between Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph firefighters and security forces members at

  • Caring canine team helps with stress relief during crisis

    A black Labrador comes in tongue out and eyes full of curiosity as she wags her tail back and forth in a frenzy, looking to and fro as she does so. As she walks into the office accompanied by her handler, her paws patter upon the carpet floor and she creeps up to complete strangers to be pat on the

  • 59th Medical Wing supports Army South exercise in Panama

    Airmen of the 59th Medical Wing based out of Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, were in the municipality of Veraguas, Panama, for the start of the Beyond the Horizon medical readiness training exercise April 16.BTH 2013 is a U.S. Army South exercise deploying military engineers and medical

  • DeRubbio named 2012 AETC Support Civilian of Year

    An instructional systems designer here has been named the 2012 Air Education and Training Command Support Civilian of the Year.Albert DeRubbio, 372nd Training Squadron instructional systems designer, found out he won the award from his commander, Maj. Richard Boatman, during a staff meeting."I was

  • Sheppard NCO is 2012 AETC Airman Instructor of Year

    The 2012 calendar year was a busy one for Staff Sgt. Jordan Loving between moving, learning a new job, going to Airman Leadership School and finishing up a college degree, but in the end it all paid off with his selection as Air Education and Training Command's Airman Instructor of the Year for

  • AFIT wins annual Cost Conscious Culture Award

    The Department of Systems Engineering and Management (ENV) Team of the Graduate School of Engineering and Management at the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) won the Air University level C3 (Cost Conscious Culture) Team annual award by saving a total of $344,000 from January to December 2012

  • Laughlin Airman supports warfighters, submitted for seven Air Medals

    One Laughlin Airman who recently returned from deployment, has been submitted to receive seven Air Medals and two achievement medals for his service in the skies over Afghanistan.First Lt. Joseph Tomczak, 86th Flying Training Squadron instructor pilot, returned to his duties as a first assignment

  • Students experience deployment process during Operation FLAGS

    Students at Randolph Elementary School will soon have an opportunity to experience one of their active-duty parents' most important missions.Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph Airman and Family Readiness Center staff members, with the help of other Randolph organizations, will introduce third-, fourth-

  • Archaeologists tour Luke's 5,000 year old site

    Thirty professional archaeologists and students toured the Luke Air Force Base Solar-Power-Array project area April 12 to learn about the find at the site and its rich history.Luke members teamed with the Arizona Public Service, a major electric company in the Phoenix area, to construct and operate

  • Hard work pays off for 2012 AETC Command Post NCO of the Year

    A Sheppard NCO got a big surprise during the 82nd Training Wing commander's call April 8 when he was brought on stage by Brig. Gen. Michael Fantini and notified of his selection as the 2012 Air Education and Training Command NCO of the Year in the command post career field.Staff Sgt. Greg Askew, an