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  • Funny car champion added to Wall of Achievers

    National Hot Rod Association Funny Car champion Jack Beckman was added to the U.S. Air Force Enlisted Heritage Hall's Wall of Achievers May 2 at Gunter Annex."Fast Jack," as he is called by fans, is a former Air Force sergeant and avionics technician on the F-111D Aardvark. Beckman joins a notable

  • WHASC VOLUNTEERS: Ordinary people doing extraordinary things!

    Age is only a number at opposite ends of the timeline for two Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center volunteers. The difference in age between Trinidad Garcia, soon to be 93, and Nate Olech, 17, is just that - a number.Terryca Fuller, WHASC Office of Volunteer Services director, welcomes Garcia's

  • SFS handlers paired with canine counterparts

    Editor's note: This is the first in a three-part series on military working dogs.What does it take to build a bond? What if the pair doesn't speak the same language? Members of the 56th Security Forces Squadron are able to construct a strong relationship with military working dogs after being paired

  • Civilian, military leaders meet for annual National Security Forum

    The theme of this year's National Security Forum, which begins Tuesday, is "Rebalancing Towards the Asia-Pacific and Beyond: Implications for U.S. Grand Strategy."According to Dr. Mark Conversino, dean of Air War College, "The Defense Strategic Guidance issued in January 2012 notes that our country

  • AF general appointed to head single military health agency

    The Defense Department on April 25 moved a step closer toward reshaping the Tricare Management Activity into a broader Defense Health Agency, naming and promoting Air Force Maj. Gen. Douglas Robb to head the new three-star directorate.Robb co-chaired a DoD task force that reviewed the military

  • 59th MDW mental health tech named AETC outstanding Airman

    A mental health technician from the 59th Mental Health Squadron has established herself as one of Air Education and Training Command's finest service members.Senior Airman Casey Anderson was named one of the command's outstanding enlisted Airmen of the year for 2013. The accolade comes on the heels

  • 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