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  • Air Force takes preventive approach to stress management

    Airmen and their families can find the unique stresses of military life overwhelming, but they need not deal with the pressures of permanent changes of station, deployments and other events alone.The Air Force offers a host of programs, services and resources that help service members and their

  • Defensive bicycling prevents accidents

    "In the past five years, the Air Force has had two bicycle-related fatalities and 39 other bicycle mishaps," Tech. Sgt. Travis Yates, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph NCO in charge of ground safety, said. But when these statistics are taken into account with a report released by the San Antonio-Bexar

  • Chiefs issue strategic direction to combat sexual assault

    Despite years of concerted effort, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the commandant of the Coast Guard are dissatisfied with progress made in reducing sexual assault in the military, and have released strategic direction to increase the emphasis on combatting the crime.The chiefs released a "32-star"

  • Navy earns Top Dog honors

    The 2012 Department of Defense Military Working Dog Trials came to a close May 5 after a top dog was selected following a grueling three-day competition.Forty-three teams came together from across the DoD to test their skills in patrol, and explosives and drug detection scenarios in simulated

  • 10 Air Force teams compete for top dog honors

    The U.S. Air Force selected 10 of its best military working dog handler teams to compete in the 2012 Department of Defense Military Working Dog K-9 Trials here May 3-5.The Air Force makes up 10 of the 43 teams for the first DoD competition to be held in the past 10 years.The Air Force traditionally

  • DoD Military Working Dog handlers come together for joint competition

    The 2012 Department of Defense Military Working Dog K-9 Trials kicked off this week allowing 43 teams from the U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps to demonstrate their handling skills with their canine partners here May 4-6.The competition was designed to showcase each branch of service's

  • 59th MDW rolls out patient online secure messaging

    Patients seen at Air Force medical facilities in San Antonio can now communicate with their medical provider in a secure online service to manage their health care. The 59th Medical Wing announced patient registration this week for MiCare, an internet-based portal with a confidential secure

  • Generals inform JBSA leaders 'We can, must fix this'

    Members of the Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston community gathered at the Roadrunner Community Services building April 4 to participate in the kickoff of Sexual Assault Awareness Month and to witness the signing of a SAAM proclamation.The event highlighted a commitment to raise awareness and

  • JBSA-Randolph Keystone Club members 'think big' at national conference

    A group of teenagers who belong to the Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph Youth Programs' Keystone Club recently spent a weekend in Fort Worth, Texas, honing their leadership skills, building a community garden and listening to motivational speakers and musical performers.The students attended the 45th

  • Cini -- a military working dog - 2003-2012

    Cini was a military working dog.She had a tattoo inside her ear to prove it - H386.Her Air Force career began when the she was purchased shortly after birth in 2003. It ended March 22 on the door step of the working-dog kennel at Vance Air Force Base, Okla., when she died in the arms of her handler,