July 14, 2020 San Antonio Military Health System expands COVID-19 critical care capabilities The San Antonio Military Health System is expanding its ability to care for critically injured and ill community members to help ease the COVID-19 burden on the local healthcare system.
June 16, 2020 GAFB, community solidifies shared educational enhancement Following the directive of the National Defense Strategy, Goodfellow is the first Air Force base to virtually sign a Memorandum of Understanding with its local community to establish a Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence at the base, June 11.
May 20, 2020 4th Graders go behind the 'virtual' scenes with K-9 training The 341st Training Squadron conducts all military working dog initial training as well as all MWD handlers courses for the Department of Defense right here at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. This elite team was able to share what they do with a class of 4th grade students from Buda
April 20, 2020 Special leave accrual for service members Matthew Donovan, undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, signed a department-wide authorization April 6 for service members to accrue and retain an additional leave balance of up to 120 days.
April 14, 2020 Earth Day 2020: Time to think about mother Earth The idea for a national day to focus on the environment came to Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson, a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, after witnessing the ravages of the 1969 massive oil spill in Santa Barbara, Calif. More than 20 million Americans demonstrated for a healthy, sustainable environment in
March 31, 2020 Goodfellow AFB instructors aid local COVID-19 efforts through 3D medical supplies printing The 312th Training Squadron’s Special Instruments Training course instructors at Goodfellow AFB, Texas, have begun using their skills to 3D print prototypes to supply the medical facilities in the area with N95 face masks and face shields.
March 27, 2020 DOD establishes task force to meet U.S. medical equipment needs The Defense Department has established a joint task force to deal with daily requests the department is receiving for medical and personal protective equipment from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the departments of Health and Human Services and Homeland Security, and others.
March 26, 2020 Goodfellow Air Force Base raises Health Protection Condition to Charlie To combat the spread of COVID-19, effective immediately, Goodfellow AFB is at HPCON Charlie.
March 25, 2020 DOD releases overseas stop movement order in response to COVID-19 Building upon previously enacted movement restrictions governing foreign travel, permanent change of station moves, temporary duty and personal leave, this stop movement order will also impact exercises, deployments, redeployments and other global force management activities. Approximately 90,000
March 18, 2020 DOD poised to provide masks, ventilators, labs for coronavirus fight The Defense Department will make available up to 5 million respirator masks and other personal protective equipment from its strategic reserves to the Department of Health and Human Services for distribution, DOD Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper said during a news conference at the Pentagon March 18,