Story by Jose Rodriguez | U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence | 11.28.2024
Senior leaders from the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence and other units on Joint Base San Antonio - Fort Sam Houston served Thanksgiving Dinner to service members, retirees, and families at the Rocco and Slagel Dining Facility. Named Operation Thanksgiving, Mission Green Tab, the tradition gives leaders an opportunity to thank the troops and families for their service and strengthens......
Story by Senior Airman Gabriel Jones | 502nd Air Base Wing | 08.14.2024
What do President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Shaquille O’Neal have in common? If you ever find yourself on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, look around and take in what you see. There may be more than meets the eye. That large house on the corner might have been home to a famous resident. One who bloomed and grew, but no one knew that one day he would become the President of......
Story by Jose Rodriguez | U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence | 08.12.2024
Soldiers and civilians of the 187th Medical Battalion reaffirmed their commitment to Briscoe Elementary School by signing their Adopt-A-School charter before handing out much needed school supplies to students and their families. Battalion commander Lt. Col. Kayla Ramotar reaffirmed her unit’s dedication to the program by signing the Adopt-a-School charter with Principal Jennifer Emerson on......
Story by Jose Rodriguez | U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence | 08.02.2024
The U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence Learning Technology and Multimedia Division’s MEDVID Branch (MEDVID TV) unveiled a new mobile production and broadcast studio at a ceremony July 31, 2024, at Dust Off Square, Fort Sam Houston, TX. Col. Daniel D. Bridon, Director, Training and Doctrine, officiated the event, which featured the MEDVID staff demonstrating the capabilities of the mobile......
Story by Wesley Elliott | U.S. Army Medical Command | 07.12.2024
Lt. Gen. Mary K. Izaguirre, U.S. Army Surgeon General and Commanding General, U.S. Army Medical Command, hosted a ceremony on July 12, to recognize the outgoing Commander of the U.S. Army Health Contracting Activity (USAHCA), Col. Anthony K. Whitfield, and welcome the new Commander, Col. Michelle Lewis, at Joint Base San Antonio....
Story by Joe Lacdan | Defense Media Activity - Army Productions | 03.21.2024
On summer day while playing a game of hide and seek, Devin Bigelow heard gunshots. Bigelow and his friends walked from one end of a street in their south Omaha, Nebraska, neighborhood, where he saw a crowd gathering. He later learned gang gunfire had killed another child....
Story by Joe Lacdan | Defense Media Activity - Army Productions | 02.26.2024
On an Iraqi military base in sweltering heat, Jacob Whitlock faced his first bout with life and death. During a training exercise, a Soldier on the firing range began stumbling in his boots between rounds. With his face flushed red, he then vomited uncontrollably in the dry desert air....
Story by Samantha Mathison | 502nd Air Base Wing | 12.07.2023
The Joint Transition Readiness Center is slated to host their annual Transition Assistance Program mega job and resources fair at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Dec. 14, 2023....
