Joint Base San Antonio

Trench Art (Shell Casings, Canteens, Mess Kits, Souvenirs), World War I, Western Europe. Photographed at U.S. Army Medical Department Museum, Joint Base San Antonio, Fort Sam Houston, TX, 11JUN15. (U.S. Army ph More

03 December 1956: The first nurses (all males) reported for airborne training. In the 1950s, a handful of Army Nurse Corps male nurses-many of whom where anesthetists-became jump-qulified. Some of these officer More

Petty Officer 1st Class Jorge Rueda races a “Navy” boat across a makeshift sea with wind power during a regatta he and fellow Sailors held for children at the Children’s Hospital of San Antonio. Rueda was at th More

Capt. Floyd Baker (center), first-year surgical resident, using the pump-oxygenator to close an atrial septal defect during a surgery at Fitzsimons Army Hospital, Colo., in 1956. (U.S. Army photo courtesy of re More

Joint Base San Antonio military ambassadors representing the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and Coast Guard pose with a hat contestant Minu Martinez during the 23rd annual Women’s Club of San Antonio Hat C More

Civilians attend the Band of the West’s performance as part of Fiesta in Blue San Antonio, Texas April 24, 2018. The act was dedicated to the 300th Anniversary of San Antonio and honors the city's military heri More

Capt. Steve Brown (left), commanding officer, Navy Operational Support Center San Antonio, and Command Master Chief Jermaine Rawls unveil artwork of the Fiesta medal that features the Navy Reserve Centennial lo More

The Joint Base San Antonio Honor Guard carries the U.S. and Texas flags during the Battle of Flowers parade April 27, 2018, at Alamo Plaza, San Antonio, Texas. The Battle of Flower parade started in 1891 as a p More

Built in1917, this was one of the 2 ambulances most commonly used by the U.S. Army during World War I. It operated in the U.S. and overseas. Features such as size and weight made it a less desirable vehicle tha More

Wreaths are placed in front of the Alamo in honor of the fallen during the annual San Antonio Fiesta Pilgrimage to the Alamo April 22, 2019. The annual pilgrimage began in 1925 at the initiation of the Alamo Mi More

This is the interior of Fort Sam Houston Base Theater in 1935.

Past president of the Navy League J. J. Mathews presents Capt. Steve Brown, Navy Operational Support Center San Antonio commander, a plaque in appreciation of his presentation to the Navy League. Brown spoke ab More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Shantal Zavala greets a San Antonio police officer patrolling the streets near the Alamo on her way to join fellow military ambassadors for Fiesta Fiesta, the official kickoff event for More

Retired Capt. Gail Hathaway, left, a member of the Military Civilian Club, speaks with another member during the club’s monthly meeting and luncheon welcoming this year’s military ambassadors at The Club at Son More

Folklórico dancers enter the San Fernando Cathedral in downtown San Antonio to begin the crowning of the 67th "People's King” El Rey Feo, Jon Gary Herrera, part of Fiesta San Antonio. After Fiesta concludes, He More

Airmen with the 737th Training Group Drum and Bugle Corps stand ready to perform April 23, 2018 at the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas. The performance was part of Fiesta’s Air Force at the Alamo. Since 1891, Fiest More

Three original members of the Caisson Section include from left: Army Lt. Col. Greg Vrentas and Larry Rodriguez stand with Sgt. John Pope, who is seated on Copeland, a 12-year-old horse who remains in service.

Staff Sgt. Bryan Burgess pictured in Iraq, May 1 2006. (Photo Courtesy of Terry Burgess)

Joint Base San Antonio's newly activated Joint Transition Readiness Center, located on the Brooke Army Medical Center campus, houses the Soldier for Life-Transition Assistance Program. The program currently ass More

Carlana Stone (center), seen here in attendance at the Pentagon Memorial Dedication Ceremony on Sept. 11, 2008, is scheduled to speak Army Soldiers and units on Dec. 8 as part of the U.S. Army North (Fifth Army More

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Randolph Field, Texas, played a pivotal role in the development of the air arm of the U.S. Army, which eventually achieved its indepe More

The USAV Runnymede (Landing Craft Utility 2001) docks on the Leeward shoreline of Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Feb. 15, 2013. The LCU 2001 supported Integrated Advance 2013, a humanitarian-related missio More

Construction of San Antonio Military Medical Center's consolidated tower. Because of the 2005 BRAC initiative, SAMMC is now the largest inpatient health care facility in the Department of Defense and the only L More

From top left, U.S. Airman 1st Class Michael McAnderson, Senior Airman Brian Jarboe, Staff Sgt. Rosalyn Moody, Airman 1st Class Lydia White, Senior Airman Tommie Crutcher and Senior Airman Alexandria Yeddo, sha More

Staff. Sgt. Matthew Almada, 52nd Security Force Squadron, Spangdahlem Air Base Germany, receives training on land navigation at Camp Bullis, Texas, Jan. 12. Land Navigation is part of the 6 week Combat Leadersh More

Navy Lt. Cmdr. Lynn Redman focused on helping women and children during her deployment to Afghanistan.

SAN ANTONIO (May. 05, 2011) Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Gary Roughead speaks with Sailors during an all-hands call at Forbes Hall, Joint Base San Antonio. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication S More

A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter assigned to the 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment out of Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, flies over the Honduran countryside near Naco, Honduras, June 26.

Air Force Lt. Col. (Dr.) Jeremy Cannon checks on a critically injured patient at the San Antonio Military Medical Center intensive care unit, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Dr. Cannon, chief of trauma and acute care More

Retired U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Charles C. Baldwin speaks to attendees during a 9/11 memorial tenth anniversary ceremony held at the base theater, JBSA, in San Antonio, Texas, Sept. 9, 2011. (U.S. Air Force ph More

U.S. Air Force Col. Richard Murphy, the 12th Flying Training Wing commander, speaks during a POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony in front of the Missing Man Monument at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, Sept. 16, 201 More

Maj. Gen. Byron Hepburn, 59th Medical Wing commander, welcomes Daniel B. Ginsberg, assistant secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, to Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Lackland Air More

Mission and Installation Contracting Command contracts are vital in feeding more than 200,000 Soldiers every day. In fiscal 2017, the command executed more than 1,300 contract actions for accommodation and food More

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Joseph Hardeman, electrical systems specialist with the 27th Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron, sings during a competition at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas. Hardeman pla More

Brianna Sackreiter was the first ECMO patient treated at San Antonio Military Medical Center, Feb. 11. ECMO is a life-saving device that mimics the natural function of the heart and lungs, allowing an infant or More

Members of the Fort Sam Houston Caisson Section delivered Santa Claus to Gold Star Families for the Survivor Outreach Services Christmas celebration at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Dec. 8. About 40 p More

Maj. Dawn Brown, a Marine Corps reservist with the 3rd Civil Affairs Group at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, plays with Allie, a black Labrador Retriever, employed to search for terrorists' bombs and explosive More

A U.S. Army honor guard carries the remains of 1st Lt. Clovis T. Ray as he arrives at the Kelly Field, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, March 30, 2012. Ray, assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, More

U.S. airmen, with the clinical support decontamination team, 59th Medical Wing, set up a decontamination site during an emergency management exercise at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, April 19, 2012. The team m More

Spc. Kevin Mulloy, IMCOM Soldier of the Year, calls for the evacuation of a casualty during the IMCOM Best Warrior competition on Camp Bullis, Texas, April 23.

Two officers from the 201st Military Intelligence Battalion prepare analysis based on information obtained from a “detainee” during training at the Intelligence Security Command Detention Training Facility at J More

Soldiers of U.S. Army South deployed to Camp Swift, Texas, to set up a contingency command post during a training exercise, held May 12-17.

Terry Frost, acting director, 502nd Force Support Squadron, walks with Katherine Hammack, assistant secretary of the Army for installations, energy and environment, during a tour of the Sam Houston Community Ce More

Lt. Gen. William Caldwell IV, commanding general of U.S. Army North and senior mission commander, Fort Sam Houston and Camp Bullis, along with the senior Mexican general officers, listen intently during a brief More

Mary Frels (center), deputy provost marshal, U.S. Army North, follows along during a force protection briefing, May 23. Anti-terrorism officers and security professionals from major U.S. Army commands in North More

Col. (Dr.) Evan M. Renz, director of the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research Burn Center, perform the first surgical procedure on May 25 in one of two new operating rooms at the new burn center located at More

The City of San Marcos, Texas, dedicated a park to the memory of Capt. Paul Pena, May 26. Pena, killed in Iraq in 2010, was the son of Cecilia Pena, a member of the Chief of Staff of the Army's Survivor Advisor board.

Master Sgt. Lorraine A. Hieskill, superintendent of the 59th Surgical Inpatient Squadron, is awarded the first Air Force Medical Service Senior NCO Leadership Award May 29 at the San Antonio Military Medical Ce More

Lt. Gen. Charles Green, surgeon general of the Air Force; Vice Adm. Matthew Nathan, surgeon general of the Navy and chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; and Lt. Gen. Patricia Horoho, surgeon general and comma More

(From left) Gabriele Dias, director of the Fort Sam Houston Soldier and Family Assistance Center; Nate Smith, executive director of Hire Heroes USA; and Ann Alvarez, military service coordinator, U.S. Departmen More

Lt. Gen. Patricia Horoho, Army Surgeon General, met with former San Antonio city councilman Carroll Schubert and other civic leaders following the quarterly AUSA luncheon May 31st. Schubert serves on the city a More

Lt. Gen. Patricia Horoho, Army Surgeon General and commanding general, U.S. Army Medical Command, presents the Distinguished Service Medal to Maj. Gen. David Rubenstein for exceptionally meritorious service in More

Charles Barkley, a former professional basketball player and an analyst on TNT’s “Inside the NBA,” poses with wounded warriors during a visit to the Center for the Intrepid, June 4. The Center for the Intrepid More

Fort Sam Houston employees enter through part of the new Walters Street entry control point, June 4.

Col. William LaChance (right), 32nd Medical Brigade commander, presents the Meritorious Service Medal to Lt. Col. Timothy Hudson during the 264th Medical Battalion change of command ceremony at MacArthur Parade More

A soldier leads his team to a simulated Afghan village while on patrol during the MEDCOM Best Warrior competition.

Joint Base San Antonio and 502nd Air Base Wing Command Chief Master Sgt. Jose A. LugoSantiago speaks with service members during an enlisted call, April 19, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.

Jennifer Roddy works on a mural in the kids’ section of the Keith A. Campbell Memorial Library during Impact Day. Roddy was one of 52 volunteers who spread out between the library and the Fort Sam Houston Fitne More

Lt. Col. (Dr.) Booker King, associate director for the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research Burn Center talks with Dr. Joseph Woodson, assistant secretary of defense for Health Affairs and director of TRICA More

Bill Boykin, a volunteer coach, instructs a young girl on proper putting techniques during the annual Junior Golf Clinic on the Oaks Golf Course at Randolph Air Force Base, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, June 1 More

A swarm of bees make their home on the flap of a U.S. Air Force T-6 Texan II aircraft on the flight line at Randolph Air Force Base, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, June 13, 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo by Rich M More

(From left) Cmdr. Nora Perez, head of the Combat Casualty Care Research Department, Naval Medical Research Unit-San Antonio, and Lt. Cdr. Anne McKeague, head of the Expeditionary Medicine Division, Combat Casua More

U.S. Air Force Col. James McClain, Maj. Gen. Byron Hepburn, Command Chief Master Sgt. Maurice James, U.S. Army Col. Mary McAfee (from left to right) and fellow airmen stand in front of more than 600 donated foo More

U.S. Air Force Col. James McClain (left) and U.S. Army Col. Mary McAfee (right) present Command Chief Master Sgt. Richard Robinson a shadow box in appreciation of his 30 years of dedication to the military at P More

U.S. Air Force Command Chief Master Sgt. Richard Robinson receives M&Ms for his retirement dinner from Tech. Sgt. April Weaver on behalf of the 59th Medical Wing command section at Parr O' Club on Randolph Air More

U.S. and Honduras soldiers salute during the playing of the national anthems of the U.S. and Honduras during the closing ceremony for Beyond the Horizon Honduras 2012 held at Forward Operating Base Naco, Hondu More

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta talks with Army Spc. Charles Lemmon during his tour of the Center for the Intrepid, June 27. Panetta spent the day visiting with wounded warriors at the CFI and the San Antonio More

Genette Burgess (center) spends time with her husband Dan and children 9-year-old Kaylee and 10-year-old Gracie at the Warrior and Family Support Center. The family often goes to the WFSC to relax between Dan’s More

Guatemalan artillery soldiers salute during the playing of the national anthem during the closing ceremony of the Beyond the Horizon 2012 – Guatemala, an U.S. Army South exercise deploying military engineers an More

Retired Chief Warrant Officer 4 Mario LaMaestra Sr. (left) pins his grandson, Chief Warrant Officer 4 Mario Lamestra III, during his grandson’s promotion ceremony. Laura Ortiz (right) also pins Lamestra as reti More

Commanding general of the Mission and Installation Contracting Command Brig. Gen. Kirk Vollmecke, keynote speaker for the 28th Annual Fourth of July Patriotic Ceremony at the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, More

Intern Brielle Mallory views a strand of hair for a hair analysis.

Two “cabos,” or corporals with the Helotian League drug cartel detain the village police chief as a result of his efforts to cease their activities and remove them from his village. Staff Sgt. Daniel Rivera, le More

Capt. Gail L. Hathaway, MSC, salutes during colors at the Navy Medicine Support Command Change of Command and Renaming Ceremony July 11 at the Naval Air Station Jacksonville Ceremonial Hanagar. Hathaway assumed More

Capt. Michael Clemens, general surgery resident, practices on the laboratory virtual simulator in the simulation center at San Antonio Military Medical Center. The center offers simulation labs made to replicat More

Maj. Gen. Mark Solo, Nineteenth Air Force commander, speaks at his retirement ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, July 13. Solo's retirement comes just one day following the inactivation of NAF. More

Sgt. Christina Kidwell presents roses to Kathleen, the wife of outgoing Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, U.S. Army South commander, Lt. Col. Charles A. Walters, from Loudonville, N.Y., July 13, at Fort More

The Brooke Army Medical Center, information management division helped BAMC in being recognized as a "Most Wired Hospital."

Joshua Olson takes aim at the 2012 Paralympics in London. (Photo courtesy Sgt. 1st Class Joshua Olson)

District 2 City Councilwoman Ivy Taylor (center) and Brig. Gen. Theresa Carter (right), Joint Base San Antonio and 502nd Air Base Wing commander cut the ribbon, July 24, officially opening the new 600-foot span More

Lt. Col. Anthony Terreri, San Antonio Military Medical Center radiologist, and Patrick O’Brien, nuclear medicine services supervisor, examine images on the computer screen from the gamma camera in the Nuclear M More

Air Force Col. Nancy Dezell (right), chief of staff and director, of the Program Integration for the Office of Force Health Protection and Readiness, presents the Defense Medical Readiness Training Institute co More

(From left) Sgt. Maj. Donald Freeman of the 502nd Mission Support Group Command, Command Sgt. Major James Diggs of the Army Medical Department Center and School, Sgt. Maj. Drew Gartman of Public Health Command- More

Col. Robert Bridgford (left), vice-commander, 502nd Air Base Wing and his wife, Shirley (right), thank Jean Sabido during the AMEDDC&S 237th Birthday celebration in Blesse Auditorium, July 27, in appreciation f More

Army Medical Department Center and School Command Sgt. Maj. James Diggs (left) and Maj. Gen. Philip Volpe, AMEDDC&S commanding general, affix the Army Superior Unit Award to the AMEDDC&S colors during the celeb More

Lt. Col. Rick Skeen is a contracting officer for the Mission and Installation Contracting Command at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston. He manages pre- and post-award procurement actions, conducts market More

When waiting for the school bus, children should know not to play in the street and to stay far enough back from the curb so they can’t accidentally step into the street.

Col. Jeff Morris arrived at the Mission and Installation Contracting Command, July 25, as the chief of staff.

Ryan Michael, a 14-year-old volunteer from Canyon High School in New Braunfels, puts a pricing code on a coffeemaker at the Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Thrift Shop. He is the son of retired Sgt. Jos More

Members of the Army Medical Department Center and School safety team gather for a group photo at Maj. Gen. Spurgeon Neel Plaza. The AMEDDC&S safety team won the Army Medical Command Exceptional Organization Saf More

Alex Thompson, 10, son of Lt. Col. Scott Thompson, 802nd Comptroller Squadron commander, grimaces as he receives a mock immunization from Airman 1st Class Matthew Bruce, 743rd Intelligence Support Squadron, bef More

A Colombian personnel officer works inside the joint tactical operations center during PANAMAX 2012 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Aug. 10. PANAMAX is an annual U.S. Army South and U.S. Southern Command-sponsored More

Military officers from Peru, Paraguay and Colombia work alongide one another during the PANAMAX exercise at Fort Sam Houston, Texas August 15. PANAMAX is an annual U.S. Army South and U.S. Southern Command-spon More

Volunteer information desk greeter Ed O’Boyle helps a visitor to San Antonio Military Medical Center negotiate the hospital. Greeters are often the first person a patient, family member, visitor or vendor meets.

San Antonio Recruiting Battalion commander Lt. Col. David A. Grant looks on as Maj. Gen. David L. Mann, U.S. Army Recruiting Command commanding general, presents the Army Commendation Medal to Sgt. 1st Class Da More

Harris surveys a training area he and his partner Jack will use for honing their abilities to find concealed, illicit drugs. Training is a daily routine to ensure each team member is at the top of his abilities.

Peter Law, 502nd Air Base Wing historian, admires the new mural depicting San Antonio’s rich military history. The mural consists of four 4-by-8-foot panels and is hung in the upstairs hallway in the 502nd Air More

Carol Bann, Installation Management Command, asks a question during the 502nd Mission Support Group Customer Workshop, Aug. 19, at the Region 20 Conference Center. The workshop, a first of its kind, covered bas More

The first class of 12 graduating nursing residence participate in a graduation ceremony, Aug. 20, at San Antonio Military Medical Center.

Gen. Douglas Fraser, commanding general, U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), speaks to soldiers and civilians of U.S. Army South during a town hall meeting at Evans Theater, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Aug. 22. Fras More