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Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force #5 (ret.) Robert Gaylor speaks at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Aug. 2, 2023. Gaylor shared how his experience has shown him that a person’s aptitude and attitude are what lead to opportunity. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Melody Bordeaux)

Aug. 3, 2023

CMSAF #5 Robert Gaylor shares “three words” with 59th MDW

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Aptitude. Attitude. Opportunity. Those are the three words Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force #5 (ret.) Robert Gaylor shared during his visit to Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Aug. 2, 2023. Gaylor has a remarkable memory giving him the ability to share a detailed history of his experiences and how aptitude and attitude provided him opportunities he could have never imagined. "Aptitude and attitude lead to opportunity," said Gaylor.

Lt. Col. Lena Williams Cox receives the 559 Trainee Health Squadron guidon flag which signifies their unit designation and branch/corps affiliation or the title of the individual who carries it.

June 29, 2023

559th THLS commander prepares next generation of medically ready warfighters

Joint Base San Antonio- Lackland, Texas — Lt. Col. Williams Cox intends to continue optimizing trainee readiness and patient-centered care through collaborative health delivery, education, training, and research while simultaneously prioritizing the needs of her airmen to succeed.

Leaders blaze trail in military medicine

Aug. 26, 2022

Women’s Equality Day: Female leaders blaze a trail in military medicine

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO — While countless groundbreaking women paved the way, an all-female leadership team is blazing new trails in modern military medicine.As a first for military medicine here, there’s a female commanding general and deputy/vice commander at the helm of the 59th Medical Wing and Brooke Army Medical Center, as well as an all-female command team at the San

An Airman poses for a photo in the lab.

Dec. 6, 2021

Little Rock Airman wins AF Lance P. Sijan Leadership Award

“Leadership is about being present, visible and showing vulnerability,” she said. “Underneath the uniform, we are all human – I think sometimes we forget that.”

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Jeannine Ryder, 59th Medical Wing commander, assumes command of the 59th MDW with a ceremonial hand-off of the unit guidon from U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Marshall B. Webb, commander of Air Education and Training Command, during a change of command ceremony at the Inter-American Air Forces Academy, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, April 29, 2021.

May 5, 2021

59th Medical Wing members welcome Air Force Nurse Corps chief as new commander

Published April 30, 2021 — JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- Brig. Gen. Jeannine Ryder took command of the 59th Medical Wing during a change of command ceremony at the Inter-American Air Forces Academy Auditorium here April 29, 2021.

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