The most recent appropriations for the Department of War expired at 11:59 p.m. EST on September 30, 2025. Military personnel will continue in a normal duty status without pay until such time as a continuing resolution or appropriations are passed by Congress and signed into law. Civilian personnel not engaged in excepted activities will be placed in a non-work, non-pay status.
Our military medical center remains open and we’re continuing to provide healthcare services. Scheduled appointments and procedures are proceeding as planned, and new appointments continue to be booked. For the latest information regarding TRICARE benefits during this period, please visit www.tricare.mil/shutdown

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Jan. 26, 2021

What the Biomedical Sciences Corps brings to the fight

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Biomedical Sciences Corps Appreciation Week offers the opportunity to explore how this diverse Corps is relevant and critical to ensuring an expeditionary fit and ready force. From head to toe and beyond, the BSC keeps the Air Force combat ready, but what does each career field do?Clinical Social Workers / Clinical Psychologists Clinical Social

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Jan. 26, 2021

Survivor becomes Bronze Star recipient

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas — Losing a loved one forever changes someone’s life. For some, it shatters them. For others, it pushes them to better themselves. Master Sgt. Brandon “Hock” Hockenbarger, 959th Medical Operations Squadron Internal Medicine flight chief, is the latter.Two days after his 22nd birthday, Hockenbarger got the call that he had lost his older brother, U.S.

Army Lt. Gen. Ronald Place, Director, Defense Health Agency, talks with Army Lt. Col. Elizabeth Markelz, Chief of Infectious Disease, and Army Lt. Col. Robert Walter, Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, at Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Jan. 20, 2021. Place said there is no location in DoD that has seen more COVID-positive cases or COVID-positive workload than the medical facilities at JBSA, lauding the relationship between the military health system here and their involvement in the community.

Jan. 25, 2021

DHA director visits JBSA vaccination sites, discusses medical market certification

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Joint Base San Antonio’s role in Operation Warp Speed, the whole-of-nation response to COVID-19, and ongoing vaccination efforts were the highlight of a visit by U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Ronald Place, director of the Defense Health Agency, last week.

Maj. (Dr.) Nickolay Markov and Lt. Col. (Dr.) Justin Fox perform a microsurgical procedure using a surgical microscope at Wright-Patterson Medical Center. (U.S. Air Force Photo / Kristen Van Wert)

Jan. 25, 2021

Biomedical Sciences Corps History

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, Texas — It has been over 50 years since the creation of the Biomedical Sciences Corps. Due to the growing demands of military healthcare and hospital operations, medical logistics has become so complex that a need for diversity between the two professional career tracks of administrators/logisticians and scientific/allied technical specialists became

"The Air Force Starts Here" is Air Education and Training Command's professional development podcast. The professional development podcasts are designed to help communicate and inform Total Force Airmen across the globe on relevant, timely topics related to the recruiting, training, education and development fields and can be listened to on the government network on the AETC website, or via mobile application as well as on Apple Podcasts (iTunes). For Android or Google mobile users, the podcast can be found on their favorite third-party podcast phone application. (U.S. Air Force graphic / 1st Lt. Robert Guest)

Jan. 15, 2021

Safety and efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccine on latest "The Air Force Starts Here" podcast

In episode 42 of "The Air Force Starts Here" podcast, the safety and efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccine is discussed by the team at the 59th Medical Wing.

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Jan. 11, 2021

BAMC to transfer new pediatric patients needing inpatient care to preserve COVID efforts

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas — With the ongoing threat of the pandemic and to preserve resources and staffing, Brooke Army Medical Center will transfer new pediatric patients needing inpatient care to local children’s hospitals at this time. “We are taking this additional precautionary measure to ensure our healthcare professionals are poised to support an increased need for

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Jan. 6, 2021

Registration open now for virtual AETC Leadership Mentoring Symposium Jan. 27-28

As part of service-wide focus on mentorship, Air Education and Training Command will virtually host a Leadership Mentoring Symposium Jan. 27-28, 2021. The two-day mentoring event is being hosted by the AETC Mentoring Council, which is comprised of Airmen from around the command, and will allow senior leaders to mentor to a virtual audience on specific topics.

The Department of Defense is conducting a coordinated vaccine distribution strategy that will strengthen the ability to protect people, maintain readiness, support the national COVID-19 response, and trust in safe and effective vaccines and a vaccination plan.

Dec. 30, 2020

59th MDW logistics and immunizations working together for the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas — The San Antonio Military Health System's first Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine arrived at about 8:45 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas.As the vaccine arrived, the immunizations team was awaiting final guidance from the Defense Health Agency. Once the guidance, training, and

Dec. 18, 2020

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The Department of Defense is conducting a coordinated vaccine distribution strategy for prioritizing and administering COVID-19 vaccines.

Dec. 15, 2020

San Antonio Military Health System receives first Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine shipment

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas — Airman 1st Class Kimber Bernau, 59th Medical Wing Family Emergency Clinic medical technician, administers the San Antonio Military Health System’s first Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine shot to Maj. Andrew Gausepohl, Dec. 14, 2020, at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. The Department of Defense is conducting a

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