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U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Steven Kwast, commander of Air Education and Training Command, officially addresses the men and women of the First Command for the first time as their commander during a change of command ceremony Nov. 16, 2017, at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. Kwast, a U.S. Air Force Academy graduate, will pass command of AETC to Lt. Gen. Brad Webb July 26, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Sean Worrell)

July 10, 2019

Kwast salutes AETC team for "failing forward" in learning, innovation

In the nearly two years since Lt. Gen. Steve Kwast took command of Air Education and Training Command, there has been change across many fronts of the Air Force’s recruiting, training and education enterprise.

The "Developing Mach-21 Airmen" podcast provides visibility on emerging issues in the recruiting, training, education and development of Total Force Airmen, as well as impactful insight on leadership and lessons learned from the field through conversations with subject matter experts and leaders, in an easy-to-listen to format available on demand.

July 10, 2019

AETC commander guest on "Developing Mach-21 Airmen" pod

Lt. Gen. Steve Kwast is the featured guest on the latest episode of "Developing Mach-21 Airmen," Air Education and Training Command's podcast series, released July 8, 2019.

July 9, 2019

Pharmacy refill call-in system to undergo upgrades

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas — To better serve you, the JBSA-Lackland and JBSA-Randolph refill call-in system is undergoing upgrades on July 11, 2019 from 0800 to 1600.  During this time, the call-in system will only have intermittent availability. Please call in your refills before 0800 or after 1600 on July 11, 2019.  The refill call-in system will return to normal operations

Stop the Bleed, Education and Training

July 9, 2019

"Stop the Bleed" Course

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas — A member of the 59th Medical Wing’s first “Stop the Bleed” class applies a tourniquet on a simulated leg injury during the final evaluation of the class on June 21, 2019, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. “Stop the Bleed” kits will accompany automated external defibrillators inside 59 MDW facilities, and across JBSA. (U.S. Air Force photo

July 1, 2019

Limited services available in observance of Fourth of July holiday

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas — The 59th Medical Wing will have limited same-day available appointments in the Primary Care Clinics (Family Practice, Internal Medicine and Pediatric) as well as the Gateway Bulverde Family Practice Clinic (located at the intersection of Hwy 281 and Overlook Parkway) on Friday, July 5, 2019 due to observing the scheduled AETC Family Day.All

U.S. Air Force Chaplain (Capt.) Lucas Dalgleish, 100th Air Refueling Wing chaplain, poses for a photo in front of a U.S. Air Force MC-130J Commando II at RAF Mildenhall, England, June 6, 2019. Dalgleish parachuted into Normandy, France, during the 75th anniversary for D-Day while carrying a religious stole that started its ministry at the beaches of Normandy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Luke Milano)

June 27, 2019

Bloody Hundredth chaplain returns stole during D-Day memorial

RAF MILDENHALL, England -- — Considered the turning point of World War II, D-Day was a time of heroism and sacrifice which brought hope to many people. This was just as true for the combat chaplains who brought hope to the soldiers who put their lives on the line.Many brave soldiers lost their lives at the Battle of Normandy, June 6, 1944, but through the chaos and mayhem of

June 14, 2019

SAUSHEC graduates 228 military physicians, health care professionals

SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- — A San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium, or SAUSHEC, graduation ceremony was held June 7 at the Lila Cockrell Theatre in downtown San Antonio to honor 228 Army, Air Force, Navy, Public Health and civilian graduates.This year, 205 physicians from 36 graduate medical education programs and 23 graduates from eight graduate allied

Mother, baby flown safely after 7 months in ICU

June 14, 2019

Mother, baby flown safely home after 7 months in ICU

DALLAS — Her anxious brown eyes stare large around her. The red jump seats, wires, oxygen masks, bare sheet metal and overall cold, dark interior of a C-130 Hercules are not comforting to the young mother whose 7-month-old son is out of an intensive care unit for the first time.Kaitlyn Crawford delivered her son Nakoa prematurely at 25 weeks old. He’s been

The Proverb "time heals wounds" is displayed on the wall of a patient room at Craig Joint Theater Hospital in Bagram, Afghanistan. The proverbs provide a unique opportunity to foster a sense of community and a sense of home they are familiar to many everyday patients seen at CJTH.

June 11, 2019

Healing more than limbs

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas — At Craig Joint Theater Hospital in Bagram, Afghanistan, we care for the whole person, often in creative ways.  No one is specifically assigned as the ‘chief encouragement officer,’ it’s a collective effort to encourage patients and help them heal. Falling under the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, service members assigned to CJTH are charged with

Airman First Class Tobias Titus, Aerospace Medical technician in training, performed lifesaving intervention on a choking toddler at a local restaurant on March 30 in San Antonio, Texas.

June 3, 2019

AF medic trainee saves choking toddler

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas — An Airman performed lifesaving intervention on a choking toddler at a local restaurant on March 30 in San Antonio, Texas.Airman First Class Tobias Titus, Aerospace Medical technician in training, and his wife were having dinner when he noticed a mother and grandmother at an adjacent table attempting to dislodge a piece of food from a toddler’s

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