FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Joint Base San Antonio, Texas ~ 13 DEC 2022

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[laurenmarlowe]

 

 

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Road Trip: Joint Base San Antonio, Texas

Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA) is a United States military facility located in San Antonio, Texas, USA. The facility is under the jurisdiction of the United States Air Force 502d Air Base Wing, Air Education and Training Command (AETC). The wing's three Mission Support Groups perform the installation support mission at the three bases that form JBSA.

The facility is a Joint Base of the United States Army Fort Sam Houston, the United States Air Force Randolph Air Force Base, Lackland Air Force Base and Martindale Army Airfield.

Joint Base San Antonio supports a population of 80,000 and supports students at three installations annually of up to 138,000.

Upon becoming the largest single DoD installation/enterprise, it has a total Plant Replacement Value of about 10.3 billion, lead a work force of over 8,000 personnel, manages an annual budget of 800 million, interface with 1,000 civic leaders of San Antonio, 20 smaller communities, four counties and four Congressional Districts, support more than 266 mission partners, supported and supporting units, and finally, support more than 250,000 other personnel including 425 retired general officers (2nd largest concentration in U.S.)

The primary mission at Fort Sam Houston is as a medical training and support post. The post is the home of Army North, Army South, Army 5th Recruiting Brigade, Brooke Army Medical Center, the Institute of Surgical Research, US Army Medical Center of Excellence, the Army Medical Command and the 502d Air Base Wing.

Fort Sam Houston provides facilities to and support for the activities of garrison units and other tenant organizations. The post also supports the thousands of Army Reserve and National Guard soldiers who train there year round. Soldiers from Fort Sam Houston have participated in every American War since 1845 and have deployed worldwide in support of post-Cold War contingency operations.

Randolph is named after Captain William Millican Randolph, a native of Austin, who was on the base naming committee at the time of his death in a crash. It serves as headquarters of the Air Education and Training Command (AETC) as well as the Air Force Personnel Center (AFPC) and is known as "the Showplace of the Air Force" because of the Spanish Colonial Revival Style architecture in which all structures including hangars were constructed.

The symbol of the base is a large water tower atop Building 100, housing the headquarters for Randolph's major flying unit, the 12th Flying Training Wing (12 FTW). With its distinctive architecture, the wing's headquarters has come to be known throughout the Air Force as "the Taj Mahal," or simply "The Taj".

Randolph Air Force Base is home to more than 30 Department of Defense units including Headquarters Air Education and Training Command, Air Force Personnel Center, Air Force Recruiting Service, and the 12th Flying Training Wing.

Learn More About Joint Base San Antonio HERE!!

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[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

To all our military men and women, past and present,

THANK YOU
for your service!

[PROCON]

WOO-HOO, it's Road Trip time again, thanks Lauren!

[radu]

Howdy, lauren! *HUGZ*

How are things down your way? Has your brief break from work begun yet?

[radu]

Howdy, PRO!

Did you get some grocery shopping done to restock your pantry?

[SkyDancer]

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[laurenmarlowe]

Howdy radu!

FIRST!!

[laurenmarlowe]

WOO HOO PROCON!

SECOND!!

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening to you SkyDancer!

THIRD!!

[laurenmarlowe]

I am a free woman, for one month, LOL!

Think I will head to North Carolina for Christmas.

Hope you are doin’ good radu!

*HUGS*

[Bonemaker]

The way it was when I went in in 1963.

[PROCON]

Hi radu!

Good day here and sunny too!

I did get to the grocery store to restock but to be honest, I'm not really in the cooking mood yet so I'll probably rely on doordash meal delivery, at least for awhile.

I'm waaaay overdue for a haircut so that's on my agenda tomorrow.

I hope your day was OK.

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening Bonemaker, that is so awesome!

[ChuckHam]

I retired from Active Duty and Civil Service respectively at Randolph. Many fond memories and not fond memories.

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ Road Trip: Joint Base San Antonio, Texas ~

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[Bonemaker]

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[SkyDancer]

Hai!

[Bonemaker]

You’re a jewel wherever you are!

[radu]

WOOHOO!!! Enjoy your freedom!!!!!

Heading to NC for Christmas sounds like a grand idea. Have a blast while you’re there with the family.

Doin’ pretty well here. Was thrilled to have a day of sunshine after a week of gloomy skies and rain.