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Camp Bullis

Established in 1917, Camp Bullis was originally used as one of many training sites for the American Expeditionary Force soon to be sent to Europe. Used as a small arms and rifle range for Fort Sam Houston, no units were stationed at the Camp. After World War I ...

Brooks City Base

Brooks City Base, formerly Brooks Air Force Base, and before that variously Gosport Field and Kelly Field #5, is located slightly to the south-east of downtown San Antonio. At the dawn of American military aviation, Brooks and Kelly were comfortably far out enough in the country that ...

Ft Sam and Brook Army Medical Center Complex

by Celia Hayes

Having been in pretty good health over the last two or three years, it has been that long since I had to make an appointment to see a doctor – which since I am a military retiree, usually meant ...

Today's Lackland Air Force Base

Lackland Air Force Base, popularly known as the “Gateway to the Air Force,” is located at the edge of San Antonio’s south-west suburbs, and is unique for several reasons. It is a training base, and has been ever since construction began on a ...

Fort Sam Houston

Fort Sam Houston is considered to be the home of Army medicine, since all Army medical training was consolidated there at the end of World War Two. The Base Realignment and Closure Commission of 2005 recommended that all military medical training be consolidated at Fort Sam Houston ...

Today's Randolph Air Force Base

Randolph Air Force Base serves primarily as Headquarters Air Education and Training Command, as well as headquarters for the Air Force Personnel Center and the Air Force Recruiting Service. It is home to the 12th Flying Training Wing, whose mission is to conduct pilot ...

Commemorating Armed Forces Day Message

May 19, 2012

Armed Forces Day is a special day assigned for the commemoration and recognition of military service member's unique and necessary sacrifices for the good of all. Observed every third week of May since 1949, the holiday continues giving people more insights ...

PRESS RELEASE: VLB now offering $417,000 for home purchases, $100,000 for land

Benefits for Texas veterans continue to grow with unanimous vote by board

VLB now offering $417,000 for home purchases, $100,000 for land

Benefits for Texas veterans continue to grow with unanimous vote by board ...

Terms of Enlistment, 2011

By Celia Hayes

A while ago, I wrote an essay, speculating on one of the very few rites of adult passage in American society. So many of the previous rites of passage have shifted position so radically as to render them useless. First Communion, Confirmation, Bar ...