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JOINTSan BASE Antonio
Welcome to Joint Base San Antonio!
elcome to Joint Base San Antonio and the great state of Texas. The joint basing idea was born as a result of Congress authorizing the Department of Defense to conduct a Base Realignment and Closure Round (BRAC) in 2005. BRAC was implemented in the hope of achieving several goals: to eliminate excess infrastructure; to reshape the military; to pursue cooperation between all five military services, or “jointness;” to optimize military readiness and to realize significant monetary savings in support of transforming the DoD. BRAC 2005 was designed to reconfigure current infrastructure into one in which operational capacity maximizes both war fighting capability and efficiency. By creating these joint organizational and basing solutions, DoD will facilitate multi-service missions, reduce waste and duplication of capabilities and services, save money, and free up resources to recruit quality people, modernize equipment and infrastructure
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and to develop the capabilities needed to meet 21st Century threats. Under the BRAC Joint Basing plan for San Antonio, a city which at one time was home to five military bases and is still aptly termed “Military City USA,” installation support functions at Fort Sam Houston have combined with those at Randolph and Lackland Air Force Bases to form the DoD’s largest military base organization, Joint Base San Antonio. In San Antonio, 49 support functions at the three joint base installations are run by the 502nd Air Base Wing, a command headed by an Air Force brigadier general. The 502nd ABW encompasses three subordinate support groups - one at each of the three San Antonio military bases. Support functions are designated by the following categories: • Command Support - safety, public affairs, legal, inspector general, procurement, chaplain, history and financial management • Community Services - morale, welfare & recreation, youth programs, family services and lodging operation • Environmental Services - compliance, pollution prevention, conservation and
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restoration Facilities: utilities, pest control, custodial & refuse collection, grounds & pavement maintenance, real property leases and management & engineering Fire & Emergency Services - fire department, emergence response services and readiness (crisis response) Housing - family housing and dormitory management Human Resources - military personnel and management analysis Information Technology - IT services Logistics - supply, munitions, laundry, vehicle operations and food services Operational Mission Services - airfield operations and small arms & firing ranges Security Services (Military Police) - law enforcement, physical security and installation protection
With the advent of joint basing, Fort Sam Houston now houses the Medical Education Training Campus (METC). This means all enlisted medical service members, from every branch of the military, train to become combat-capable medics and other medicallycentered technicians there.
