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  • Celebrate military children in April, year round

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- Each year, communities worldwide look to April as an important month for children who have one or both parents or guardians serving in uniform. Considered the military’s youngest heroes, in many ways children serve too. That’s why we honor them during the

  • 459th ARW officer reflects on Desert Storm era

    JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. – Operation Desert Storm, January 17 1991 – February 28, 1991, was the first major foreign crisis for the United States after the end of the Cold War, and this year marks its 30th anniversary. The 459th Air Refueling Wing’s Lt. Col William Short was one of 697,000 U.S. troops

  • 459th Airmen receive first round of COVID-19 vaccinations

    JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. – Airmen from the 459th Air Refueling Wing recently received the first round of COVID-19 vaccinations offered to military members as part of the whole-nation response to the COVID-19 pandemic.The Department of Defense is implementing a standardized and coordinated strategy

  • Spirituality: Chaplains play important role in overall fitness

    Service members’ personal beliefs and practices help strengthen their ties to hope, meaning, and purpose. Such ideological and spiritual forces play an extremely important role in Total Force Fitness and the ability to persist when confronting adverse situations.

  • DOD experts explain science behind COVID-19 vaccines

    Almost six weeks after the Food and Drug Administration issued emergency use authorization for the first two COVID-19 vaccines, many questions have arisen concerning their efficacy in attacking the SARS-CoV-2 virus and deadly COVID-19 disease. To better understand how COVID-19 vaccines work, MHS

  • AMC commander meets 459th Air Refueling Wing top leaders

    JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. -- The commander of Air Mobility Command, Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, recently visited the 459th Air Refueling Wing here as part of her visit to Joint Base Andrews.During the visit, the AMC commander met with the 459th Air Refueling Wing commander Col. Greg Buchanan, vice