WHAT’S GOING ON, JBSA MISSION, VALUES, AND PEOPLE (MVP)

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Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA)-Lackland, 502nd Air Base Wing (ABW) Public Affairs, Women’s History Month Project 2019. This year’s theme is Visionary... read more

Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA)-Lackland, 502nd Air Base Wing (ABW) Public Affairs, Women’s History Month Project 2019. This year’s theme is Visionary Women: Champions of Peace and Non-Violence. Focus: Petty Officer First Class (Navy veteran) Jessie Trejo Throughout the years, women have contributed to the armed forces and war efforts since this country’s beginnings. The U.S. Army was the first to recognize the potential contributions women could provide in the mid-1900s and officially utilized their skillsets in support of the war efforts. In 1941, The U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF), assigned them as weather observers and forecasters, cryptographers, radio operators, sheet metal repair workers, bombsight maintenance specialists, aerial photograph analysts, control tower operators and more. In 1943, the units composed of civilian women who flew stateside assignments merged to become Women Air Force Service Pilots, or WASPs. In 1977, President Jimmy Carter signed a law that finally granted military status to the WASP, now numbering 1,102. (Source: U.S. Army Center of Military History and National WASP WWII Museum) JBSA has a proud heritage of female veterans and civilians who serve in varying roles and capacities around the 502d ABW. Tags: women’s history month project; JBSA; female veteran; female military; veteran; visionary women; champion; peace; nonviolence Released by: Mr. Don E. Prince, Chief, Public Affairs, JBSA-Lackland, Tx, 2230 Hughes Ave. Bldg. 5747, San Antonio, Texas 78236, don.prince.1@us.af.mil, 210-671-2908   less

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Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA)-Lackland, 502nd Air Base Wing (ABW) Public Affairs, Women’s History Month Project 2019. This year’s theme is Visionary... read more

Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA)-Lackland, 502nd Air Base Wing (ABW) Public Affairs, Women’s History Month Project 2019. This year’s theme is Visionary Women: Champions of Peace and Non-Violence. Focus: Chief Master Sergeant (CMSgt)(ret.) Tammy Brown Throughout the years, women have contributed to the armed forces and war efforts since this country’s beginnings. The U.S. Army was the first to recognize the potential contributions women could provide in the mid-1900s and officially utilized their skillsets in support of the war efforts. In 1941, The U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF), assigned them as weather observers and forecasters, cryptographers, radio operators, sheet metal repair workers, bombsight maintenance specialists, aerial photograph analysts, control tower operators and more. In 1943, the units composed of civilian women who flew stateside assignments merged to become Women Air Force Service Pilots, or WASPs. In 1977, President Jimmy Carter signed a law that finally granted military status to the WASP, now numbering 1,102. (Source: U.S. Army Center of Military History and National WASP WWII Museum) JBSA has a proud heritage of female veterans and civilians who serve in varying roles and capacities around the 502d ABW. Tags: women’s history month project; JBSA; female veteran; female military; veteran; visionary women; champion; peace; nonviolence Released by: Mr. Don E. Prince, Chief, Public Affairs, JBSA-Lackland, Tx, 2230 Hughes Ave. Bldg. 5747, San Antonio, Texas 78236, don.prince.1@us.af.mil, 210-671-2908   less

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Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA)-Lackland, 502nd Air Base Wing (ABW) Public Affairs, Women’s History Month Project 2019. This year’s theme is Visionary... read more

Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA)-Lackland, 502nd Air Base Wing (ABW) Public Affairs, Women’s History Month Project 2019. This year’s theme is Visionary Women: Champions of Peace and Non-Violence. Focus: Master Sergeant (MSgt)(ret.) Jackie Holland Throughout the years, women have contributed to the armed forces and war efforts since this country’s beginnings. The U.S. Army was the first to recognize the potential contributions women could provide in the mid-1900s and officially utilized their skillsets in support of the war efforts. In 1941, The U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF), assigned them as weather observers and forecasters, cryptographers, radio operators, sheet metal repair workers, bombsight maintenance specialists, aerial photograph analysts, control tower operators and more. In 1943, the units composed of civilian women who flew stateside assignments merged to become Women Air Force Service Pilots, or WASPs. In 1977, President Jimmy Carter signed a law that finally granted military status to the WASP, now numbering 1,102. (Source: U.S. Army Center of Military History and National WASP WWII Museum) JBSA has a proud heritage of female veterans and civilians who serve in varying roles and capacities around the 502d ABW. Tags: women’s history month project; JBSA; female veteran; female military; veteran; visionary women; champion; peace; nonviolence Released by: Mr. Don E. Prince, Chief, Public Affairs, JBSA-Lackland, Tx, 2230 Hughes Ave. Bldg. 5747, San Antonio, Texas 78236, don.prince.1@us.af.mil, 210-671-2908   less