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  • DOD PA school among the best in country

    The Department of Defense Interservice Physician Assistant Program at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, got a shot in the arm recently when a national magazine ranked it in the top 7 percent of PA programs in the country. According to a U.S. News and World Report study, IPAP was ranked No. 11 out of 148,

  • Air Force, Army, Navy break ground on new joint medical training campus

    The next generation of military medical training got its start July 10 with the groundbreaking of the new Medical Education and Training Campus at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Over 9,000 Air Force, Army and Navy personnel will begin training at the $500 million facility by September 2011. Sheppard's

  • 82nd SFS converts to 8 hour shifts

    Starting July 15 the 82nd Security Forces Squadron is converting to an eight hour work day for the first time since Sept. 11. The eight hour shifts allows personnel to balance their work and family lives, and provides the opportunity to participate in family, squadron and base activities. Increasing

  • Sheppard, BBC rename housing areas

    The three housing areas at Sheppard have new names compliments of Team Sheppard member's suggestions, as part of the Sheppard Housing Neighborhood Naming Contest. The Wherry housing area will become Wind Creek Village; Bunker Hill will become Heritage Heights; and Capehart will be known as Freedom

  • Texas Senator visits Sheppard, tours Raptor maintenance training facility

    Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison got a look at the next generation of training at Sheppard July 3 when she toured the state-of-the-art F-22 Raptor Maintenance Training Facility - a project she's quite familiar with. Being the ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military

  • Tops in Blue, fireworks at 2008 Freedom Fest

    Celebrate Independence Day with Team Sheppard and the local community from 3-11 p.m. at the Sheppard Clinic grounds. For a full schedule of events please click here. · Games, food and live bands all afternoon. · Airmen in Training performance at 7:30 · Tops in Blue performance at 8 p.m. For more

  • The 4,000-hour man: McGowan reaches milestone in Tweet

    His dreams of flying began when he was a 9-year-old Georgia boy on a peanut farm in 1970, watching aircraft from a nearby air force base take off and land. Those dreams for Air Force Reserve Lt. Col. Bo McGowan culminated in an accomplishment very few fighter pilots can claim - 4,000 flying hours in

  • Sheppard appreciates permanent party Airmen at BBQ

    Permanent party Airmen were shown appreciation at a six-hour barbeque held by the Air Force Sergeants Association and the First Sergeants Council June 20. "Permanent party Airmen are the backbone of most organizations. They're doing their job and doing it well while they train, work on Career