As the coronavirus pandemic squeezes San Antonio hospitals closer to capacity, Brooke Army Medical Center is sitting out the crisis.Even as military medical teams have arrived in the Alamo City to help at other facilities, the hospital at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston isn’t taking civilians sickened by the virus unless they’re military dependents or retirees.BAMC has cared for civilian trauma patients, however, since 1995. It’s an exception to a Pentagon policy that the state has asked to be extended to COVID-19 cases. There’s been no answer yet.“We need the Defense Department to...…As the coronavirus pandemic squeezes San Antonio hospitals closer to capacity, Brooke Army Medical Center is sitting out the crisis.Even as military medical teams have arrived in the Alamo City to help at other facilities, the hospital at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston isn’t taking civilians sickened by the virus unless they’re military dependents or retirees.BAMC has cared for civilian trauma patients, however, since 1995. It’s an exception to a Pentagon policy that the state has asked to be extended to COVID-19 cases. There’s been no answer yet.“We need the Defense Department to...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateThe Texas National Guard said Monday that it would dispatch up to 1,000 troops to five major cities around the state, including San Antonio, as early as this weekend to provide security in case disturbances break out after the Nov. 3 election.The activation of troops was for “postelection” support of local law enforcement and the Texas Department of Public Safety, “as we did previously to deter any civil disturbance at sites in various cities within Texas,” said retired Maj. Gen. James K. “Red” Brown, chief of staff to the guard’s...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateThe Texas National Guard said Monday that it would dispatch up to 1,000 troops to five major cities around the state, including San Antonio, as early as this weekend to provide security in case disturbances break out after the Nov. 3 election.The activation of troops was for “postelection” support of local law enforcement and the Texas Department of Public Safety, “as we did previously to deter any civil disturbance at sites in various cities within Texas,” said retired Maj. Gen. James K. “Red” Brown, chief of staff to the guard’s...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateGrowing up in San Antonio, Charles Quinton Brown was quiet, studious and serious about the future.“During his school years, you never one time had to say, ‘Would you do your homework?’” said his mother, Kay Tanner Brown. “It was automatic. He always studied hard.”As three generations of Browns stood Thursday in a hangar at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, it was clear how far the studious one had come.Now a decorated four-star general, Brown was installed as the Air Force chief of staff, becoming the first African American to hold...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateGrowing up in San Antonio, Charles Quinton Brown was quiet, studious and serious about the future.“During his school years, you never one time had to say, ‘Would you do your homework?’” said his mother, Kay Tanner Brown. “It was automatic. He always studied hard.”As three generations of Browns stood Thursday in a hangar at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, it was clear how far the studious one had come.Now a decorated four-star general, Brown was installed as the Air Force chief of staff, becoming the first African American to hold...WW…