Fort Sam Houston News

A Texas A&M graduate, he served as a instructor with the 10th Mountain Division in Afghanistan and already held a Purple Heart when he was killed Saturday by one of the men he was training.

There's a lot of MILCON going on at the big joint bases in Texas right now. Check Lackland and Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Fort Bliss in El Paso, and Fort Hood south of Waco.

Thieves have been known to target vehicles at cemeteries that often are left wide open by mourners paying their respects nearby.

A veteran was honored today, proving you can still be Army Strong even at the age of 90. Fred Chapal celebrated his birthday bash at Joint Base San Antonio - Fort Sam Houston this afternoon, surrounded by his wife of 65 years, his children and grandchildren.

She, and five other companies were all seated in the same general area of the airplane.

San Antonio Police Department officers were credited with quick response to a shooting at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston.

Flag retirement ceremony: VFW Post 837, 4436 Valleyfield Drive, will retire flags starting at 5:15 p.m. The post is accepting flags that are no longer serviceable.

Bret Weigmann, a 1984 alumnus of Allison-Bristow High School, was appointed Commandant of the Military Intelligence Corps Non-commissioned Officer Academy May 17. Held at Fort Huachua in Arizona, Weigmann took charge after an Assumption of Responsibility Ceremony.

When sexual assault occurs, victims deserve swift, competent and compassionate care.

Alvin Leon Roundtree, covering his face with papers, leaves the Federal Courthouse in chains on Tuesday.

A guard stands at a gate to Fort Sam Houston, Monday, June 10, 2013, in San Antonio.

Officials say a soldier who shot a fellow service member at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio has surrendered.

One person was injured and another was taken into custody on Monday after a shooting at the Fort Sam Houston Army Base in San Antonio, Texas, authorities said.

Ten people have been sentenced for their participation in a drug trafficking organization operating in Autauga, Elmore and Montgomery Counties, announced George L. Beck, Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Middle Ten people have been sentenced for their participation in a drug trafficking organization operating in Autauga, Elmore and Montgomery Counties, ... (more)

Police scanner traffic indicates that a man shot another person in the dormitory area of Fort Sam, near the Binz-Engleman and Harry Wurzbach gates.

A woman's chance of living at least five years after being diagnosed with breast cancer has gone up from 50% in the 1970's to 85%.

A soldier who wounded a fellow service member in a shooting at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio on Monday surrendered and is in military custody, a base spokesman says.

Officials say soldier who shot a fellow service member at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio has surrendered and is in military custody.

A man with a gun was seen at the Fort Sam Houston gate in San Antonio Monday, and one person was rushed to a local hospital after shots were fired.

Debra Fine lived to tell of her encounter with a heavily armed gunman who killed five people and wounded her and others in a Santa Monica rampage.