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19-637: The Air Force Civil Engineer Center ( AFCEC ), located at Joint Base San Antonio -Lackland, Texas, is a 1,900-person primary subordinate unit, assigned to the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center which is one of six centers aligned under Air Force Materiel Command for the United States Air Force . The center is responsible for providing responsive, flexible full-spectrum installation engineering services. Conducting operations at more than 75 locations worldwide,

38-1522: A parent unit based at another location. Some units may be entirely garrisoned at JBSA, but be spread out across different sites. Air Education and Training Command (AETC) Air Combat Command (ACC) Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) Air Force Field Operating Agencies Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) Air National Guard (ANG) United States Army Medical Command (MEDCOM) United States Army Medical Department (AMEDD) United States Army Materiel Command (AMC) United States Army South (USARSO) United States Army North (ARNORTH) United States Army Recruiting Command (USAREC) United States Army Cyber Command (ARCYBER) United States Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) United States Army Civilian Human Resources Agency United States Army Reserve (USAR) United States Army National Guard (ARNG) Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) Naval Education and Training Command (NETC) United States Navy Recruiting Command (NRC) United States Navy Reserve (USNR) United States Marine Corps Intelligence Marine Corps Reserves Defense Health Agency (DHA) National Security Agency (NSA) Transportation Security Administration (TSA) [REDACTED]  This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency Camp Stanley (Texas) Camp Stanley

57-885: A single joint base , one of 12 formed in the United States as a result of the law. Joint Base San Antonio supports a population of 80,000 and supports students at three installations annually of up to 138,000. Upon becoming the largest single DoD installation/enterprise, it has a total Plant Replacement Value of about 10.3 billion, lead a work force of over 8,000 personnel, manages an annual budget of 800 million, interface with 1,000 civic leaders of San Antonio, 20 smaller communities, four counties and four Congressional Districts, support more than 266 mission partners, supported and supporting units, and finally, support more than 250,000 other personnel including 425 retired general officers (2nd largest concentration in U.S.). Related Military Reservations The primary mission at Fort Sam Houston

76-649: Is a U.S. Army facility located at the Leon Springs Military Reservation, the present day Camp Stanley Storage Activity , twenty miles northwest of downtown San Antonio near Fair Oaks Ranch, Texas . Its mission is to Camp Stanley Storage Activity (CSSA) receives, tests, stores, ships, renovates and demilitarizes conventional arms, ammunition, and explosives in support of the Warfighter worldwide. In 1906 and 1907, an area of about 17,000 acres near Leon Springs, just north of San Antonio,

95-564: Is a United States military facility located in San Antonio , Texas , US. The facility is under the jurisdiction of the United States Air Force 502d Air Base Wing , Air Education and Training Command (AETC). The wing's three Mission Support Groups perform the installation support mission at the three bases that form JBSA. The facility is a Joint Base of the United States Army Fort Sam Houston ,

114-550: Is as a medical training and support post. The post is the home of Army North, Army South, Army 5th Recruiting Brigade, Brooke Army Medical Center, the Institute of Surgical Research, US Army Medical Center of Excellence, the Army Medical Command and the 502d Air Base Wing. Fort Sam Houston provides facilities to and support for the activities of garrison units and other tenant organizations. The post also supports

133-620: Is known as "the Showplace of the Air Force" because of the Spanish Colonial Revival Style architecture in which all structures including hangars were constructed. The symbol of the base is a large water tower atop Building 100, housing the headquarters for Randolph's major flying unit, the 12th Flying Training Wing (12 FTW). With its distinctive architecture, the wing's headquarters has come to be known throughout

152-577: Is used for munitions storage and testing. CSSA is a Government-Owned, Government-Operated (GOGO) facility. After World War II, several land transfers occurred: In 1953 about 2,040 acres, the majority of the outer cantonment of present-day Camp Stanley, were transferred from Camp Bullis to the Camp Stanley Storage Activity (CSSA). In 1949 CSSA had become assigned to the Red River (Arsenal) Army Depot near Texarkana, Texas, as

171-792: The Texas Air National Guard 149th Fighter Wing , the 59th Medical Wing , the Sixteenth Air Force , and the 67th Cyberspace Wing . Randolph is named after Captain William Millican Randolph, a native of Austin , who was on the base naming committee at the time of his death in a crash. It serves as headquarters of the Air Education and Training Command (AETC) as well as the Air Force Personnel Center (AFPC) and

190-519: The United States Air Force Randolph Air Force Base and Lackland Air Force Base , which were merged on 1 October 2010. JBSA was established in accordance with congressional legislation implementing the recommendations of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission . The legislation ordered the consolidation of the three facilities which were nearby, but separate military installations, into

209-505: The Air Force as "the Taj Mahal," or simply "The Taj". Randolph Air Force Base is home to more than 30 Department of Defense units including Headquarters Air Education and Training Command , Air Force Personnel Center , Air Force Recruiting Service, and the 12th Flying Training Wing . Flying and notable non-flying units based at JBSA. Units marked GSU are Geographically Separate Units, which although based at JBSA, are subordinate to

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228-471: The Army Medical Center of Excellence, Defense Medical Readiness Training Institute, Air Force Ground Combat Skills School and Army units stationed at Fort Sam Houston. There are currently 130 military personnel stationed at Bullis. Lackland Air Force Base is home to more than 120 Department of Defense and associate organizations, including the 37th Training Wing , the largest training wing in

247-424: The U.S. Air Force. Lackland is the Air Force's only site for enlisted basic military training, and also offers professional and technical skills, and English language training for members of the U.S. Air Force, other military services, government agencies, and allies. Its four primary training functions graduate more than 86,000 students annually. Other major tenants include Air Reserve Command's 433d Airlift Wing ,

266-400: The center's missions include facility investment planning, design and construction, operations support, real property management, energy support , environmental compliance and restoration, and audit assertions, acquisition and program management. Air Force leaders, during a ceremony on 1 October 2012 at Joint Base San Antonio -Lackland, Texas, activated AFCEC as a single unit to execute

285-785: The civil engineering mission worldwide. During the ceremony, the Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment and Air Force Real Property Agency , both based in San Antonio , merged with the Air Force Civil Engineer Support Agency at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida . AFCESA was then renamed the Air Force Civil Engineer Center. [1] On 1 October 2014, AFCEC was among the six organizations moved under Air Force Materiel Command in an effort toward forming

304-576: The foundation of the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center when the Center is formally activated in 2015. [2] The Air Force Civil Engineer Center is led by a civilian in the Senior Executive Service . The center has seven directorates: Energy; Environmental; Facility Engineering; Installations; Operations; Planning & Integration; and Readiness. [3] Joint Base San Antonio Joint Base San Antonio ( JBSA )

323-646: The thousands of Army Reserve and National Guard soldiers who train there year-round. Soldiers from Fort Sam Houston have participated in every American War since 1845 and have deployed worldwide in support of post-Cold War contingency operations. Together with Camp Stanley (Camp Stanley is not part of JBSA) , Camp Bullis is part of the Leon Springs Military Reservation. Camp Bullis has provided firing ranges, training areas and logistics support to Fort Sam Houston and other active and reserve component units in South Texas for nearly 100 years. Its most frequent users are

342-577: Was acquired by the military as a training ground and firing range. In 1917, the area was named Camp Funston in honor of Maj. Gen. Frederick Funston but was redesignated Camp Stanley after learning there was already a Camp Funston in Kansas. Camp Stanley is named after Brig. Gen. David S. Stanley, a Medal of Honor recipient during the Civil War and a former Commander of the Department of Texas. The camp

361-626: Was used as a training ground during World War I and hosted the First Officers’ Training Camp and later the 57th Infantry Regiment, which included then Lt. Dwight D. Eisenhower. In 1917, an additional 16,000 acres were leased, and a new camp was established called Camp Bullis. Together, Camp Stanley and Camp Bullis became the Leon Spring Military Reservation. Today, Camp Bullis serves as a training base for Army, Air Force, and Marine units, while Camp Stanley

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