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News | May 13, 2021

Lifetime of Service: New award recognizes BAMC civilians serving 45-plus years

By Lori Newman

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas  –   Brooke Army Medical Center held a Lifetime of Service award ceremony May 11 to honor the legacy of employees who have served 45 or more years in civil service.

The new award was presented to a group of 18 individuals from across the organization whose years of service ranged from 45 to 66 years, for a combined total of 876 years of federal service.

“That’s an incredible milestone, representing over four decades, in some cases more, of dedicated service,” said Army Col. Michael Wirt, BAMC commander. “Their dedication to our nation and to our mission here at BAMC is astounding and certainly worthy of being recognized.”

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