This will be the third straight year that the Army hasn’t paired troops with San Antonio households for a home-cooked Thanksgiving meal.
Air Force basic trainee Desirae Roberts laughs as Alan Foss tells a story while eating Thanksgiving dinner at Lorraine Adam’s home in San Antonio last year. Roberts is from Gainesville, Florida.SAN ANTONIO — Mission Thanksgiving has been a Fort Sam Houston tradition since Ronald Reagan was president, but soldiers from the Army’s Medical Center of Excellence won’t leave the post to share dinner with host families again this fall.
But this will be the third straight year that the Army hasn’t paired troops with San Antonio households for a home-cooked Thanksgiving meal. The custom is “not dead at all,” insisted MEDCoE spokeswoman Tish Williamson. COVID-19 took a heavy toll on events like this. The Air Force canceled its Operation Home Cooking with everyone else, but last year restarted it, allowing basic trainees and others from two squadrons to leave Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland on Thanksgiving Day.
At Fort Sam, the Army launched Mission Thanksgiving in 1983. It, too, matched soldiers with local families eager to treat them to a home-cooked meal and a taste of the civilian life they’d known before joining up. MEDCoE’s Williamson said soldiers there decided to remain with their peers this Thanksgiving, “participating in a variety of large-group social events rather than dividing into smaller buddy-teams to be hosted for dinner with community families.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Gone too soon: The closing of Lazo with Don Strange at Estancia del NorteRestaurant critic Mike Sutter recalls some of the city’s best service. The food was rich and creative food, with South Texas flavor.
Read more »
‘Largest light display in Texas’ returning to SeaWorld San AntonioSeaWorld San Antonio’s annual Christmas celebration is returning for the holiday season on Nov. 10.
Read more »
WellMed Medical Management faces defamation lawsuit from San Antonio companyCareMore Clinic Solutions alleges WellMed employees accused it of “steering” patients...
Read more »
Voters in 5 Texas cities deciding on local cannabis decriminalization; San Antonio could be nextSan Antonio activists are hoping to put charter amendments decriminalizing cannabis on the May 2023 ballot. SanAntonio SATX SanAntonioTX Texas CannabisCommunity CannabisNews cannabisculture
Read more »
2022 Bexar County Midterm Election Results - San Antonio ReportIt's 7 p.m. and polls in Bexar County have closed. If you're still in line at a polling place, stay in line as you'll still be allowed to vote.
Read more »
Election results for San Antonio, Bexar CountySee full results from the 2022 Bexar County elections, the Texas governor's race and other midterm races.
Read more »