Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones advocated for Joint Base San Antonio's future in D.C. talks amidst Army command restructuring.

A delegation headed by Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones traveled to Washington, D.C., this week in an effort to keep Military City USA an integral part of U.S. defense missions amid talks to relocate U.S. Army North and U.

The mayor asked military leaders to consider moving additional missions to San Antonio, as roughly 200 existing jobs appear likely to move.

The U.S. Army is retiring a majority of its ceremonial horse programs. The service branch announced in a press release that they will be "streamlining its Military Working Equid program to align more resources with warfighting capability and readiness.