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METC trains behavioral health students in full range of mental health support
Petty Officer 2nd Class Ebiye Osadare (far right), a Navy instructor for the METC Behavioral Health Technician program, monitors a mock counseling session from behind the glass between BHT students Airman Frederick Hall (left) and Seaman Chery Gonzales-Polanco (right).
May 4, 2021 - Mental Health Awareness Month brings into focus awareness of and support for mental illness. Military mental health professionals provide a critical role in behavioral health care for service members and beneficiaries. The...

Medical Laboratory Professionals Week at the Medical Education and Training Campus, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas
Lab Week is a great time to create awareness, appreciation, and excitement about the laboratory medicine profession. It is also a time to inspire the Army and Navy students who are currently training to become MLTs in the Medical Laboratory Technician program at the Medical Education and Training Campus on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
April 19, 2021 - Lab Week is a great time to create awareness, appreciation, and excitement about the laboratory medicine profession and to honor your colleagues who are vital members and significant contributors to the readiness of the...

METC NDT trainees learn about brain disorders & care
Air Force Senior Airman Jamila Basit, a student in the Neurodiagnostic Technician program at the Medical Education and Training Campus, practices the electrode application method required for performance of the Electroencephalogram (EEG) on fellow student, Navy Seaman Marcus Falcon.
April 16, 2021 - Neurodiagnostic Technicians, including those in the military, perform many tests that diagnose problems with the brain and nervous system, as well as sleep disorders. They use state-of-the-art digital equipment to record...

Helping patients accomplish daily life tasks is crux of METC OTA training
Staff Sgt. William Cox, an Army instructor in the METC Occupational Therapy Assistant program, teaches Army and Navy students about heat modalities used in occupational therapy treatments.
April 4, 2021 - Occupational therapy assistants help people who struggle with everyday tasks by providing a treatment to improve motor skills, balance, and coordination...

CMSTP Implementing Introduction to Delayed Evacuation Care
Staff Sgt. Jones intubates a casualty during practical 
exercises.
April 4, 2021 - The METC Combat Medic Specialist Training Program (CMSTP), or 68W, is developing an Introduction to Delayed Evacuation Care component to its capstone Combat Field Training Exercise (CFTX)...

National Nutrition Month: Nutrition therapists train at METC
Master Sgt. Jorge Nikolas, an Air Force student in the Nutrition and Diet Therapy program at the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, prepares a tray of steaks in the kitchen training laboratory. Air Force students must complete a food production course in order to learn the basics of food preparation. The program prepares students to function as entry-level dietetic technicians in medical treatment facilities and deployed settings.
March 18, 2021 - National Nutrition Month, observed during the month of March, focuses attention on the importance of making informed food choices and developing sound eating habits along with physical activity. Being that health and fitness...

JBSA extends closure for non-emergency personnel
Due to the severe weather and adverse road conditions in and around Joint Base San Antonio, the installation commander has extended JBSA closure for non-emergency personnel on Feb. 17, 2021.
Feb. 16, 2021 - Due to the severe weather and adverse road conditions in and around Joint Base San Antonio, the installation commander has extended JBSA closure for non-emergency personnel on Feb. 17, 2021...

JBSA Severe Weather Alert
Due to potential inclement weather and adverse road conditions, JBSA will modify services beginning Feb. 14.
Feb. 13, 2021 - Due to potential inclement weather and adverse road conditions, JBSA will be modifying services and reporting personnel to help ensure the safety of service members and the community. 502d Air Base Wing leadership will be...

MEDCoE, METC earn Wolf Pack award
Maj. Johnny Paul (right), Combat Medic Specialist Training Program Department chair, accepts the Army Medicine Wolf Pack Award from Lt. Gen. R. Scott Dingle, Surgeon General of the U.S. Army and Commanding General, U.S. Army Medical Command.
Nov. 19, 2020 - The Medical Education and Training Campus Combat Medic Specialist Training Program, the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence Video Team, and the MEDCoE Learning Systems Branch received the third quarter fiscal year 2020...

Laparoscopy training in METC surgical technologist program
) Petty Officer 1st Class Wesley Middleton and Petty Officer 2nd Class Domenick Llanda, instructors in the Medical Education and Training Campus Surgical Technologist program, conduct a mock laparoscopic procedure while Petty Officer 1st Class Forest Stewart (center), also an instructor, assists the team. Army, Navy and Air Force ST students are becoming familiar with laparoscopic and laparotomy procedures, which are more universally practiced, in order to prepare them for what they'll experience in the clinical and field environments.
Nov. 19, 2020 - Army, Navy and Air Force Surgical Technologist (ST) students at the Medical Education and Training Campus (METC) are becoming more familiar with laparoscopic procedures thanks to a curriculum update and new laparoscopic...

METC Welcomes Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health
The Honorable Thomas McCaffery, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, observes as Petty Officer 1st Class Christopher Kline, an instructor in the Medical Education and Training Campus Surgical Technologist program, demonstrates a laparoscopy simulator in a mock operating room Oct. 20. McCaffery met with METC leadership and toured programs to learn how the schoolhouse trains and prepares the future enlisted medical force as part of a multi-day visit to Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, Oct. 19-21.
Oct. 30, 2020 - JBSA-FORT SAM HOUSTON, TEXAS - As part of a multi-day visit to several military medical organizations located in Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, the Honorable Thomas McCaffery, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health...

METC Combat Medic Program lauded for exceptional teamwork
Students in the Combat Medic Specialist Training Program, or CMSTP, assess a simulated casualty during a field training exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis. Face coverings are required by all students and staff in accordance with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines. During the last two weeks of training, CMSTP students prepare for and conduct a non-stop, 72-hour operational exercise during which they are assessed on all the skills learned since their first day. (Photo by Lee Crawford)
Oct. 19, 2020 - The Medical Education and Training Campus Combat Medical Specialist Training Program, or CMSTP, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston has been recognized for exceptional teamwork by an integrated group of military and...

METC radiology instructor saves car crash victim
Staff Sgt. Karrie Prescott, a Medical Education and Training Campus radiologic technologist program instructor assigned to the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, checks the angle accuracy on the portable x-ray machine following student testing.
Aug. 27, 2020 - According to Staff Sgt. Karrie Prescott, her medical training helped with knowing the steps for CPR and how to check responsiveness and breathing. She may also use this experience as a teaching moment for her students...

METC cytotechnologist program closes its doors
Students in the Medical Education and Training Campus cytotechnologist program participate in an instructor-led microscopic workshop and discussion of atypical cell criteria.
Aug. 3, 2020 - After 53 years of training cytotechnologists, the Medical Education and Training Campus cytotechnologist program will be eliminated...

Dallas Native trains Hospital Corps on front lines of Navy's fight against Coronavirus
Aug. 2, 2020 - Petty Officer 1st Class Jeremy Olds, a native of Dallas, is playing a critical role in training the U.S. Navy Hospital Corps in the ongoing fight against a worldwide pandemic...

Local Navy technicians gain practical experience from COVID-19 maintenance backlog
In the Battlefield Health Trauma Building at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston May 20, (from left) Petty Officer 2nd Class Isaac Amaning, Petty Officer 3rd Class Benjamin Walker, and Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Lopez, all recent graduates of the Medical Education and Training Campus’s Biomedical Equipment Technician School inspect laboratory equipment for Naval Medical Research Unit-San Antonio.
June 10, 2020 - The Naval Medical Research Unit-San Antonio, or NAMRU-SA, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, is giving some graduates of the Navy Medicine Training Support Center Biomedical Equipment Technician School, or BMET,...

METC celebrates 10 years training enlisted medical force
During a ribbon-cutting ceremony June 30, 2010, the Medical Education and Training Campus, or METC, celebrated its entry into initial operating capability, along with the distinctions of being the world's largest enlisted allied-health campus and largest consolidation of U.S. military training in Department of Defense history.
June 2, 2020 - When the Department of Defense’s 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission directed nearly all enlisted medical training be co-located at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, it may have unknowingly changed the landscape of enlisted...

METC dean wins American Academy of Physician’s Assistants Military Service Award
From the time he was a young private on his first duty assignment as a combat medic, Army Col. Richard Villarreal, dean of academics for the Medical Education and Training Campus at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston, aspired to do more in the healthcare field to help others.
May 14, 2020 - From the time he was a young private on his first duty assignment as a combat medic, Army Col. Richard Villarreal, dean of academics for the Medical Education and Training Campus on JBSA-Fort Sam Houston, aspired to do more...