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METC Dental Instructor Realizes Childhood Dream

Petty Officer 1st Class Caleb Gonzalez reviews a lesson with students in the Navy dental assistant program at the Medical Education and Training Campus on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Gonzalez, an instructor in the program, will realize a childhood dream when he begins dental school this summer.

March 24, 2023 - Petty Officer 1st Class Caleb Gonzalez, an instructor in the Navy dental assistant program at the Medical Education and Training Campus (METC), will realize a childhood dream when he begins dental school this summer...

METC hosts large-scale tabletop exercise for notional mobilization

Subject matter experts from the Medical Education and Training Campus and its training and mission partners around Joint Base San Antonio participate in a breakout session focused on academic support as part of METC's large-scale, mobilization tabletop exercise Jan. 17.

Jan. 31, 2023 - The Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston conducted a large-scale, mobilization tabletop exercise, or MOBTTX, Jan. 17 to prepare for a potential surge in student throughput for three...

WWE Superstars take time for service members, kids at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston

WWE wrestling Superstars Baron Corbin and Lacey Evans provide medical care to a combat

Jan. 27, 2023 - Eleven WWE Superstars visited Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Jan. 26 for a series of tours and interactive events in partnership with the USO and the JBSA-Fort Sam Houston Boys and Girls Club of America...

Aiming to Heal

In honor of Radiologic Technology Week, the multi-service Radiologic Technologist program at the Medical Education and Training Campus celebrated with a barbeque lunch for its students, instructors, and staff, followed by the reading of a proclamation signed by San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg Nov. 10.

Nov. 10, 2022 - In honor of Radiologic Technology Week, the multi-service Radiologic Technologist program at the Medical Education and Training Campus celebrated with a barbeque lunch for its students, instructors, and staff, followed by the...

METC Instructor inducted into college Athletic Hall of Fame

Air Force Staff Sgt. Moneque English, an instructor in the Medical Education and Training Campus Radiologic Technologist program, instructs students on how to use a portable x-ray machine. English was recognized for her contributions to the Columbus State University track and field and cross-country teams by being inducted into the school's athletic hall of fame during a ceremony Oct. 1, 2022.

Nov. 4, 2022 - Air Force Staff Sgt. Moneque English was recognized for her contributions to the Columbus State University (CSU) track and field and cross-country teams by being inducted into the school's athletic hall of fame...

BJACH RAD Tech, METC Alum, earns nationally recognized certification

Sgt. Darrell Antonetty-Torres, radiology specialist at Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital demonstrates performing a shoulder x-ray on fellow radiology specialist Pfc. Cadeau, Jean on Oct. 24 at the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk, Louisiana.

Nov. 4, 2022 - Sgt. Darrell Antonetty-Torres, radiology specialist at Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital passed the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists examination and earned his radiologic technician credentials Oct. 7 in...

METC Student Awarded Navy and Marine Corps Medal

Rear Adm. Cynthia Kuehner, commander of Naval Medical Forces Support Command, presnets Hospital Corpsman William T. Ericson the Navy and Marine Corps Medal in recognition for acts of non-combat heroism during a ceremony recently at the Navy Medicine Training Support Center. While off-duty hiking at the Cabrillo National Monument on May 2, 2021, Ericson observed an adrift vessel with more than 30 distressed passengers near the rocky shoreline. As the vessel was dashed against boulders in six-foot seas, multiple people abandoned the boat in the 60-degree water. (US Navy Photo)

Oct. 20, 2022 - JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas (Oct. 20, 2022) – Hospital Corpsman William T. Ericson was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal in recognition for acts of non-combat heroism during a ceremony recently at the...

METC Degree Bridge Program helps METC alum change career path

Spc. Abby Milinkovich, a 2017 graduate of the Medical Education and Training Campus Combat Medic Specialist Training Program (previously known as the Department of Combat Medic Training), is currently working on her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree at a Minnesota college while serving in the Army National Guard.

Sept. 22, 2022 - Enlisted medical professionals, and those who recently left military service, can earn certificates, diplomas, associate, bachelor’s or master’s degrees through METC’s Degree Bridge Program. METC has partnerships with nearly...

Olympian trades spikes for boots, enlists as an Army medic

Spc. Noah Akwu, 31, enlisted in the Army earlier this year after a track and field career that took him to the 2012 Olympic games in London, where he represented his native country of Nigeria.

Sept. 1, 2022 - Noah Akwu had three lifetime dreams growing up in Nigeria. He wanted to run in the Olympics, to move to America and to serve in the military as a medic, just as his father and grandfather had...

Mr. Andy Sivilaythong Remembered in HCB Classroom Dedication

A classroom in the Medical Education and Training Campus Navy Hospital Corpsman Basic program was dedicated in honor of Mr. Andy Sivilaythong, a long-time instructor in the program who passed away in early 2022. His sister, Marry Sivilaythong, helped unveil the plaque in honor of her brother.

Aug. 31, 2022 - The METC Hospital Corpsman Basic program honored one of their own with a classroom dedication ceremony August 19...

METC Medical Lab instructor recognized for saving a life

Navy Lt. Brian Melin, Navy Service Lead in the joint Army/Navy Medical Laboratory Technician program at the Medical Education and Training Campus, took immediate action when he spotted a referee at his daughter's volleyball tournament on the ground and unresponsive with no pulse. Melin performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation for approximately ten minutes until the referee regained a heartbeat. For his selfless, lifesaving actions, Melin was awarded the Joint Service Commendation Medal presented to him by Navy Capt. Thomas Herzig, former METC Commandant.

Aug. 31, 2022 - While Navy Lt. Brian Melin and his wife were in Las Vegas to attend their daughter’s volleyball tournament on April 2, 2022, it was soon very obvious he was in the right place at the right time...

METC Army/Air Force Pharmacy Tech students conduct first joint FTX

In a first for the Medical Education and Training Campus’ (METC) Pharmacy Technician program, thirty-one Army, Air Force and Coast Guard students jointly conducted a three-day, field training exercise on JBSA-Camp Bullis, Texas July 12-15.

Aug. 26, 2022 - In a first for the Medical Education and Training Campus (METC) Pharmacy Technician program, 31 Army, Air Force and Coast Guard students jointly conducted a three-day, field training exercise on JBSA-Camp Bullis, Texas July...

METC DMS Instructor Earns ARDMS Credential

Petty Officer (Corpsman) 2nd Class Kristin Rupkus, an ultrasound instructor in the joint Air Force/Navy Diagnostic Medical Sonographers Technologist program at the Medical Education and Training Campus on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, passed the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers credentialing exam with a specialty in abdominal sonography in April 2022, becoming the first Navy graduate of the METC DMS program to challenge and pass the registry and earn the ARDMS credential.

Aug. 26, 2022 - Petty Officer (Corpsman) 2nd Class Kristin Rupkus, an ultrasound instructor in the joint Air Force/Navy DMS Technologist program at the Medical Education and Training Campus on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas,...

METC Instructor Earns Master Instructor Badge

Major Gen. Michael Talley, Commanding General, U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence, presents Sgt. First Class Troy Mata with the Army Master Instructor Badge during a MEDCoE quarterly awards ceremony August 10.

Aug. 22, 2022 - Sgt. 1st Class Troy Mata, instructor and service lead for the Medical Education and Training Campus Army Dental Specialist Program, was presented with the Army Master Instructor Badge August 10...

METC Welcomes New Commandant

Dr. Barclay Butler, Assistant Director for Support, Defense Health Agency, oversees a low-key Change of Commandant ceremony held July 21 at the Medical Education and Training Campus (METC) on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Air Force Col. David Walmsley became the sixth METC commandant after relieving Navy Capt. Thomas Herzig

Aug. 3, 2022 - Air Force Col. David Walmsley became the sixth METC commandant after relieving Navy Capt. Thomas Herzig who will be retiring later this month...

Military Medicine Is Preparing for the Next Conflict

U.S. Army medics assigned to the South Carolina Army National Guard conduct combat medical training during a sensory deprivation exercise at McCrady Training Center in Eastover, S.C., Aug. 16, 2018. The medics are finishing a 12-day sustainment course to remain proficient in their skills providing care to a causality from the point of injury to the evacuation site in a combat area.

June 14, 2022 - As the Pentagon prepares today's force for a near-peer fight against a large military adversary, the Military Health System is challenged to provide life-saving support for large-scale and dispersed operations...

Former Soldiers remember fallen Army medic at METC building named in his honor

Former service members who served with Sgt. 1st Class Benjamin Sebban, an Army medic who was killed in action in Iraq in March 2007, visited Sebban Hall, which is named in his honor, at the Medical Education and Training Campus March 27. The group presented photos of Sebban to METC, which were placed on a memorial wall dedicated to him.

April 19, 2022 - Former Soldiers who served with Sgt. 1st Class Benjamin Sebban, an Army medic who was killed in action in Iraq 15 years ago, paid their respects March 27 at the building which is named in his honor at the Medical Education...