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San Antonio Sailors helping change the world through STEM
October 5, 2017
Capt. Thomas Herzig, commanding officer, Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio, speaks on the importance of science, technology, engineering and mathematics within the Navy during the 2017 Hispanic Engineering, Science and Technology Week’s STEM Literacy Panel held on the campus of the University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley Oct. 2-7.  HESTEC is a nationally recognized model for promoting STEM careers to students of all ages.

Medical Education and Training Campus partners with Air Force, Navy for hurricane relief
September 25, 2017
Air Force,  Navy and civilian volunteers from the Medical Education and Training Campus (METC), 59th Training Group, and Navy Medicine Training Support Center (NMTSC) load donations collected for victims of Hurricane Harvey onto a truck for transportation to the sorting area Sept. 19. In all, the team collected and donated 450 pounds of food to the San Antonio Food Bank, $3,300 in donated diapers to the Diaper Bank, $19,000 in clothing and incidentals to the Salvation Army, and numerous donations to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and homeless shelters.

Medical Education and Training Campus uses hologram technology to train combat medics
August 23, 2017
Alonzo Gonzales, a combat medic program emergency medical technician course instructor at the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, lectures students in Alpha Class 70-17 about different obstetrics complications  utilizing a specialized OB training manikin. The OB manikins resemble life-size pelvic cavities inside which the “fetus” can be positioned to replicate any number of complicated situations.

METC Student Spotlight: Airman 1st Class Amanda Cervantes
August 19, 2017
Airman 1st Class Amanda Cervantes

Medical Education & Training Campus pharmacy student sets example for her children
August 17, 2017
Airman 1st Class Amanda Cervantes, a student in the Medical Education and Training Campus Pharmacy Technician program on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, conducts a mock exam to learn how to use the Composite Health Care System database. "Mock" exams test the skills that the students have learned to prepare them not only for the graded exam, but for what they will see in the clinical training phase and eventually in their permanent duty station.  Cervantes, a widow with four children, joined the Air Force Reserve to set an example for her children, serve her country, and work in the medical field so she can help people.

METC Technology Innovation Group showcases key initiatives, products of the future at tech expo
June 30, 2017
Senior Airman Travis Napaepae, Medical Education and Training Campus Information Management Division call center manager, tries his hand drawing on an interactive SMART screen displaying the circulatory system.

Medical Education and Training Campus instructor brings magic into classroom
June 29, 2017
Staff Sgt. John Blaz, Interservice Respiratory Therapy Program instructor at the Medical Education and Training Campus, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, shows a deck of cards during a magic trick he performs for his students at the beginning of a recent class.

NMTSC Commemorates Battle of Midway 75th Anniversary
June 7, 2017

Medical Education and Training Campus staff celebrate Healthcare Technology Management Week
May 31, 2017
D. Calvin Jackson, a retired Army master sergeant biomedical equipment technician, or BMET, speaks to staff, students and instructors from the Medical Education and Training Campus, or METC, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston as part of Healthcare Technology Management Week. METC instructors from the tri-service biomedical equipment technician, or BMET, program planned daily events to raise awareness during the week.

Medical Education Training Campus Combat Medic Training goes virtual
April 13, 2017
Maj. Jean Williams, right, Medical Education Training Campus Department of Combat Medic Training branch chief, participates in a demonstration of the Virtual Education System under the direction of Robert Moore, CEO of Virtual Education Systems, at Heritage Hall at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston April 1. VES is a virtual reality based training platform in which the learner interacts with a virtual patient in various situations, including at a home, an ambulance and a hospital room.