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HM Training Revision Better Meets Fleet Needs, SG, CNO Priorities
March 31, 2017 — The Navy's largest rating will soon see the most significant training changes since the Hospital Corps "A" School's 2011 move from Great Lakes, Illinois, to San Antonio, Texas, Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, the Navy surgeon general, announced during congressional testimony March 29... MORE

U.S. Central Command medical conference participants visit Medical Education and Training Campus
March 20, 2017 — Medical professionals representing more than 10 countries within the U.S. Central Command area of operation, Europe and the United States were in San Antonio for a CENTCOM theater medical conference March 6-8. For the three days during the conference, conference participants toured the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston to learn about some of the 48 Army, Navy and Air Force enlisted medical training programs taught there. ... MORE

Lt. Col. Faisal Qazi from Pakistan, a participant in the U.S. Central Command Theater Medical Conference, exams a "patient" in the Nurse Synthesis Laboratory during a tour of the Basic Medical Technician Corpsman program at the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston. The patient is a high-tech human-patient, high-fidelity mannequins, or SimMan, used in the BMTC course to help train Navy and Air Force students to become Air Force medical technicians and Navy hospital corpsmen.

Opportunities expand for METC graduates to further education
February 22, 2017 — Leaders at the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston are looking to expand opportunities for METC graduates who want to further their education... MORE

Medical Education and Training Campus holds active shooter, lockdown drill
January 23, 2017 — The Medical Education and Training Campus, or METC, current operations section, in conjunction with a security response team from the 502nd Air Base Wing, conducted an active shooter/lockdown drill in and around the vicinity of Smith Hall and Sebban Hall at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Jan. 18... MORE

An armed intruder, played by William Torres, a training instructor with the 502nd Security Forces Squadron, gets inside an unlocked laboratory in Smith Hall on the Medical Education and Training Campus, or METC, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Jan. 18. METC worked with Torres and his security response team from the 502nd Air Base Wing to conduct an active shooter/lockdown drill.

METC staff member honored as distinguished Toastmaster
January 20, 2017 — On Jan. 3, Lt. Col. Joy Schmalzle, an Army optometrist and the program director for the ophthalmic technician program at the Medical Education and Training Campus, or METC, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, added Distinguished Toastmaster to her portfolio, joining less than one percent of the 345,000 Toastmaster members worldwide who share this prestigious title... MORE

Lt. Col. Joy Schmalzle, program director for the ophthalmic technician program at the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, was the recipient of the Distinguished Toastmaster award Jan.3. Schmalzle joins less than one percent of the 345,000 Toastmaster members worldwide who share this prestigious title.

HM Instructors, Students Honor MLK During Ceremony
January 19, 2017 — Staff, students and leaders at Navy Medicine Training Support Center (NMTSC) aboard Joint Base San Antonio - Fort Sam Houston, Texas, celebrated the life and achievements of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the Medical Education and Training Campus (METC) Jan. 17... MORE

Fallen Sailor's Memory Lives On Through Annual Toy Drive
December 13, 2016 — Sailors from Navy Medicine Training Support Center (NMTSC) wrapped up their 5th annual toy drive Dec. 9 at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, in honor of a hospital corpsman who was killed in action in 2006... MORE

162 Hospital Corps Students Treated to Thanksgiving Feast
November 29, 2016 — One hundred sixty-two Hospital Corps "A" school students from the Medical Education and Training Campus (METC) at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston (JBSA-FSH) were treated to a feast Thanksgiving Day in northwest San Antonio... MORE

NMTSC Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month
October 4, 2016 — Staff, their families and students from the Medical Education and Training Campus (METC) gathered at the student activity center at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Sept. 30 for a Hispanic Heritage Month observation... MORE

San Antonio CPO Pinning Ceremony Highlights Family Support in Success
September 20, 2016 — Fifteen San Antonio Navy Medicine petty officers first class and a Army sergeant first class reached the pinnacle of their careers during a unique promotion ceremony held Sept. 16 at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston (JBSA-FSH), Texas... MORE