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CNIC, CNRSE Visit 'Military City USA'
December 9, 2015 — Commander Navy Installations Command (CNIC) and Commander Navy Region Southeast (CNRSE) visited several San Antonio-area Navy facilities and commands Dec. 7 as part of a trip to military installations in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida... MORE

Hospital Corps Students Raise Suicide Awareness with Tri-Service Talent Show
November 2, 2015 — Fourteen service members from the tri-service Medical Education and Training Campus (METC) aboard Joint Base San Antonio - Fort Sam Houston, Texas, performed in a competitive talent show, Oct. 28, to help raise suicide prevention awareness... MORE

Navy Medicine Training Support Center, NOSC-SA Pin 24 New Chiefs
September 17, 2015 — Service members from the Medical Education and Training Campus (METC) and Navy Operational Support Center - San Antonio, gathered at Fort Sam Houston with friends and family members to welcome the 24 newest chief petty officers during a pinning ceremony, Sept. 16... MORE

Medical Education & Training Campus: educating for a lifetime
May 14, 2015 — I am writing this article from Washington, D.C., while attending the American Legion's National Credentialing Summit.The focus of this summit is to educate and foster collaboration among attendees from a variety of career fields so they can return to their communities and remove the barriers that impede veterans as they embark on civilian... MORE

Sailors Wipe Out Graffiti During Fiesta San Antonio
April 20, 2015 — Sailors from Navy Medicine Training Support Center (NMTSC) and Naval Health Care Clinic Corpus Christi San Antonio Detachment (NHCCC SA) volunteered several hours of their Sunday morning to paint over graffiti at a local park April 19 as part of Fiesta San Antonio... MORE

'Jointness' is the Word at Navy Medicine Officer Commissioning
April 13, 2015 — The Navy's newest officer serving in a joint enlisted medical training program passed through Army and Navy sideboys to be commissioned by an Air Force brigadier general at a ceremony presided over by a Navy captain April 10 on board Joint Base San Antonio - Fort Sam Houston (JBSA-FSH)... MORE

METC Students Act as First Responders, Save a Life
March 19, 2015 — For six Air Force students attending the Medical Education and Training Campus (METC), being at the right place at the right time saved a life. Airmen 1st Class Ryan Nelson, Jennifer Bagby and Efrain Gonzales, students in the Basic Medical Technician Corpsman Program, and Airmen 1st Class Christopher Grant, Miron Little and Airman Radcliffe... MORE

METC Degree Bridge Programs Save Time and Money (and Change Lives!)
November 14, 2014 — One of the challenges the services faced with the startup of the Medical Education and Training Campus (METC) was the requirement of associate degrees for instructors. Compounding the issue was that civilian institutions of higher education didn’t recognize all of the credit that was recommended. This resulted in additional course work, which would slow the time to completion of degree requirements. This would also frustrate the instructor and require expenditure of additional funds. So, METC set a course to address the problem... MORE

Shane Gabriel, a former Army combat medic and Sgt. 1st Class in the Texas Army National Guard, became a registered nurse (RN) in just 13 months after enrolling in the San Antonio College advanced placement and accelerated "Military to RN" bridge program. The program was developed in conjunction with METC using its curriculum, which was also validated by the National
Council of State Boards of Nursing, and was supported by a Texas Workforce Commission grant.

METC AF Dental Assistant program staff win prestigious ADAA Awards
October 22, 2014 — Two staff members for the Air Force Dental Assistant program at the Medical Education and Training Campus (METC) were recently recognized by The American Dental Assistants Association (ADAA) during its 90th Annual Session at the Westin Riverwalk in San Antonio, Texas.Master Sgt. Lisa Lund, dental assistant course supervisor, and Tech. Sgt. Audrey... MORE

Lori A. Paschall, CDA, CPFDA, FADAA, American Dental Assistant Association (ADAA) president, Presents the ADAA President's Award to Master Sgt. Lisa Lund, METC Air Force Dental Assistant program course supervisor, during the ADAA Annual Session at the Westin Riverwalk Hotel October 11, 2014. (Photo by Santos Robles, ADAA)

METC welcomes its first Air Force commandant
October 3, 2014 — Brig. Gen. Robert I. Miller has taken the "stick" from Rear Adm. William M. Roberts to become the third commandant of the Medical Education & Training Campus (METC) during a Change of Commandant ceremony held September 24 at the Student Academic Support Building auditorium here. Miller is METC's first Air Force commandant, a position that also... MORE

Rear Adm. William Roberts congratulates Brig. Gen. Robert Miller on relieving him as the new Medical Education and Training Campus commandant during a Change of Commandant ceremony September 24. Miller is METC's first Air Force commandant, a position that also inherits the dual hat of Education & Training (E&T) director for the new Defense Health Agency. Lt. Gen. Douglas Robb, Director of the Defense Health Agency, presided over the ceremony while the Honorable Dr. Jonathan Woodson, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, served as guest speaker
(Photo by Lisa Braun)