News Archive
Medical Education and Training Campus students observe Sexual Assault Awareness Month with various activities
April 25, 2014
METC pharmacy students administer lifesaving aid
April 19, 2013
METC bi-service team wins Air Force EMT competition
October 2, 2012
The emergency medical team from Fort Sam/Houston, Texas, rescues a dummy as part of the water extraction challenge during the Emergency Medical Technician Rodeo at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., Sept. 21, 2012. The EMT Rodeo is a competition in which EMT teams from across the United States and Germany test their skills in various events that simulate real life scenarios. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Xavier Lockley)
Medical Education and Training Campus welcomes new commandant
September 13, 2012
Navy Rear Adm. William M. Roberts (far left) became the second commandant of the Medical Education & Training Campus (METC) during an Assumption of Commandant ceremony September 7. (Also pictured: Army Col. Gino Montagno, METC deputy commandant (center), and Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Joel Berry, METC command chief (right). METC trains the world's finest medics, corpsmen, and techs; supporting our nation's ability to engage globally. (Photo by Lisa Braun/released)
Military Surgeons General visit the Medical Education and Training Campus
July 19, 2012
(May 30, 2012) Instructors and staff of the Medical Education & Training Campus (METC) were given the opportunity of a lifetime when Lt. Gen. Charles Green, surgeon general of the Air Force; Vice Adm. Matthew Nathan, surgeon general of the Navy and chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; and Lt. Gen. Patricia Horoho, surgeon general and commanding general, U.S. Army Medical Command and their senior enlisted leaders conducted All Hands calls during a visit to METC on May 30. (U.S. Navy photo by Lisa Braun/Released)
METC welcomes new Command Chief
May 16, 2012
Consolidated METC medical tech, corpsman training celebrates one year
April 30, 2012
FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas (April 27, 2012) The Basic Medical Technician Corpsman Program (BMTCP), a combined Air Force medical technician and Navy hospital corpsman training program, celebrated its one year anniversary as one program at the Medical Education and Training Campus (METC). A cake cutting ceremony symbolizing the joining of the Air Force and Navy entry-level enlisted medical programs under METC was conducted by the first and last assigned Navy and Air Force instructors as well as the inaugural commandant, Rear Adm. Bob Kiser. (Left to right: Chief Hospital Corpsman Carol Domino, first assigned Navy instructor; Hospital Corpsman Third Class Brandon Chacon, last assigned Navy instructor; Rear Adm. Bob Kiser, METC Commandant; Staff Sgt. Cassondra Johnson, last assigned Air Force instructor; and Master Sgt. Debra Massa, first assigned Air Force instructor). (U.S. Navy photo by Lisa Braun/Released)
METC Command Chief selected as new Chief, Medical Enlisted Force
January 10, 2012
Chief Master Sergeant Kevin Lambing (Photo courtesy of U.S. Air Force)
METC instructors selected for AETC Award
December 9, 2011
From shooting survivor to METC graduate, trauma turns to triumph
October 6, 2011
Air Force Staff Sgt. Deondra Parks accepts her certificate of completion from Air Force Lt. Col Elizabeth Decker, squadron commander for the 383rd Training Squadron, during the Basic Medical Technician/Corpsman Program graduation ceremony at the Medical Education & Training Campus (METC) in Fort Sam Houston, Texas on Oct 3, 2011. Parks was enrolled in the program at Sheppard Air Force Base in 2010 but had to drop from training after she was shot. She returned to training in June 2011 at METC where the program is now being taught. (U.S. Navy photo by Lisa Braun/Released)