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HRCoE hosts German Allies tour of facilities
June 12, 2019 — U.S. Army Medical Department, Health Readiness Center of Excellence, on JBSA-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, hosted a visit by German Allies, 75 years to the day of the Normandy invasion that marked the beginning of the end of Nazi occupation in Europe... MORE

Lt. Col. Nadia Pearson (right), department chair, Combat Medic Training, Health Readiness Center of Excellence, guides Maj. Gen. Gesine Krüger (center), commander, German Bundeswehr Medical Academy, of combat medic simulated trauma scenario training during a visit to the Medical Education and Training Complex, on June 5, 2019. Krüger and a delegation of German medical professionals visited HRCoE to further strengthen the bonds and interoperability programs between our two nations.

METC med tech student assists car crash victims
May 21, 2019 — A student in the Aerospace Medical Service Apprentice, or AMSA, program at the Medical Education and Training Campus, or METC, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, helped render aid at the scene of a major car crash recently... MORE

Airman 1st Class Colten Connelly simulates a c-spine stabilization on a “patient” during emergency medical technician training in the Aerospace Service Medical Apprentice program at the Medical Education and Training Campus. The technique is the same one he administered to a vehicle accident victim. The purpose of this skill is to prevent further injury to patients involved in a trauma. When this skill is completed appropriately, the patient is unable to move and will stay on the backboard until a physician evaluates them for spinal injuries.

‘American Dream is alive’ and well through Army Recruiting
April 23, 2019 — Maj. Gen. Patrick D. Sargent, commanding general, U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School, Health Readiness Center of Excellence, or AMEDDC&S HRCoE, hosted a welcome reception and meet and greet in support of a Los Angeles educator tour at Willis Hall at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston April 16... MORE

Maj. Gen. Patrick D. Sargent, commanding general, U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School, Health Readiness Center of Excellence, or AMEDDC&S HRCoE, hosted a welcome reception and meet and greet in support of a Los Angeles educator tour at Willis Hall at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston April 16. (Photo by Jose E. Rodriguez)

METC respiratory therapy instructors train Fort Hood EMS paramedics
March 29, 2019 — JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas —Two instructors with the Medical Education and Training Campus Respiratory Therapy Technician program at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston have been traveling to Fort Hood, Texas, to train emergency medical services personnel.Petty Officer 1st Class Christian Miranda, a Navy hospital corpsman,... MORE

NBA Point Guard Dejounte Murray Tours the METC
March 6, 2019 — Members of the Medical Education and Training Campus (METC) and the Navy Medicine Training Support Center (NMTSC) at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston (JBSA-FSH) gave NBA player Dejounte Murray a hands-on demonstration of some of the training hospital corpsmen receive at the METC, Feb. 28... MORE

Spurs point guard Dejounte Murray tours Medical Education and Training Campus
March 5, 2019 — Members of the Medical Education and Training Campus and the Navy Medicine Training Support Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston gave San Antonio Spurs point guard Dejounte Murray a hands-on demonstration of some of the training hospital corpsmen receive at the METC Feb. 28... MORE

Petty Officer 1st Class Jeremiah Hays, an instructor with the Surgical Technologist program at the Medical Education and Training Campus, and San Antonio Spurs player Dejounte Murray, perform a mock surgery in a simulated operating room. Murray's visit was organized ahead of the Spurs' Navy-themed Military Salute Night.

Council on Occupational Education lauds METC for ‘world-class’ tech training
November 19, 2018 — From Oct. 31 to Nov. 2, the Medical Education and Training Campus, or METC, hosted an evaluation team from the Council on Occupational Education, or COE, for the second time in eight years. The purpose of the visit was to ensure that METC is abiding by all standards for national accreditation... MORE

Members of the Council on Occupational Education evaluation team meet with leadership and staff from the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston during the accreditation evaluation site visit in-brief.

Former USS Cole command master chief visits Navy students, METC staff
September 27, 2018 — Oct. 12, 2000 was a day retired Command Master Chief James Parlier will never forget. The retired Navy hospital corpsman was serving as the command master chief, the highest enlisted crew member, of the USS Cole when it was attacked while being refueled in Yemen’s Aden harbor. Seventeen Sailors were killed and another 39 were critically wounded... MORE

Retired Master Chief James Parlier observes a student conduct mass casualty training in the Hospital Corpsman Basic program at the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Sept. 21. Parlier is joined by his great nephew, Petty Officer 3rd Class Shelton Carter (left), and HCB instructor Petty Officer 1st Class Renata Williams (right).

HCB Students, Instructor Become First Responders
September 6, 2018 — Two Navy Medicine Training Support Center (NMTSC) Hospital Corpsman Basic (HCB) program students put their training into action, acting as the first responders to assist a patient at the Veterans Affairs Emergency Room, Aug. 27... MORE

Surgeon General, Force Master Chief Visit NMTSC
August 7, 2018 — Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general and chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; and Force Master Chief Hosea Smith Jr., Hospital Corps director, visited Navy Medicine Training Support Center (NMTSC), Aug. 2... MORE