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METC bi-service team wins Air Force EMT competition
October 2, 2012 — Air Force and Navy instructors with the Medical Education and Training Campus (METC) were overall winners in the 2012 Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Rodeo held Sept. 22 at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M.Five EMT instructors for METC's Basic Medical Technician Corpsman Program (BMTCP) competed against eight other teams from U.S. military... MORE

Medical Education and Training Campus welcomes new commandant
September 13, 2012 — Navy Rear Adm. William M. Roberts became the second commandant of the Medical Education and Training Campus during an Assumption of Command ceremony Sept. 7.Among the distinguished guests were Roberts' wife, Patricia, inaugural METC commandant retired Rear Adm. Bob Kiser and his wife, Geraldine, and Navy Cross recipient, retired Master Chief... MORE

Military Surgeons General visit the Medical Education and Training Campus
July 19, 2012 — For the three military surgeons general to be in the same country at the same time is unusual. For all three to be in the same room at the same time is a rare event.Instructors and staff of the Medical Education & Training Campus (METC) received an extraordinary opportunity when Lt. Gen. Charles Green, surgeon general of the Air Force; Vice Adm... MORE

METC welcomes new Command Chief
May 16, 2012 — The Medical Education & Training Campus (METC) welcomed Chief Master Sgt. Joel Berry as the new METC Command Chief May 1.Berry relieved Chief Master Sgt. Kevin Lambing, who will become the Chief of the Air Force Medical Enlisted Force in the Office of the Surgeon General.Berry arrived at METC following an assignment as the Senior Enlisted Leader of... MORE

Consolidated METC medical tech, corpsman training celebrates one year
April 30, 2012 — One year ago on April 27, 2011, the Basic Medical Technician Corpsman Program (BMTCP) officially opened its doors to its first 194 students at the Medical Education and Training Campus (METC) on Fort Sam Houston, Texas.Not only was this a significant milestone for the department of defense, but for the very first time in its history, two services... MORE

METC Command Chief selected as new Chief, Medical Enlisted Force
January 10, 2012 — Friday, January 6 could not have been a more perfect day for Air Force Chief Master Sergeant Kevin Lambing, command chief of the Medical Education & Training Campus (METC). That day Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Charles B. Green, the Air Force Surgeon General, confirmed Lambing will be the new Chief of the Medical Enlisted Force.Lambing will assume his new... MORE