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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

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

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

Front and Center: Medical Education and Training Campus instructor a mentor to students, instructors
February 8, 2018 — Being selected to become a pharmacy technician turned out to be a wise career choice for Master Sgt. Robert George, the senior enlisted advisor for the Pharmacy Technician Training Program at the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston... MORE