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Archive: 2022

METC Degree Bridge Program helps METC alum change career path
September 22, 2022 — Enlisted medical professionals, and those who recently left military service, can earn certificates, diplomas, associate, bachelor’s or master’s degrees through METC’s Degree Bridge Program. METC has partnerships with nearly 90 civilian colleges and universities spanning 29 states from which more than 1,900 degree-bridge pathways are available... MORE

Mr. Andy Sivilaythong Remembered in HCB Classroom Dedication
August 31, 2022 — The METC Hospital Corpsman Basic program honored one of their own with a classroom dedication ceremony August 19... MORE

METC Medical Lab instructor recognized for saving a life
August 31, 2022 — While Navy Lt. Brian Melin and his wife were in Las Vegas to attend their daughter’s volleyball tournament on April 2, 2022, it was soon very obvious he was in the right place at the right time. ... MORE

METC Pharmacy Tech students conduct first joint FTX
August 26, 2022 — In a first for the Medical Education and Training Campus (METC) Pharmacy Technician program, 31 Army, Air Force and Coast Guard students jointly conducted a three-day, field training exercise on JBSA-Camp Bullis, Texas July 12-15. ... MORE

METC DMS Instructor Earns ARDMS Credential
August 26, 2022 — Petty Officer (Corpsman) 2nd Class Kristin Rupkus, an ultrasound instructor in the joint Air Force/Navy DMS Technologist program at the Medical Education and Training Campus on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, passed the exam in April 2022, becoming the first Navy graduate of the METC DMS program to challenge and pass the registry and earn the ARDMS credential with a specialty in abdominal sonography... MORE

METC Instructor Earns Master Instructor Badge
August 22, 2022 — Sgt. 1st Class Troy Mata, instructor and service lead for the Medical Education and Training Campus Army Dental Specialist Program, was presented with the Army Master Instructor Badge August 10... MORE

METC Welcomes New Commandant
August 3, 2022 — Air Force Col. David Walmsley became the sixth METC commandant after relieving Navy Capt. Thomas Herzig who will be retiring later this month... MORE

Military Medicine Is Preparing for the Next Conflict
June 14, 2022 — As the Pentagon prepares today's force for a near-peer fight against a large military adversary, the Military Health System is challenged to provide life-saving support for large-scale and dispersed operations... MORE

Former Soldiers remember fallen Army medic at METC building named in his honor
April 19, 2022 — Former Soldiers who served with Sgt. 1st Class Benjamin Sebban, an Army medic who was killed in action in Iraq 15 years ago, paid their respects March 27 at the building which is named in his honor at the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston... MORE

METC FSSD staff saves military nearly$14 million in FY-21
March 10, 2022 — The Medical Education and Training Campus' Faculty, Staff, and Student Development section (FSSD) achieved a major milestone in fiscal year 2021 – a cost savings to the military of close to $14 million... MORE