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- Around the world, the Department of Defense relies on

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having medical enlisted service members ready to treat

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and save the lives of fellow service members

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and their families.

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Our medics, corpsmen, and medical technicians

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need to have the knowledge and skills

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to meet their service's mission.

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^This medical training starts in San Antonio, Texas

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^at the Medical Education and Training Campus or METC.

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A state of the art military healthcare education campus

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designed to jointly train medical enlisted personnel

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from the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard.

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With nearly 50 programs of instruction,

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METC touches all aspects of enlisted military medical

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training in a joint environment that allows the services

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to learn from each other and adopt the best practices

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of each branch while still maintaining the distinct culture

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and tradition of each service branch.

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This award-winning campus is a flagship example

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of a joint training environment that works.

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METC, training the world's finest medics, corpsmen,

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and technicians in one of the world's finest

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medical training facilities.

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