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Navy Hospital Corpsman school graduation first of its kind
October 18, 2017
Petty Officer 2nd Class Zachary Riley (right), an instructor assigned to Navy Medicine Training Support Center, grades a hospital corpsman (HM) "A" School student as she reads the list of steps she must take for a simulated patient during a final exercise at the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Oct. 5. The students are in the first class to go through a revised HM "A" School curriculum which incorporates the Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) Course as the final exercise, the first time ever that this critical qualification has been included in the "A" School.

Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society Now Full-Service in San Antonio
August 9, 2017
Retired Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Peter Collins (left), Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society (NMCRS) chief operations officer, and Rear Adm. Rebecca McCormick-Boyle, commander, Navy Medicine Education, Training and Logistics Command, and senior Navy officer in San Antonio, cut a ceremonial ribbon at the NMCRS San Antonio branch on board Joint Base San Antonio - Fort Sam Houston. NMCRS opened up a small, limited-functioning office in San Antonio in January 2015 but has grown with the Navy population in the area and just celebrated the opening of a full-service branch.

Corpsman to chaplain: one Sailor’s journey
August 3, 2017
Ensign Charles Wilton (left) recites the officer oath given by Lt. David Tarasi during a commissioning ceremony at Navy Medicine Education, Training and Logistics Command, or NMETLC, headquarters at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Aug. 1. Wilton was a hospital corpsman for 13 years before being selected to serve in the Chaplain Corps and receiving his commission.

Plotting the future of educating, training and equipping Navy Medicine
July 31, 2017
(From left) Capt. Robert Fry, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; Rear Adm. Rebecca McCormick-Boyle, Navy Medicine Education, Training and Logistics Command commander; Cmdr. Faria Belmares, NMETLC Academics; Senior Chief Damario Payton, NMETLC Academics; and Cmdr. Thomas Sather, BUMED, pose with a framed photo of BUMED Headquarters presented to Belmares and Payton in recognition of their work supporting Navy Medicine education and training. BUMED leaders joined NMETLC and their subordinate commands in attendance at a strategic planning offsite in San Antonio.

San Antonio sea service leaders recognize local Navy Marine Corps Relief Society fund drive efforts
July 12, 2017
Rear Adm. Rebecca McCormick-Boyle (right), commander, Navy Medicine Education, Training and Logistics Command presents Angelica Botkin, Navy Marine Corps Relief Society director of the San Antonio office, with a check representing the money collected by Navy and Marine Corps commands in the San Antonio area during an annual fund drive. NMETLC was one of several commands to contribute and McCormick-Boyle presented the check as the senior Navy officer in the San Antonio area.

BAMC Emergency Medicine physicians culminate training with exercise
June 30, 2017
Emergency medicine doctors accompany 19th Special Forces Group personnel conducting a raid to seize an individual declared a high value target at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis as part of the Joint Emergency Medicine Exercise June 15. The exercise allows the doctors to observe what happens when there is a casualty and how the patient is treated and moved.

Navy, Air Force celebrate Nurses Week in San Antonio
May 18, 2017
Rear Adm. Rebecca McCormick-Boyle (left), commander, Navy Medicine Education, Training and Logistics Command, cuts a ceremonial cake with Staff Sgt. Kaitlyn Montenegro during a celebration for National Nurses Week at the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston May 11. Navy and Air Force nurses and medical technicians participated together in several health promotions activities throughout the week to commemorate Nurses Week.

San Antonio celebrates Navy Day at the Alamo
May 5, 2017
A Navy color guard unit parades the colors during Navy Day at the Alamo as part of Fiesta in downtown San Antonio. Ten different Navy commands in the San Antonio area gathered to celebrate with local military and community leaders.

Navy Medicine Education, Training and Logistics Command marks Navy’s 1st civilian corps establishment
May 4, 2017
Louise Nazario (left) and Jennifer Haigh (right), civilian employees at Navy Medicine Education, Training and Logistics Command, or NMETLC, cut a ceremonial cake following the establishment of the Navy Medicine Civilian Corps. NMETLC was one of many Navy commands to watch the live stream of the official ceremony from Bureau of Medicine and Surgery headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Navy Corpsman training revision coming to Joint Base San Antonio
April 6, 2017
Tech. Sgt. Rey Meza (right) and Chief Petty Officer Jacklyn Place (second from right), instructors at the Medical Education and Training Campus, or METC, teach students during a nursing lab portion of the Basic Medical Technician Corpsman Program, or BMTCP at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Sept. 20, 2016. The Navy surgeon general announced a revision to the hospital corpsman 'A' School, currently BMTCP, with plans to roll out the changes this July.

Navy Surgeon General visits Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston
February 3, 2017
Vice Adm. C. Forrest Faison III, second from left, Navy surgeon general, talks to Capt. Brent Kelln, right, commanding officer, Navy Medicine Training Support Center (NMTSC), at the Medical Education and Training Campus on board Joint Base San Antonio - Fort Sam Houston. Faison visited with NMTSC and their senior command, Navy Medicine Education, Training and Logistics Command, during his recent visit to San Antonio Feb. 1.

Navy Chief Petty Officers help beautify local park
January 27, 2017
Petty Officers 1st Class Lori Estess (left), from Naval Health Clinic Corpus Christi-San Antonio Detachment, or NHCCC SA DET, and Mari Williams from Navy Medicine Education, Training and Logistics Command, or NMETLC, shovel fresh mulch into a wheelbarrow during a community relations at Patrolman Guadalupe Martinez Park in San Antonio. NHCCC SA DET and the Navy Medicine Education, Training and Logistics Command at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston have a joint Chief Petty Officer 365 program where chiefs and petty officers participate in regular training, physical fitness and community relations opportunities.

Navy Reserve-Navy Medicine Education and Training Command ensures Reserves remain ready
January 27, 2017
Officers and chief petty officers from Navy Reserve-Navy Medicine Education and Training Command pose for a photo at Navy Medicine Education, Training and Logistics Command at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Jan. 20 during a three-day leadership symposium.

Navy instructors, students honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
January 24, 2017
Staff and students from Navy Medicine Training Support Center watch a video during a celebration to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the Medical Education Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Jan. 17. NMTSC's Diversity Council planned and conducted a ceremony and reception to honor King and educate personnel about what he accomplished.

JBSA-Fort Sam Houston Sailor competes for Navy Medicine Sailor of the Year
November 21, 2016
Petty Officer 1st Class Cameron Graham (left), Hospital Corps “A” School instructor at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, poses for a photo with Master Chief Petty Officer Tony Guzman, Navy Medicine Training Support Center’s senior enlisted adviser, after Graham was announced as Navy Medicine Education, Training and Logistics Command, or NMETLC, Sailor of the Year for 2016 during a ceremony at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston Nov. 17. Graham will represent NMETLC at Navy Medicine’s Sailor of the Year competition in January.