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2024 MEDCOE Leadership Program boosts international relations
April 15, 2024 — The Washington Capitol echoed with the exchange of expertise and camaraderie on April 11 as 16 senior medical officers from Indonesia, Norway, Germany, New Zealand, Denmark, Cameroon, and the United States convened as part of the esteemed Medical Strategic Leadership Program. Hosted by the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence, located at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, this initiative continues to foster international engagement, partnerships, and goodwill among accomplished medical leaders... MORE

2024 U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence (MEDCOE) Leadership Program boosts international relations.

U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence combat medic specialists train at JBSA-Camp Bullis
February 26, 2024 — U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence combat medic specialist took part in a combat medic field training exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis, Texas, on Jan. 25, 2024... MORE

Borden Institute releases 68W Combat Medic Specialist Fieldcraft II Textbook
February 21, 2024 — The Borden Institute, an agency of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, officially released Combat Medic Specialist Fieldcraft-Fieldcraft II, as a part of institute’s Specialty Titles classification on Jan. 31... MORE

Combat Medic Specialist Fieldcraft-Fieldcraft II

More than 2,800 MEDCoE trainee Soldiers take advantage of Holiday Block Leave
December 21, 2023 — Soldiers from the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence packed the San Antonio International Airport in the early morning of Dec. 21 as they checked baggage and passed through security checkpoints to catch their flights home for the holidays... MORE

MEDCoE holds change of command ceremony
November 29, 2023 — The U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence held a change of command ceremony where Maj. Gen. Michael J. Talley relinquished command to Brig. Gen. Clinton K. Murray, Nov. 17, 2023, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas... MORE

JBSA-Fort Sam Houston hosts U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence Best Medic Challenge
September 19, 2023 — The U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence Best Medic Challenge took place at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Sept. 18, 2023... MORE

MEDCoE’s Capability Development Integration Directorate hosts Role 1 limited objective exercise
August 31, 2023 — The U.S. Army Medical Capability Development Integration Directorate at the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston was the site for a tabletop exercise to highlight challenges, gaps, and/or requirements across the doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership and education, personnel, facilities and policy, or DOTmLPF-P, spectrum, including extended care due to potential evacuation delays... MORE

187th Medical Battalion helps Briscoe Elementary School students
August 14, 2023 — Students at Briscoe Elementary School received a special surprise as Soldiers and civilians from the 187th Medical Battalion at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston distributed school supplies to 315 students and families on Aug. 11, 2023... MORE

METC program creates path to college degrees
June 27, 2023 — When the Medical Education and Training Campus, or METC, first stood up at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas, 13 years ago, it became the world’s largest enlisted medical education campus. Boasting both institutional and programmatic accreditation and credentialing, METC’s academic programs must meet rigorous educational quality standards. ... MORE

JBSA-Fort Sam Houston Soldiers celebrate 50 years of TRADOC
June 27, 2023 — This week, U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence Soldiers on JBSA-Fort Sam Houston are joining Soldiers on Army posts around the nation to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, or TRADOC, on July 1, 1973... MORE

Learn the role of nutrition, physical activity in America’s war on obesity
April 20, 2023 — The year 2023 is bringing many changes to body composition standards across the services. New policies will go into effect for the Marines, Air Force, and Army, as part of continuing efforts to increase military readiness. ... MORE

Fiesta royalty join MEDCoE Soldiers for Fiesta Run
April 18, 2023 — This year’s Fiesta San Antonio Royalty joined U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence Soldiers for a two-mile Fiesta Run April 18... MORE

Baylor’s Louise Herrington School of Nursing receives five-year renewal of U.S. Army Graduate Program in Anesthesia Nursing
March 7, 2023 — The Baylor University Louise Herrington School of Nursing, or LHSON, has received a five-year renewal of its program in cooperation with the United States Army Graduate Program in Anesthesia Nursing, or USAGPAN. The program – which operates at the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston – educates and prepares individuals to become independent Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists, or CRNAs. ... MORE

United States Army Graduate Program in Anesthesia Nursing

Medical Capability Development Integration Directorate holds Air Evacuation Limited Objective Experiment
February 21, 2023 — Retired Army Col. Ben Knisely was the guest speaker at the Medical Capability Development Integration Directorate, or MED CDID, 2023 Medical Ground and Air Evacuation Limited Objective Experiment at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Feb. 16... MORE

MEDCoE commander hosts professional development forum for medical service officers
February 21, 2023 — Maj. Gen. Michael J. Talley, commanding general of the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, held a professional development forum Jan. 25 for medical service corps officers at the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk, Louisiana... MORE

Medical Service Officers discuss future with Corps Chief at JRTC

MEDCoE commanding general swears in recruits at San Antonio Sports All-Star Football Game
January 9, 2023 — Maj. Gen. Michael Talley, U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence commanding general, had the honor of tossing the coin at the start of the San Antonio Sports All-Star Football Game at the Alamodome Jan. 7. Talley also administered the oath of enlistment to 15 U.S. Army recruits as they begin their Army journey before attending Basic Combat Training... MORE

Theater Medical Command experiment focuses on large-scale combat operations, future operating environment
December 22, 2022 — The Medical Capability Integration Directorate, or MED CDID, hosted its culminating limited objective experiment for calendar year 2022: the Theater Medical Command Experiment, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Dec. 5-9, 2022... MORE

MEDCoE Soldiers get ready for Holiday Block Leave
December 14, 2022 — Many U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence Soldiers will get the opportunity to return home and spend this holiday season with family and friends for “Holiday Block Leave.”... MORE

MEDCoE Soldiers find home away from home this Thanksgiving
November 25, 2022 — People often say, “There is no place like home for the holiday.” This Thanksgiving, however, Soldiers found the next best thing at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Nov. 24, 2022... MORE

MEDCoE commanding general visits hometown to raise awareness, promote career opportunities
November 22, 2022 — Recently, Maj. Gen. Michael Talley, U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence commanding general, had the opportunity to visit schools in the greater Sacramento, California area, a return to where he lived while his father was stationed at Travis Air Force Base... MORE

MEDCoE commanding general visits hometown to raise awareness and promote career opportunities