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Registration for MEDCoE Mission Thanksgiving now open
August 17, 2026 — Interested in opening your home to host a couple of Soldiers for Thanksgiving dinner? Registration has begun for the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence 2026 Mission Thanksgiving event. Registration has begun and runs through Oct. 9...

Top MEDCoE drill sergeants compete at JBSA-Camp Bullis
June 3, 2026 — The annual Medical Center of Excellence Drill Sergeant of the Year competition took place at Joint base San Antonio-Camp Bullis, Texas, on May 26, 2026. Competitors had to demonstrate the attributes of being highly trained, disciplined and physically fit, embodying the standard of the Drill Sergeant Creed and setting the example for future Soldiers...

Maneuver Medical Systems, Army leaders forge future of Army Medicine
June 3, 2026 — The nature of warfare is always changing. The battlefields that Soldiers face today are much different and more dangerous than the ones of yesterday. Just as new technologies in lethality are constantly evolving, how the Army provides medical care for our Soldiers must also evolve...

The Future of Army Medicine: MEDCoE, MRDC host annual Medical Warfighting Forum
March 26, 2026 — Senior Army leaders, medical professionals, and defense industry partners convened at the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, from March 10-12 for the 2026 Medical Warfighting Forum...

MEDCoE, Army leaders, COSA honor Gold Star Mothers and families
November 24, 2025 — In a room filled with solemn pride and strength, the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence, in partnership with Survivor Outreach Services, hosted a luncheon and ceremony to honor Gold Star Mothers and Families of fallen service members on Sept. 28, 2025, at the Airport Doubletree Hotel...

Registration opens for MEDCoE 2025 Mission Thanksgiving
September 12, 2025 — Interested in opening your home to host a couple of Soldiers for Thanksgiving dinner? Registration has begun for the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence 2025 Mission Thanksgiving event...

U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence welcomes new commander
July 16, 2025 — The U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence held a change of command ceremony on July 11, 2025, during which Brig. Gen. Clinton K. Murray relinquished command to Maj. Gen. Anthony L. McQueen at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston...

MEDCoE symposium highlights research on Soldier health, readiness
June 17, 2025 — Graduate students from the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence came together for the 17th Annual Graduate School Research and Education Symposium at the University of Texas San Antonio Medical School on June 6...

Two MEDCoE NCOs inducted into the SMA Van Autreve Sergeant Audie Murphy Club
December 5, 2024 — The U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence recently welcomed two new members into the Sergeant Major of the Army Leon L. Autreve Chapter of the Sergeant Audie Murphy Club...

MEDCoE inviting local families to host Soldiers for Mission Thanksgiving
October 24, 2024 — The U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence is inviting local families to host soldiers for Thanksgiving. For many soldiers, this will be their first major holiday away from their homes and family. This event offers an opportunity for the community to host soldiers at their home for Thanksgiving Day...

METC, armed services host Military Medicine Career Fair
October 24, 2024 — The Medical Education and Training Campus, in conjunction with the Navy Medical Training Support Center, U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence, and Air Force 59th Training Group, hosted the first-ever collaborative Military Medicine Career Fair/Recruiting Event at the Fort Sam Houston Community Center on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston on Oct. 11...

MEDCoE hosts Vietnam Dustoff Association annual reunion
September 27, 2024 — During their annual reunion, the Vietnam Dustoff Association had the opportunity to visit the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston on Sept. 25, 2024. The members saw firsthand how medicine and training have changed since performing their mission of medical evacuation in Vietnam by touring the Combat Paramedic and the Critical Care Flight Paramedic programs...

MEDCoE hosts 2nd annual Army Medical Warfighting Forum
September 17, 2024 — The U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence Medical Warfighting Forum took place from Sept. 4-6 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. This is the second forum following last year’s inaugural event that brought together leaders from a broad cross-section of the Army, in addition to attendees from the Defense Health Agency, Navy and Air Force...

Six Army Medicine professionals presented with Order of Military Medical Merit
September 17, 2024 — Six Army Medicine professionals were presented with the Order of Military Medical Merit medallion on Sept. 10 at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas...

Basic Officer Leadership Course students stay cool at JBSA-Camp Bullis
August 23, 2024 — Students attending the Basic Officer Leadership Course are stating cool while training at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis by inserting their arms in an Arm Immersion Cooling Station, or AICS...

MEDVID TV unveils new state of the art mobile production studio
August 7, 2024 — The U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence Learning Technology and Multimedia Division’s MEDVID Branch (MEDVID TV) unveiled a new mobile production and broadcast studio at a ceremony July 31, 2024, at Dust Off Square at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas...

MEDCoE Graduate Research and Education Symposium held at University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
July 26, 2024 — Amidst an ever-changing academic and military environment, student and faculty research and education have become critical to advancing military medicine. Hosted by the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence Graduate School Dean Col. Matthew Douglas, more than 250 students, faculty, partners and affiliates of the command convened from June 5-6, 2024, at the 13th annual Graduate School Research and Education Symposium at the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio in support of a relevant and timely theme: Navigating the Changing Character of Military Medicine...

TRADOC commanding general visits MEDCoE
July 24, 2024 — Gen. Gary Brito, commanding general, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, visited the the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, on July 10, 2024...

New York Army Guard medics train to become PAs, officers
June 25, 2024 — Two New York Army Guard medics are now officers and physician assistants after completing an intensive 29-month program run by the U.S Army Medical Center of Excellence at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas. ...

MEDCoE Soldiers volunteer, teach important skills to area scouts
April 22, 2024 — U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence Soldiers volunteered to teach skills to more than 600 scouts during the annual Council Wide Campout for the Alamo Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America that took place March 1-3, 2024...