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MEDCoE recognizes its best on Army’s 247th birthday
June 16, 2022 — The U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence took the opportunity to reward Soldier excellence as part of their annual Army Birthday Celebration. Winners of the MEDCoE “Best of the Best” competition were announced during an award and cake cutting ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston on the Army’s 247th Birthday June 14, 2022. ... MORE

MEDCoE hosts professional development session on parenthood, pregnancy, postpartum
June 13, 2022 — The U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence held a leader professional development session focusing on U.S. Army Directive 2022-06 (Parenthood, Pregnancy, and Postpartum) at the Blesse Auditorium at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston June 9... MORE

Army Veterinary Corps celebrates 106th anniversary
June 7, 2022 — The U.S. Army Veterinary Corps, formally established by an Act of Congress June 3, 1916, celebrated its 106th anniversary with a ceremony at the U.S. Army Medical Department Museum amphitheater at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston June 3... MORE

Writing competition increases value of MEDCoE Captains Career Course
June 3, 2022 — As part of the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence Medical Captains Career Course the MEDCoE Leader Development Branch, and Medical Capability Development Integration Directorate established an essay writing competition on Multi-Domain Operations related topics to increase awareness and understanding of this critical task of our joint and coalition warfighters. ... MORE

MEDCoE commanding general commissions 24 UTSA ROTC Cadets
May 18, 2022 — The University of Texas at San Antonio Reserve Officer Training Corps Roadrunner Battalion held a commissioning ceremony for 24 cadets as they entered the U.S. Army as second lieutenants, at the UTSA main campus, May 13, 2022. In a packed auditorium, Maj. Gen. Dennis LeMaster, commanding general U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence, had the honor of serving as the guest speaker and administering the oath of the commissioned officer to the graduates... MORE

MEDCoE celebrates 102 years of training, educating Army medicine personnel
May 16, 2022 — The U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence, which marked its centennial birthday without ceremony in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, conducted a 102nd MEDCoE birthday commemoration event to honor the MEDCoE’s place in Army Medicine’s rich and storied history at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston May 13... MORE

MEDCoE hosts Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness
May 16, 2022 — Gilbert Cisneros Jr., Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, accompanied by Seileen Mullen, Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, visited the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence as part of a larger tour of Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston May 12-13, 2022... MORE

MEDCoE exchange officer earns Australian Conspicuous Service Medal
May 12, 2022 — Lt. Col. Sara Molloy, an Australian exchange officer assigned to the Fielded Force Integration Directorate, U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence, was awarded the Conspicuous Service Medal by the Australian Ambassador to the United States, the Honorable Arthur Sinodinos, during an investiture ceremony at the Embassy of Australia, Washington, D.C., March 31, 2022... MORE

MEDCoE conducts casing ceremony symbolizing return to one training brigade configuration
April 22, 2022 — U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence Commander Maj. Gen. Dennis LeMaster hosted the casing ceremony for the Medical Professional Training Brigade April 20 at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas... MORE

MEDCoE welcomes Fiesta Court, Commission back to JBSA-Fort Sam Houston
April 5, 2022 — The U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston hosted a leader breakfast in honor of the 2022 Fiesta Court and Fiesta Commission March 30... MORE

Soldiers earn Expert Field Medical Badges at JBSA-Camp Bullis
April 5, 2022 — Fourteen officer and enlisted Soldiers assigned to various Army medicine commands earned the coveted Expert Field Medical Badge during a grueling two-week testing event conducted by the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis... MORE

MEDCoE Expert Field Medical Badge test event takes place at JBSA-Camp Bullis
March 26, 2022 — The U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence, or MEDCoE, hosted a two-week Expert Field Medical Badge event with 110 candidates testing for the badge, which began March 19 at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis, to ensure Soldiers are given the opportunity to earn the badge... MORE

MEDCoE E3B conference focuses on three expert badges
March 9, 2022 — The U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence recently hosted the first semiannual Expert Badge, or E3B, conference with assembly of the expert badge test management offices, test control offices, and the proponent leadership to discuss areas of variability between three Army badges to explore aligned standards... MORE

Borden Institute records 35 years of excellence in military medical publishing
March 2, 2022 — The Borden Institute, an agency of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, Medical Center of Excellence, is marking 35 years of excellence in publishing academic military medical textbooks in the year 2022... MORE

MEDCoE appoints first STRIDE peer advocates
February 23, 2022 — The U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence, or MEDCoE, has implemented a new strategic program to help eradicate harmful behaviors that erode Army values within the organization and to further the Army’s people first initiative... MORE

U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence resumes high school tours
February 22, 2022 — Twenty Students from Dillard McCollum High School’s Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps toured the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Feb. 16 to learn about the many career opportunities in Army medicine available to high school and college graduates... MORE

U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence, others, host Limited Objective Experiment
February 16, 2022 — Attendees from various Army medical commands across the military health system gathered to participate in a Limited Objective Experiment, or LOE, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Feb. 7-11, 2022. The U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence, or MEDCoE, and the Medical Capabilities Development and Integration Directorate, or MED CDID, under the Future Concepts Center, within the Army Futures Command, hosted the experiment... MORE

Disease Non-Battle Injury prevention, focus of Limited Objective Experiment

MEDCoE welcomes first class of new Occupational Therapy Doctorate program
February 1, 2022 — The U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence, or MEDCoE, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, welcomed the first class of students in the Army-Baylor University Occupational Therapy Doctorate Program during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at MEDCoE Jan. 28... MORE

Husband & wife MEDCoE doctoral students run to top spots in San Antonio Rock ’n’ Roll Marathon
January 20, 2022 — A husband and wife who are doctoral students at the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence, or MEDCoE, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, made their mark running in the 2021 Humana Rock ’n’ Roll San Antonio Marathon Dec. 4, 2021... MORE

Combat medic trainees experience first-ever nighttime combat simulation
January 12, 2022 — In December 2021, students in the Combat Medic Specialist Training Program, or CMSTP, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston’s Medical Education and Training Campus were the first in the program’s history to undergo training simulating nighttime combat conditions... MORE