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Medical Education and Training Campus uses hologram technology to train combat medics
August 23, 2017 — Students in Combat Medic Training program Alpha Class 70-17 at the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston gathered around Alonzo Gonzales, an emergency medical technician course instructor, Aug. 21 as he explained the morning’s lesson... MORE

Alonzo Gonzales, a combat medic program emergency medical technician course instructor at the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, lectures students in Alpha Class 70-17 about different obstetrics complications utilizing a specialized OB training manikin. The OB manikins resemble life-size pelvic cavities inside which the “fetus” can be positioned to replicate any number of complicated situations.

Sailors, veterans recognize one of their own; ceremony honors Medal of Honor recipient
August 18, 2017 — Sailors, military veterans and San Antonians braved scorching South Texas temperatures Aug. 15 to participate in a graveside memorial service honoring Seaman John E. “Jackie” Kilmer, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor June 18, 1953... MORE

John Rodriguez (right), a Marine Corps veteran, salutes as the Navy Medicine Training Support Center CPO select color guard presents the colors for the National Anthem during an Aug. 15 graveside memorial service in San Antonio honoring Seaman John E. “Jackie” Kilmer, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor June 18, 1953.

Medical Education & Training Campus pharmacy student sets example for her children
August 17, 2017 — Airman 1st Class Amanda Cervantes, a student in the Medical Education and Training Campus Pharmacy Technician program on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, wants her children to follow her lead by serving in the military... MORE

Airman 1st Class Amanda Cervantes, a student in the Medical Education and Training Campus Pharmacy Technician program on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, conducts a mock exam to learn how to use the Composite Health Care System database. "Mock" exams test the skills that the students have learned to prepare them not only for the graded exam, but for what they will see in the clinical training phase and eventually in their permanent duty station. Cervantes, a widow with four children, joined the Air Force Reserve to set an example for her children, serve her country, and work in the medical field so she can help people.

Navy surgeon general meets with Hospital Corps school staff, students
August 3, 2017 — During a recent visit to south Texas, the Navy surgeon general met with Hospital Corps School leaders, staff and students from Navy Medicine Training Support Center, or NMTSC, and the Medical Education and Training Campus, or METC, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Aug. 2... MORE

Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general and chief, U.S. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, speaks to students in the newly revised HM “A” School course at the Medical Education and Training Campus, or METC, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston. The “A” School recently went through a major revision and Faison spoke with students to discuss their important role in the future of Navy Medicine.

METC Technology Innovation Group showcases key initiatives, products of the future at tech expo
June 30, 2017 — The Medical Education and Training Campus Technology Innovation Group, or TIG, hosted the first homegrown technology expo on the METC campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston June 23... MORE

Senior Airman Travis Napaepae, Medical Education and Training Campus Information Management Division call center manager, tries his hand drawing on an interactive SMART screen displaying the circulatory system.

Medical Education and Training Campus instructor brings magic into classroom
June 29, 2017 — It’s been several years since Staff Sgt. John Blaz performed his last magic show, but the Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston medical instructor is still performing magic for a captive audience – his students... MORE

Staff Sgt. John Blaz, Interservice Respiratory Therapy Program instructor at the Medical Education and Training Campus, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, shows a deck of cards during a magic trick he performs for his students at the beginning of a recent class.

Navy Medicine Training Support Center commemorates Battle of Midway 75th anniversary
June 8, 2017 — The Navy Medicine Training Support Center, or NMTSC, staff held a ceremony June 6 commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Midway that was attended by hundreds of staff and students at the Medical Education and Training Campus, or METC, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston... MORE

The Basic Medical Technician and Corpsman Program Color Guard presents the colors during the singing of the national anthem at a commemoration of the Battle of Midway 75th Anniversary at the Medical Education and Training Campus June 6 at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston. The ceremony consisted of a guest speaker, ceremonial laying of the wreath and singing of the Navy Hymn.

Medical Education and Training Campus staff celebrate Healthcare Technology Management Week
May 31, 2017 — Navy, Army and Air Force staff, instructors and students at the Medical Education and Training Campus, or METC celebrated Healthcare Technology Management Week May 21-27 at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston... MORE

D. Calvin Jackson, a retired Army master sergeant biomedical equipment technician, or BMET, speaks to staff, students and instructors from the Medical Education and Training Campus, or METC, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston as part of Healthcare Technology Management Week. METC instructors from the tri-service biomedical equipment technician, or BMET, program planned daily events to raise awareness during the week.

Front & Center: Holmes helps instruct future Army dental specialists
May 12, 2017 — For Army Sgt. 1st Class Everett Holmes, the desire to work in the field of dentistry started at a young age... MORE

Sgt. 1st Class Everett Holmes, Company A, Academy Battalion chief dental instructor, poses for a photo May 2 at the Medical Education and Training Campus, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston. Holmes trains students to develop them into entry level dental assistants.

Deputy TRADOC CG visits combat medic training students at METC
April 21, 2017 — Maj. Gen. Glen Moore (right), deputy commanding general, Army National Guard, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, speaks with Army students in the combat medic training program at the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston April 14... MORE

Maj. Gen. Glen Moore (right), deputy commanding general, Army National Guard, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, speaks with Army students in the combat medic training program at the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston April 14. Moore observed the students as they trained in the Combat Trauma Patient Simulator, a simulation lab that provides a realistic type of training experience for students learning how to treat trauma wounds on casualties in a combat environment. About half of the students in the combat medic training program are in the National Guard or Army Reserve.

Navy Corpsman training revision coming to Joint Base San Antonio
April 6, 2017 — The Navy’s largest career field, or “rating,” will soon see the most significant training changes since the Hospital Corps “A” School’s 2011 move from Great Lakes, Ill., to San Antonio, Texas, according to Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, the Navy surgeon general, during congressional testimony in Washington, D.C., March 29... MORE

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.

U.S. Central Command medical conference participants visit Medical Education and Training Campus
March 20, 2017 — Medical professionals representing more than 10 countries within the U.S. Central Command area of operation, Europe and the United States were in San Antonio for a CENTCOM theater medical conference March 6-8. For the three days during the conference, conference participants toured the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston to learn about some of the 48 Army, Navy and Air Force enlisted medical training programs taught there. ... MORE

Lt. Col. Faisal Qazi from Pakistan, a participant in the U.S. Central Command Theater Medical Conference, exams a "patient" in the Nurse Synthesis Laboratory during a tour of the Basic Medical Technician Corpsman program at the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston. The patient is a high-tech human-patient, high-fidelity mannequins, or SimMan, used in the BMTC course to help train Navy and Air Force students to become Air Force medical technicians and Navy hospital corpsmen.

Navy Medicine instructors conduct STEM tour for high school students
March 9, 2017 — Students from a local high school toured several parts of the Medical Education and Training Campus, or METC, on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston March 2 as part of an ongoing partnership with Navy Medicine Training Support Center, or NMTSC... MORE

Petty Officer1st Class Elizabeth Sifuentes, a medical laboratory technician instructor at the Medical Education and Training Campus, talks to students from John Marshall High School while they look through microscopes during a tour of METC at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston. The tour was conducted by METC's Navy service component, Navy Medicine Training Support Center, as part of their Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, or STEM, efforts.

Opportunities expand for METC graduates to further education
February 22, 2017 — Leaders at the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston are looking to expand opportunities for METC graduates who want to further their education... MORE

Medical Education and Training Campus adds USUHS to degree partnership program
January 26, 2017 — Students who complete their training at the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston will have the opportunity to earn an associate degree under an agreement between METC and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, or USUHS... MORE

Navy instructors, students honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
January 24, 2017 — Staff, students and leaders at Navy Medicine Training Support Center, or NMTSC, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston celebrated the life and achievements of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the Medical Education and Training Campus, or METC, Jan. 17... MORE

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.

Medical Education and Training Campus holds active shooter, lockdown drill
January 23, 2017 — The Medical Education and Training Campus, or METC, current operations section, in conjunction with a security response team from the 502nd Air Base Wing, conducted an active shooter/lockdown drill in and around the vicinity of Smith Hall and Sebban Hall at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Jan. 18... MORE

An armed intruder, played by William Torres, a training instructor with the 502nd Security Forces Squadron, gets inside an unlocked laboratory in Smith Hall on the Medical Education and Training Campus, or METC, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Jan. 18. METC worked with Torres and his security response team from the 502nd Air Base Wing to conduct an active shooter/lockdown drill.

METC staff member honored as distinguished Toastmaster
January 20, 2017 — On Jan. 3, Lt. Col. Joy Schmalzle, an Army optometrist and the program director for the ophthalmic technician program at the Medical Education and Training Campus, or METC, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, added Distinguished Toastmaster to her portfolio, joining less than one percent of the 345,000 Toastmaster members worldwide who share this prestigious title... MORE

Lt. Col. Joy Schmalzle, program director for the ophthalmic technician program at the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, was the recipient of the Distinguished Toastmaster award Jan.3. Schmalzle joins less than one percent of the 345,000 Toastmaster members worldwide who share this prestigious title.

Fallen sailor’s memory lives on through annual toy drive
December 21, 2016 — Sailors from the Navy Medicine Training Support Center, or NMTSC, wrapped up their fifth annual toy drive Dec. 9 at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston in honor of a hospital corpsman killed in action in 2006. ... MORE

Students load toys into a truck outside of Anderson Hall at the Medical Education and Training Campus, or METC, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, wrapping up METC's fifth annual toy drive. Anderson Hall was named after Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher Anderson who was killed in action Dec. 4, 2006 in Ramadi, Iraq, while serving with the 1st Battalion, 6th Marines. Every year, Sailors at METC organize a toy drive in Anderson's honor to collect donations for Toys for Tots.

Local students participate in amateur entomology laboratory at METC
October 19, 2016 — Ten sixth-grade students from River City Believers Academy visited the Preventive Medicine Specialist Program, or PMSP at the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Sept. 30... MORE

Petty Officer 3rd Class Vanessa Bong (right), Preventive Medicine Specialist Program entomology instructor at the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, shows a Chilean rose tarantula named Rosie to students from the River City Believers Academy. The spider is one of the PMSP entomology lab’s live animal exhibits.