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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.

Combat medic instructor remembered with METC classroom dedication
October 12, 2016 — “He was a gift to us,” said Mario Ramon during a classroom dedication ceremony on the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston for a fellow Department of Combat Medic Training, or DCMT, instructor who passed away Sept. 1. EMT3 Room 340 was dedicated Sept. 29 as the Joseph B. “JB” Slye classroom. A plaque now hangs on the wall outside the classroom door to honor this outstanding teacher and his incredible ability to help Soldier Medics reach success. ... MORE

Joseph “JB” Slye, an emergency medical technician, or EMT, instructor at the Department of Combat Medic Training and retired volunteer firefighter for the Medina (Ohio) Fire Department, passed away Sept. 1. His EMT classroom was dedicated with his name Sept. 29.