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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...

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...

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. ...

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...

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. ...