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U.S. Congressman recognizes Navy Chiefs for taking care of one of their own
January 26, 2024 — To publicly acknowledged the appreciation of several Sailors of the Chiefs Mess assigned to Navy Medicine Training Support Center, U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales (TX-23) presented Certificates of Special Congressional Recognition to five Sailors on Jan. 25 at the Defense Health Agency’s Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas... MORE

NMTSC Sailor wins behavioral health technician of the year
December 28, 2023 — Petty Officer 1st Class Richard Kidwell, a Behavioral Health Technician “C” school instructor assigned to the Navy Medicine Training Support Center, received the Navy Clinical Psychology Behavioral Health Technician of the Year award in Smith Hall at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston on Dec. 18. ... MORE

231218-N-DQ752-1017 JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO FT. SAM HOUSTON, Texas (Dec. 18, 2023) Rear Adm. Walter Brafford, commander, Naval Medical Forces Support Command, and Capt. Paul Allen, commander of Navy Medicine Training Support Center (NMTSC), pose for a photo with Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Richard Kidwell, an instructor assigned to NMTSC, after presenting him with the Behavioral Health Technician of the Year award at Smith Hall, Dec. 18. NMTSC is the Navy component command that provides administrative and operational control over Navy staff and students assigned to the Medical Education and Training Campus and other medical programs in the San Antonio area. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Cheyenne Geletka/Released)

Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio hosts Navy Medicine Training Support Center
March 9, 2023 — Capt. Gerald DeLong, commanding officer of Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio, and his staff hosted a visit from Navy Medicine Training Support Center commanding officer Capt. Paul Allen and staff of Navy Medicine Training Support Center at the Battlefield Health and Trauma Research Institute and Tri-Service Research Laboratory at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston March 7... MORE

METC hosts large-scale tabletop exercise for notional mobilization
January 31, 2023 — The Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston conducted a large-scale, mobilization tabletop exercise, or MOBTTX, Jan. 17 to prepare for a potential surge in student throughput for three of its largest training programs... MORE

Navy Medicine Training Support Center holds change of command, retirement
October 13, 2022 — The Navy Medicine Training Support Center held a change of command and retirement ceremony for Capt. Ann “Annie” Case, former commanding officer of NMTSC, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Sept. 23. Capt. Paul Allen took the helm from Case as NMTSC’s commanding officer... MORE

Navy Medicine Training Support Center officer receives Navy Comptroller Award
June 22, 2022 — When Navy Lt. Amanda Rose recently onboarded with the Navy Medicine Training Support Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, the center was not aware they were receiving one of the rising comptroller stars in the Navy... MORE

Navy Medicine Training Support Center pins four new senior chiefs
June 10, 2022 — Four chief petty officers assigned to Navy Medicine Training Support Center, or NMTSC, were promoted during the time-honored tradition of the frocking ceremony at the Medical Education and Training Campus May 26... MORE

NMTSC remembers fallen corpsman during commemoration ceremony at namesake
June 9, 2022 — Navy Medicine Training Support Center Sailors hosted a commemoration ceremony honoring Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Jaime S. Jaenke at Jaenke Hall at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston June 2... MORE

Admiral provides oath of enlistment to recruits at San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo
February 24, 2022 — Most people attend the annual San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo for the excitement of watching a live rodeo event. This year, attendees were able to witness a life-changing experience for nearly 100 young people – taking the solemn oath to serve the nation... MORE

Admiral Provides Oath of Enlistment to Recruits at Rodeo

NMFSC announces Instructor of the Year awards
April 3, 2020 — Four Sailors assigned to the Naval Medical Forces Support Command, or NMFSC, were selected the Navy’s Instructors of the Year March 27... MORE

San Antonio Sailors honor submarine vet’s life
September 27, 2019 — Sailors assigned to Navy Medicine Education, Training and Logistics Command, Navy Medicine Training Support Center and Navy Recruiting District San Antonio attended the graveside service of a Navy veteran in Killeen, Texas, Sept. 26... MORE

Navy Recruiting District San Antonio Sailors carry the casket for Petty Officer 3rd Class Mark Lyle Walker, a sonar technician (submarine), in Killeen, Texas, Sept. 26 . Walker, a submarine veteran, had no family or next of kin, prompting the Navy Medicine Education, Training and Logistics Command, Navy Medicine Training Support Center and NRD-SA Sailors to make the two-hour drive from Joint Base San Antonio to honor Walker's Navy service.

Navy Medicine commands host San Antonio educators for STEM tour
July 25, 2019 — The Navy Medicine Training Support Center cohosted Bexar County educators for a tour of the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston July 15... MORE

Seaman Emille Sichz and Seaman Apprentice Ciaran Braswell, students in the Surgical Technician program at the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston perform a mock surgery during a tour. The tour provided San Antonio educators and counselors with a general overview of the Navy in an effort to raise awareness of Navy career opportunities through a tour of the medical training campus.

Navy Medicine Training Support Center kicks off Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society fund drive
April 3, 2019 — The Navy Medicine Training Support Center, or NMTSC, kicked off its annual Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society, or NMCRS, active duty fund drive at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston March 1... MORE

Chief Petty Officer Mark Francesco, an instructor with the Biomedical Technician program at the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, speaks to students of the Hospital Corpsman Basic program about the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society.

San Antonio Wardroom Association PDC Hosts Mock Promotion Board at the METC
February 8, 2019 — The San Antonio Wardroom Association, or SAWA, hosted a professional development mock, officer promotion board at the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio Fort Sam Houston Jan. 18... MORE

Senior naval officers sit as board members of a mock officer promotion board at the Medical Education and Training Campus (METC). The board was comprised of officers from the Navy Nurse Corps, Dental Corps and Medical Service Corps, including Rear Adm. Tina Davidson, Navy Nurse Corps director.

Hospital Corpsman Basic students, instructor become first responders
September 11, 2018 — Two Navy Medicine Training Support Center, or NMTSC, Hospital Corpsman Basic, or HCB, program students put their training into action, acting as the first responders to assist a patient at the Veterans Affairs Emergency Room Aug. 27... MORE

Seaman Nicholas Earls (left), Seaman 1st Class Michael Aaron (center), an instructor with the Hospital Corpsman Basic (HCB) program, and Seaman Enea Preci (right), pose for a photo at the Medical Education and Training Campus. The three Sailors acted as first responders, assisting a patient who collapsed at the Veterans Affairs Emergency Room Aug. 27.

Navy Medicine Training Support Center observes Women's Equality Day
August 30, 2018 — Navy Medicine Training Support Center’s Diversity Committee sponsored a Women’s Equality Day celebration at the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Aug. 24... MORE

Capt. Maryann Mattonen (left), commanding officer, Navy Medicine Training Support Center, and Petty Officer 2nd Class Tereca Harris, an instructor with the Hospital Corpsman Basic program at the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, cut a cake in celebration of Women’s Equality Day.

Nurse Corps officers wish WWII Navy nurse ‘Happy 100th Birthday’
August 16, 2018 — Five Navy Nurse Corps officers assigned to Navy Medicine Training Support Center, or NMTSC, and Navy Medicine Education, Training and Logistics Command, or NMETLC, visited the San Antonio Brookdale Assisted Living Facility to wish Blondina Porter, a World War II Navy Nurse, a happy 100th birthday Aug. 15... MORE

Capt. Maryann Mattonen (left), Navy Medicine Training Support Center commanding officer, and Blondina Porter cut Porter's birthday cake together with a Navy officer ceremonial sword at the San Antonio Brookdale Assisted Living Facility to wish the World War II Navy Nurse a happy 100th birthday Aug. 15.

Navy Surgeon General, Force Master Chief visit Navy Medicine Training Support Center
August 16, 2018 — Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general and chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; and Force Master Chief Hosea Smith Jr., Hospital Corps director, visited the Navy Medicine Training Support Center, or NMTSC, Aug. 2... MORE

Petty Officer 1st Class Joaquin Cruz (right), an instructor at the Medical Education and Training Campus, greets Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general and chief, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery during his visit to Navy Medicine Training Support Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston.

JBSA Navy Medicine commands host Navy STEM externship visit
July 3, 2018 — San Antonio area Navy Medicine commands hosted 26 middle and high school guidance counselors, and high school chemistry and health professions educators June 27 at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston as part of a summer externship focused on high school student career preparation and exploration... MORE

Lt. Cmdr. Kirby Jahnke, Navy Medicine Training Support Center, shows medical instruments to a tour group of San Antonio middle and high school guidance counselors June 27. The tour provided educators and counselors with a general overview of the Navy, to raise awareness of Navy career opportunities through a tour of the medical training campus.

Houston-Area Navy Junior ROTC Students Wowed by Visit to Navy Medicine San Antonio
December 18, 2017 — Navy Medicine Training Support Center (NMTSC) and Navy Medicine Education, Training and Logistics Command (NMETLC) hosted 42 Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (NJROTC) cadets from Richmond, Texas, for a Navy Medicine orientation visit to Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston in early December... MORE

Retired Navy Capt. Scott Evertson, senior naval science instructor for the George Bush High School Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (NJROTC) unit near Houston, Texas, speaks to his NJROTC cadets following a Navy Medicine overview presentation from Lt. Cmdr. Sarah Gentry. Forty-two students visited Navy Medicine Training Support Center (NMTSC) in San Antonio, Texas, to receive a basic orientation to the Navy and to represent the more than 200-member George Bush High School NJROTC unit in the Sea Dragon Classic Drill Meet at Southwest High School in San Antonio.