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METC educators, USU CAHS support enlisted service members
March 15, 2024 — The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences College of Allied Health Sciences enables Army, Air Force, Navy, and Coast Guard students to earn college credits in specific medical specialty training programs during their military enlistment. The Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston is a branch campus of CAHS... MORE

METC Educators and USU CAHS Support Enlisted Service Members

BAMC lends research expertise to global pandemic effort
April 30, 2020 — Within weeks of the pandemic’s spread, Brooke Army Medical Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston drew on its deep bench of research expertise and joined the global race to find a COVID-19 treatment... MORE

Michelle Mendoza, pharmacy technician, reconstitutes the remdesivir research drug under an intravenous hood at Brooke Army Medical Center

Stop the Bleed: A battlefield innovation on civilian soil
July 26, 2019 — A public health campaign called Stop the Bleed builds on lifesaving lessons from military battlefields. The goal is to train Americans of all ages how to successfully respond to bleeding emergencies in traumas from accidents and intentional violence... MORE

Uniformed Services University's Dr. Craig Goolsby (center) observes as high school students at a conference in Orlando, Florida, practice using a tourniquet after watching a web-based tutorial. Goolsby is researching effective teaching methods as part of a grant to develop a trauma first-aid course for students that incorporates elements of Stop the Bleed.

Uniformed Services University Offers Degree Opportunities for Enlisted Members
February 12, 2018 — Enlisted service members have often been referred to as the backbone of the military for their support, leadership, willingness to get the job done and thirst for knowledge. Retaining dedicated, talented troops is important to ensuring that their experience is passed on to the next generation of noncommissioned officers and to preparing them for careers in the civilian sector once they leave the service. ... MORE

Dr. Kenneth Moritsugu (center), a member of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences board of regents, watches students in the Medical Education and Training Campus medical laboratory technologist course practice blood draws at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston. The MLT course is one of several METC programs that offer enlisted students a degree pathway through USU’s College of Allied Health Sciences.

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