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METC student overcomes challenges to fulfill dream of joining the Navy
January 30, 2019
Seaman Gideon Osei practices patient care by working on a mannequin in a training room at the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston. Osei, who emigrated to the U.S. from Ghana three years ago, graduated from the METC Hospital Corpsman Basic Program Jan. 28.
BAMC Soldiers take part in medical readiness training exercise in Ghana
March 1, 2017
U.S. Army Maj. Keith Lathrop, nurse anesthetist assigned to Brooke Army Medical Center, helps unload and inventory medical supplies the U.S. Army is donating following the closing ceremony of Medical Readiness Training Exercise 17-2 at the 37th Military Hospital in Accra, Ghana, Feb. 22. MEDRETE 17-2 includes participants from the Ghanaian government, U.S. Army Africa, Brooke Army Medical Center and the North Dakota National Guard. It is the second in a series of medical readiness training exercises that USARAF is scheduled to facilitate in various countries in Africa. The exercise offers opportunities for the partnered militaries to cooperate on medical specific tasks, share best practices and improve medical treatment processes.