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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

Navy Medicine unveils logos to support new command structure
March 4, 2020 — Navy Medicine unveiled a series of unifying logos March 3 to support the establishment of more than 60 new medical commands... MORE

Local Sailors honor Pearl Harbor survivor
December 11, 2019 — In commemoration of the 78th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Sailors from the Navy Medicine Education, Training and Logistics Command at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, led by Rear Adm. Tina Davidson, attended a Dec. 6 ceremony honoring one of the survivors at Poet’s Walk, a Spring Hills Memory Care Community... MORE

Rear Adm. Tina Davidson, commander of Navy Medicine Education, Training and Logistics Command, speaks with William “Bill” St. John during a visit to Poet’s Walk in San Antonio Dec. 6 about his experience during the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Veterans honored at San Antonio wreath-laying ceremony
November 14, 2019 — Capt. Elizabeth Montcalm-Smith, acting deputy commander of Navy Medicine Education, Training and Logistics Command, participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Alamo and a parade to honor veterans in San Antonio Nov. 11... MORE

Capt. Elizabeth Montcalm-Smith (center), acting deputy commander of Navy Medicine Education, Training and Logistics Command, joined by other local service leaders, salutes for the playing of taps during the 2019 U.S. Military Veterans Wreath-laying Ceremony at the Alamo.

City of San Antonio honors Navy's 244th birthday
October 25, 2019 — Members of Navy Medicine Education, Training and Logistics Command, or NMETLC, and Navy Medicine Training Support Center, or NMTSC, gathered at the San Antonio City Hall during a City Council meeting Oct. 17 to celebrate the Navy’s birthday... MORE

Sailors from Navy Medicine Education, Training and Logistics Command, Navy Medicine Training Support Center, Navy veterans and retirees, San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg, and city council members after honoring the Navy’s 244th birthday during a city hall meeting. Capt. Elizabeth Montcalm-Smith, NMETLC acting deputy commander, spoke on behalf of San Antonio Navy, thanking the mayor and city council members for their commitment to the Navy and the military.

NMETLC Sailors conduct community volunteer project
August 21, 2019 — Sailors assigned to Navy Medicine Education, Training and Logistics Command at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston performed volunteer work at Patrolman Guadalupe Martinez Park July 30. The 12 volunteers painted picnic tables, trimmed trees, cleaned playground equipment and picked up litter... MORE

Petty Officer 2nd Class Tony Lenard (left) and Petty Officer 2nd Class Noe Lopez pick up litter at Patrolman Guadalupe Martinez Park during a community volunteer project July 30. The project was part of the Navy Sailor 360, a command-level program for junior enlisted, senior enlisted and junior officers, designed to strengthen and develop leadership through community outreach events, classroom discussions and physical training. Lenard and Lopez are assigned to the Navy Medicine Education, Training and Logistics Command at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston.

Sailors take center stage at San Antonio Missions baseball game
June 20, 2019 — Navy Medicine Education, Training and Logistics Command’s deputy commander threw out the traditional first pitch for the San Antonio Missions’ minor-league baseball game as part of the Missions’ Military Appreciation Night June 12... MORE

Navy Information Operations Command Texas presents the colors during a San Antonio Missions baseball game in honor of military appreciation night June 12.

NMETLC volunteer effort helps hungry across southwest Texas
June 13, 2019 — Sailors from the Navy Medicine Education, Training and Logistics Command at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston conducted a community outreach event at the San Antonio Food Bank June 11, helping process 15,433 pounds of food, which will help provide 12,346 meals for families suffering from hunger... MORE

Navy Medicine Education, Training and Logistics Command Sailors sort food during a volunteer community outreach event at the San Antonio Food Bank June 11. The outreach event was part of the Navy’s Sailor 360, a command-level program for junior enlisted, senior enlisted and junior officers, designed to strengthen and develop leadership through outreach events, classroom discussions and physical training.

Sailor 360 hosts cardboard boat race at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston
June 11, 2019 — Sailors from the Navy Medicine Training Support Command, Defense Health Agency and Navy Medicine Education, Training and Logistics Command competed in a cardboard boat race at the Medicine Education Training Campus pool May 24... MORE

Sailors assigned to Navy Medicine Training Support Command, Defense Health Agency and Navy Medicine Education, Training and Logistics Command completed in a cardboard boat race as part of a Sailor 360 event at the Medicine Education Training Campus. The event was part of Sailor 360, a Navy initiative to develop innovative and creative command-developed leadership programs.

NMETLC Sailors help clean up community park
March 29, 2019 — Sailors assigned to Navy Medicine Education, Training and Logistics Command, or NMETLC, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, participated in a local community relations project March 28... MORE

Chief Petty Officer Irene Aguilar, assigned to Navy Medicine Education, Training and Logistics Command at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, disinfects parts of playground during a community relations event held at Martinez Park during a Sailor 360 event. Sailor 360 is a command-level program for junior enlisted, senior enlisted and junior officers designed to strengthen and develop leadership through COMREL events, classroom discussions and physical training events.

JBSA-Fort Sam Houston celebrates Women’s History Month
March 18, 2019 — The director of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs Advisory Committee on Women Veterans was guest speaker for a Women’s’ History Month event led by Navy Medicine Training Support Center’s Diversity Committee and Soldiers assigned to the 106th Signal Brigade at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston March 13... MORE

Navy Capt. Michele A. Kane, executive officer, Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio, poses for a photo with retired Command Master Chief Octavia Harris during the Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Women’s History Month observance March 13.

The Navy corpsman: carrying the legacy
January 8, 2019 — The screams of the wounded and dying filled the stale room as medical workers rushed to check for pulses, resuscitate the unconscious and stop the bleeding. The darkness was pierced by red and green lights that illuminated pools of blood on the floor. Nervous hands scrambled to find the proper medical equipment amid the chaos of the combat environment that surrounded them, working frantically and disregarding their own safety. Fortunately, none of this is real; it's a simulated casualty exercise, part of the training every future Navy hospital corpsman undergoes. The rate is actually the largest and most decorated in the Navy... MORE

Seaman Brandon Taylor, a corpsman, inserts a decompression needle into an essential care simulator manikin during shock trauma section drills. The drills focused on sharpening life-saving skills and capabilities.

Navy Medicine Education, Training and Logistics Command announces Sailor of the Year
December 10, 2018 — A Navy Cardiovascular Technician Program instructor at the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston was selected as the Navy Medicine Education, Training and... MORE

Rear Adm. Tina Davidson, commander of Navy Medicine Education, Training and Logistics Command, and Command Master Chief Petty Officer Richard Putnam, NMETLC, present Petty Officer 1st Class Daniel Guillen, NMTSC hospital corpsman, with a plaque in honor of his selection as NMETLC regional Sailor of the Year Dec 6, 2018, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

Joint Base San Antonio has a new admiral
August 7, 2018 — Command of Navy Medicine Education, Training and Logistics Command, or NMETLC, changed Aug. 3 when Rear Adm. Tina Davidson relieved Rear Adm. Rebecca McCormick-Boyle during a combined change of command and retirement ceremony at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston... MORE

Rear Adm. Tina Davidson, incoming commander, Navy Medicine Education, Training and Logistics Command, salutes after assuming command at a ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Aug. 3. Davidson relieved Rear Adm. Rebecca McCormick-Boyle during a combined change of command and retirement ceremony at JBSA-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.

San Antonio sea service leaders recognize local Navy Marine Corps Relief Society fund drive efforts
July 12, 2017 — Several Navy and Marine Corps commands in the San Antonio area recognized key volunteers in the most recent annual Navy Marine Corps Relief Society, or NMCRS, fund drive during a quarterly sea service leadership meeting at Navy Medicine Education, Training and Logistics Command, or NMETLC, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston July 10... MORE

Rear Adm. Rebecca McCormick-Boyle (right), commander, Navy Medicine Education, Training and Logistics Command presents Angelica Botkin, Navy Marine Corps Relief Society director of the San Antonio office, with a check representing the money collected by Navy and Marine Corps commands in the San Antonio area during an annual fund drive. NMETLC was one of several commands to contribute and McCormick-Boyle presented the check as the senior Navy officer in the San Antonio area.

Navy, Air Force celebrate Nurses Week in San Antonio
May 18, 2017 — Navy nurses from various commands and their Air Force counterparts wrapped up National Nurses Week with a joint closing ceremony at the Medical Education and Training Campus, or METC, at board Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston May 11... MORE

Rear Adm. Rebecca McCormick-Boyle (left), commander, Navy Medicine Education, Training and Logistics Command, cuts a ceremonial cake with Staff Sgt. Kaitlyn Montenegro during a celebration for National Nurses Week at the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston May 11. Navy and Air Force nurses and medical technicians participated together in several health promotions activities throughout the week to commemorate Nurses Week.