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Getting off on the right foot for Fiesta 2019
April 5, 2019 — Members of Fiesta royalty and the San Antonio Fiesta Commission joined more than 1,200 Soldiers a pre-dawn, moderately paced, two-mile run at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston April 5. The U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School Health Readiness Center of Excellence, or AMEDDC&S HRCoE, hosted the annual Viva Fiesta Fun Run. ... MORE

Soldiers assigned to the Health Readiness Center of Excellence stand at ease in formation prior to the pre-dawn 2019 Viva Fiesta Fun Run at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston April 5.

Captains Career Course students graduate with an operational medicine mindset
March 27, 2019 — The graduation of 169 medical officers was a first for the progressively rigorous Army Medicine Captains Career Course at the Army Medical Department Center & School, Health Readiness Center of Excellence at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston March 8... MORE

Brig. Gen. Wendy L. Harter, command surgeon for U.S. Army Forces Command, was the guest speaker for Class 19-191 graduation.

AMEDDC&S, HRCoE commanding general speaks at Army Residence Community
March 21, 2019 — Residents of the Army Residence Community in San Antonio, many of them retired Army medical officers, got to hear from Maj. Gen. Patrick D. Sargent, U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School, Health Readiness Center of Excellence, or AMEDDC&S HRCoE, commander, during the Eagle luncheon March 12... MORE

Maj. Gen. Patrick D. Sargent, U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School, Health Readiness Center of Excellence, or AMEDDC&S HRCoE, commander, addresses Army Residence Community residents March 12.

Army Medicine still starts here at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston
February 1, 2019 — The U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School, Health Readiness Center of Excellence, or AMEDDC&S HRCoE, conducted a transfer of authority ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Jan. 31 to publically recognize their realignment from the U.S. Army Medical Command to the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, or TRADOC, with operational control under the Combined Arms Center, or CAC... MORE

Lt. Gen. Nadja Y. West, The Surgeon General of the U.S. Army and commander, Army Medical Command (right), passes the colors to Lt. Gen. Michael D. Lundy, Commander, Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, while Maj. Gen. Patrick D. Sargent, commanding general, the AMEDDC&S HRCoE (center), looks on.

AMEDDC&S participates at Uzbekistan Preventive Medicine Exchange
January 29, 2019 — The U.S. Army Medical Center & School, Health Readiness Center of Excellence at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston was represented by Lt. Col. Stephen E. Cassle, Food Protection Branch Department of Veterinary Science chief, at the Preventive Medicine Subject Matter Expert Exchange held Dec. 3-7, 2018, at the Central Military Medical Hospital at Tashkent, Uzbekistan... MORE

Lt. Col. Stephen E. Cassle, Food Protection Branch Department of Veterinary Science chief, represented the Army Medical Center & School, Health Readiness Center of Excellence at the Preventive Medicine Subject Matter Expert Exchange at the Central Military Medical Hospital at Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

AMEDDC&S social work student defends world championship bodybuilding title
December 6, 2018 — Three years ago, when Army Capt. Johnny Dotson was a first lieutenant, he was approached by someone at the Fort Leonard Wood (Missouri) main post gym and encouraged to look into becoming a competitive body builder. Though he had never thought of competing, Dotson took the stranger’s suggestion and began the research that propelled him into the competition lifestyle... MORE

Army Capt. Johnny Dotson training at the Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Central Gym.

AMEDDC&S Headquarters Support Company donates 400 pounds of food to needy families
October 30, 2018 — The U.S. Army Medical Center and School, Health Readiness Center of Excellence Headquarters Support Company at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston dropped 400 pounds of food items to the San Antonio Food Bank in support of the annual Feds Feed Families campaign. ... MORE

Sgt. 1st Class Lemuel E. Rodriguez (right)) from the Army Medical Department Board, helps Adam Limon from the San Antonio Food Bank unload food items donated by Army Medical Department Center & School Health Readiness Center of Excellence. In total, more than 700 pounds were donated to the San Antonio Food Bank.

World War II aircrew member posthumously honored at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston
October 4, 2018 — In a ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Oct. 2, the surviving family members of Bobby Joe Younger, a World War II bombardier killed in action in 1944, were presented with Younger’s military awards posthumously received from the Department of the Army... MORE

A portrait by Colin Kimball of Bobby J. Younger, with B-17 and Ball Belly Turret depicted. The family of Younger, a World War II bombardier killed in action in 1944, were presented with Younger’s military awards posthumously received from the Department of the Army.

Maj. Gen. Patrick D. Sargent assumes command of AMEDDC&S
June 1, 2018 — In front of a formation of Soldiers on the MacArthur Parade Field at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Maj. Gen. Patrick D. Sargent assumed command of the U.S. Army Medical Department Center & School, Health Readiness Center of Excellence, from Maj. Gen. Brian C. Lein during a ceremony June 1, hosted by Lt. Gen. Nadja Y. West, Army Surgeon General and commanding general, U.S. Army Medical Command... MORE

(From left) Maj. Gen. Brian C. Lein, outgoing commander, U.S. Army Medical Department Center & School; Lt. Gen. Nadja Y. West, Army Surgeon General and commanding general, U.S. Army Medical Command, and incoming AMEDDC&S commander Maj. Gen. Patrick D. Sargent salute the colors June 1.

AMEDDC&S Veterinary Science Department trains partner nations
January 18, 2018 — Global Health Engagement activities are taking place across every geographic combatant command and include disaster response, humanitarian assistance, military-to-military exchanges of expertise and military-to-civilian collaboration... MORE

Kazak Soldiers learn to field test water samples for contamination during a subject matter expert exchange on “Operational Preventive Medicine in Support of Deploying Forces.”

AMEDDC&S graduate students make impact on military medicine
July 21, 2017 — From caring for patients at treatment facilities to treating servicemembers on the frontlines, students who got their training through the U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School, Health Readiness Center of Excellence Graduate School, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, are contributing and making an impact on military medicine... MORE

Maj. John Davinson (right), Interservice Physician Assistants Program, or IPAP, instructor, speaks to students in the IPAP course