JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (Jan. 25, 2024) – Force Master Chief PatrickPaul Mangaran, director, Hospital Corps, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED), speaks to Sailors enrolled in a Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) Course at the Navy Medicine Training Support Center’s (NMTSC) Hospital Corpsman Basic “A” School at the Defense Health Agency’s (DHA) Medical Training and Education Campus (METC). NMTSC is the Navy component command that provides initial training for thousands of Sailors, annually, through the Hospital Corpsman Basic “A” School and follow on training at Advanced Specialty “C” Schools. (U.S. Navy photo by Burrell Parmer, NMFSC Public Affairs/Released)

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (Jan. 25, 2024) – Force Master Chief PatrickPaul Mangaran, director, Hospital Corps, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED), speaks to Sailors enrolled in a Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) Course at the Navy Medicine Training Support Center’s (NMTSC) Hospital Corpsman Basic “A” School at the Defense Health Agency’s (DHA) Medical Training and Education Campus (METC). NMTSC is the Navy component command that provides initial training for thousands of Sailors, annually, through the Hospital Corpsman Basic “A” School and follow on training at Advanced Specialty “C” Schools. (U.S. Navy photo by Burrell Parmer, NMFSC Public Affairs/Released)

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (Jan. 25, 2024) – Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Eddie Martinez (left), of Riverside, Calif., a Hospital Corpsman Basic “A” School instructor assigned to Navy Medicine Training Support Center (NMTSC), gives a tour of facilities to Force Master Chief PatrickPaul Mangaran, director, Hospital Corps, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) at the Defense Health Agency’s (DHA) Medical Training and Education Campus (METC). NMTSC is the Navy component command that provides initial training for thousands of Sailors, annually, through the Hospital Corpsman Basic “A” School and follow on training at Advanced Specialty “C” Schools. (U.S. Navy photo by Burrell Parmer, NMFSC Public Affairs/Released)

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (Jan. 25, 2024) – Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Carl Norman (left), of Alexandria, Va., a Hospital Corpsman Basic “A” School instructor assigned to Navy Medicine Training Support Center (NMTSC), gives a tour of facilities gives a tour of facilities to Force Master Chief PatrickPaul Mangaran, director, Hospital Corps, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) at the Defense Health Agency’s (DHA) Medical Training and Education Campus (METC). NMTSC is the Navy component command that provides initial training for thousands of Sailors, annually, through the Hospital Corpsman Basic “A” School and follow on training at Advanced Specialty “C” Schools. (U.S. Navy photo by Burrell Parmer, NMFSC Public Affairs/Released)

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (Jan. 25, 2024) – Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Carl Norman, of Alexandria, Va., a Hospital Corpsman Basic “A” School instructor assigned to Navy Medicine Training Support Center (NMTSC), gives a tour of facilities gives a tour of facilities to Force Master Chief PatrickPaul Mangaran, director, Hospital Corps, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) at the Defense Health Agency’s (DHA) Medical Training and Education Campus (METC). NMTSC is the Navy component command that provides initial training for thousands of Sailors, annually, through the Hospital Corpsman Basic “A” School and follow on training at Advanced Specialty “C” Schools. (U.S. Navy photo by Burrell Parmer, NMFSC Public Affairs/Released)

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (Jan. 25, 2024) – Capt. Paul Allen, commanding officer, Navy Medicine Training Support Center (NMTSC), briefs Force Master Chief PatrickPaul Mangaran, director, Hospital Corps, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED), and staff, during Mangaran’s visit to the NMTSC headquarters. Topics of discussion included, but not limited to, barracks occupancy, quality of life for students, and accessions from the Fleet vs Hospital Corpsman Basic “A” School. After receiving a briefing, Mangaran and his team received a tour of facilities. NMTSC is the Navy component command that provides initial training for thousands of Sailors, annually, through the Hospital Corpsman Basic “A” School and follow on training at Advanced Specialty “C” Schools. (U.S. Navy photo by Burrell Parmer, NMFSC Public Affairs/Released)

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (Jan. 25, 2024) – Force Master Chief PatrickPaul Mangaran, director, Hospital Corps, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED), joined by Master Chiefs Hospital Corpsman Hansen LaFoucade, deputy director, Hospital Corps and Leslie Giuy, lead hospital corpsman planner, met with leadership of Navy Medicine Training Support Center (NMTSC). Topics of discussion included, but not limited to, barracks occupancy, quality of life for students, and accessions from the Fleet vs Hospital Corpsman Basic “A” School. After receiving a briefing, Mangaran and his team received a tour of facilities. NMTSC is the Navy component command that provides initial training for thousands of Sailors, annually, through the Hospital Corpsman Basic “A” School and follow on training at Advanced Specialty “C” Schools. (U.S. Navy photo by Burrell Parmer, NMFSC Public Affairs/Released)

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (Jan. 25, 2024) – Hospital Corpsman 1st Alex Flowers (right), of Chicago, a physical therapy technician assigned to Navy Medicine Training Support Center (NMTSC), gives a tour of facilities to Force Master Chief PatrickPaul Mangaran, director, Hospital Corps, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) at the Defense Health Agency’s (DHA) Medical Training and Education Campus (METC). NMTSC is the Navy component command that provides initial training for thousands of Sailors, annually, through the Hospital Corpsman Basic “A” School and follow on training at Advanced Specialty “C” Schools. (U.S. Navy photo by Burrell Parmer, NMFSC Public Affairs/Released)