Medical Education and Training Campus

Medical Education and Training Campus
Aerial view of a scale model of METC.
Active	2005 – present
Country	United States
Branch	Tri-service
Type	Medical
Role	Training
Garrison/HQ	Fort Sam Houston San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
Website	http://www.metc.mil/
Commanders
Commandant	Rear Admiral William M. Roberts, Commandant,
Insignia

The Medical Education and Training Campus (METC) is a United States Department of Defense (DoD) integrated campus under a single university-style administration, with nearly 50 programs of study available to U.S. military enlisted students. METC is located at Joint Base San Antonio on Fort Sam Houston, Texas with a field training site located at Camp Bullis. Its goal is to "train the world's finest Medics, Corpsmen, and Technicians".

METC's vision is "Train for the Mission...Education for a Lifetime of Service."

METC is the result of 2005 BRAC legislation that required the bulk of enlisted technical medical training in the Army, Air Force, and Navy to be collocated to Fort Sam Houston, Texas with the potential of transitioning to a tri-service education and training effort. Consolidation is expected to result in government savings and makes the campus the largest enlisted military medical education and training facility in the world. I

METC's footprint covers more than 2,000,000 square feet (190,000 m²) on Fort Sam Houston and cost more than $1.2 billion to build and equip. Eleven new facilities have been built including three 1,200-student dormitories, and six existing buildings are undergoing renovations. Construction began July 21, 2008. Three dormitories were built to accommodate Air Force and Navy students. Other facilities include a dining facility, fitness center, five new medical instructional facilities (MIFs), and a Navy and Air Force shared command building. Two other dorms were built nearby for Army students, with one housing technical school students. The dorm rooms themselves were individually constructed offsite at a plant in Belton, Texas and shipped. Each of the five dormitories cost approximately $140 million to complete and will consist of four floors. The dormitories consist of 600 apartment styled dorms on three upper floors while the bottom floor are classrooms and administrative spaces. Due to the unique circumstances of a military dormitory over traditional college dorms (such as noise from aircraft, armored vehicles, and artillery as well as the Army's policies on the amount of floor space allocated per soldier), contractors were forced to find a unique way to deal with the sound. The traditional method of party walls would not work because of the already limited floor space. A new soundproof drywall was used instead to give students as much living space as possible.