The United States Army Medical Department Center and School: Supporting soldiers into the 21st century

From: Military Medicine | Date: September 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Good afternoon. It is a real pleasure and honor to be here to speak about the AMEDD [Army Medical Department] Center and School and to review a few Army training initiatives. Fort Sam Houston is the home of Army medicine and at any one time we are training 3,000 to 4,000 soldiers to be medics of all kinds. They are a unique group of great young Americans.

I would like to run through a couple of things here for you and then open it up for questions. I'm very proud of what we have [been] doing at Fort Sam [Houston] and the [AMEDD] Center and School. It is probably the largest health training ...

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