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News | May 23, 2024

BAMC team wins Best Squad, Best Leader, Best Soldier at MRC, W competition

By Lori Newman

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas  –   Medical Readiness Command, West held its Best Leader, Best Squad competition May 13-17.

This year, MRC, W teamed up with the Medical Center of Excellence to hold the first consolidated competition where the competitors could also earn their Expert Field Medical Badge and the German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge.

Army Brig. Gen. E. Darrin Cox, MRC, W commanding general, praised the BAMC, MRC, W and MEDCoE staffs for “going above and beyond” to make the combined effort a success.

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News | May 23, 2024

BAMC team wins Best Squad, Best Leader, Best Soldier at MRC, W competition

By Lori Newman

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas  –   Medical Readiness Command, West held its Best Leader, Best Squad competition May 13-17.

This year, MRC, W teamed up with the Medical Center of Excellence to hold the first consolidated competition where the competitors could also earn their Expert Field Medical Badge and the German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge.

Army Brig. Gen. E. Darrin Cox, MRC, W commanding general, praised the BAMC, MRC, W and MEDCoE staffs for “going above and beyond” to make the combined effort a success.

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