Maj. Gen. Dennis LeMaster, MEDCoE Commanding General,

Maj. Gen. Dennis LeMaster, MEDCoE Commanding General, presents a coin to Spc. Angela Thresher, 68W Combat Medic from Washington State who was identified as the 10,000th Soldier to depart from MEDCoE in a controlled manner as part of the COVID-19 pandemic. She departs JBSA for her follow-on duty assignment at Tripler Army Medical Center in Hawaii. Also pictured are Command Sgt. Maj. Clark Charpentier, MEDCoE Command Sergeant Major, and airplane pilot Crystal Vaughn of Sun Country Charter Airlines.
U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence on February 11, 2021 as they conducted a controlled outbound movement from Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA)- Kelly Field for over 250 Soldiers departing Advanced Individual Training (AIT) in various medical military occupational specialties at JBSA on February 11, 2021.
With this move, the medical education and training institution commemorated the 10,000th AIT Soldier moved in this controlled manner as part of their COVID-19 mitigation measures. All outbound Soldiers who depart the relative safety bubble of the training environment are confirmed COVID-negative. The first controlled movement was nine months ago on April 7, 2020.