MEDCoE hosts new TRADOC commander

By Tish WilliamsonNovember 23, 2022

MEDCoE hosts new TRADOC commander
1 / 6 Show Caption + Hide Caption – General Gary Brito, commanding general, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, shakes hands with Maj. Gen. Michael Talley, commanding general, U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence (MEDCoE), and Command Sgt. Maj. Victor J. Laragione, MEDCoE Command Sergeant Major, as he begins a tour of MEDCoE on November 22, 2022 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Brito had the opportunity to meet senior leaders where he received a detailed command briefing and afterwards toured several training programs. (Photo Credit: Jose Rodriguez) VIEW ORIGINAL
MEDCoE hosts new TRADOC commander
2 / 6 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Maj. Gen. Michael Talley, commanding general, U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence (MEDCoE), discuses the MEDCoE Interservice Physician assistant Program with General Gary Brito, commander U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) on November 22, 2022 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Brito assumed duties as the 18th TRADOC Commanding General on September 8, 2022 and took the opportunity to visit MEDCoE where he met with senior leaders and received a detailed command briefing and afterwards toured several training programs. (Photo Credit: Jose Rodriguez) VIEW ORIGINAL
MEDCoE hosts new TRADOC commander
3 / 6 Show Caption + Hide Caption – General Gary Brito, commanding general, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, is briefed by Lt. Col. Nadia Pearson, U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence (MEDCoE) command surgeon and chief, Department of Operational Medicine on the way to tour the Critical Care Flight Paramedic Program, November 22, 2022 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Pictured, left to right, Maj. Gen. Michael Talley, MEDCoE commanding general, Brito, and Pearson. (Photo Credit: Jose Rodriguez) VIEW ORIGINAL
MEDCoE hosts new TRADOC commander
4 / 6 Show Caption + Hide Caption – General Gary Brito, commanding general, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, talks with students attending the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence (MEDCoE) Combat Paramedic Course at Fort Sam Houston Texas on November 22, 2022. Brito assumed duties as the 18th TRADOC Commanding General on September 8, 2022 and took the opportunity to visit MEDCoE where he met with senior leaders and received a detailed command briefing and afterwards toured several training programs. (Photo Credit: Jose Rodriguez) VIEW ORIGINAL
MEDCoE hosts new TRADOC commander
5 / 6 Show Caption + Hide Caption – During a visit to the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence (MEDCoE) Combat Flight Paramedic training classroom General Gary Brito, commanding general, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (far right) talks to students on November 22, 2022 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas while accompanied by Maj. Gen. Michael Talley, commanding general, MEDCoE, pictured next to Brito. He asked the students about the course and their professional experience. Brito was at MEDCoE for a day long visit where he met with senior leaders and received a detailed command briefing and afterwards toured several training programs. (Photo Credit: Jose Rodriguez) VIEW ORIGINAL
MEDCoE hosts new TRADOC commander
6 / 6 Show Caption + Hide Caption – After a working lunch at the Fort Sam Houston Dinning Facility General Gary Brito, commanding general, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, poses for a group photo with senior leaders of the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence (MEDCoE) on November 22, 2022. While on a tour of MEDCoE Brito took time during his busy schedule to meet with the senior leaders where he discussed on-going advancements in the Army, his command philosophy, and provided guidance on professional development and career paths. (Photo Credit: Jose Rodriguez) VIEW ORIGINAL

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas –Commanding General, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), Gen. Gary Brito, visits the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence (MEDCoE), Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, November 22, 2022. The visit was hosted by the MEDCoE Commanding General, Maj. Gen. Michael Talley.

“This is not my first visit to San Antonio, but this is my first visit to MEDCoE,” said Brito, who assumed command of TRADOC on September 8 at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia.

According to Brito, who entered active duty as an infantry officer in 1987, his exposure to the Army Medical Department in past operational assignments makes him appreciate the MEDCoE mission of training and educating the Army’s medical professionals.

“I have nothing but love and deep respect for the field and what you bring to combat readiness,” said Brito.

Brito is the 18th TRADOC commanding general. He is responsible for developing, managing, and executing manpower and personnel plans, programs, and policies for the total Army. His purview includes more than 750,000 Soldiers and service members in 32 Army schools organized under 10 centers of excellence. MEDCoE, the command’s newest center of excellence, began realignment from the U.S. Army Medical Command (MEDCOM) to TRADOC in 2018, though not official until October 2, 2019.

Discussing the MEDCoE’s current mission, Brito told the group that the medical, cyber, and logistics centers of excellence “touch every single modernization effort across the Army,” from his perspective, when looking through the lens of Field Manual 3-0: Operations and the Army of 2030.

The U.S. Army Combined Arms Center (USACAC) is the proponent of the new field manual that was published October 2022 and focuses on multi-domain operations. USACAC is one of five subordinate commands under TRADOC and exercises operational control of the MEDCoE.

During his visit, Brito met with over two dozen MEDCoE, U.S. Army North (Fifth Army), and Medical Education and Training Campus key leaders. He was briefed on the methods that allow nearly 3,000 permanent party personnel to effectively train and educate nearly 32,000 medical professionals annually. Brito also received a command overview brief, toured facilities at the Critical Care Flight Paramedic, Interservice Physician Assistant, and Physical Therapy programs. Brito ended the visit with lunch attended by over a dozen MEDCoE commanders, sergeants major, and program directors at the Rocco Dining Facility.

“This was a very helpful and educational brief,” Brito told Tally after the command brief, commenting on the center’s “massive lane” and breadth and depth of the mission.

After the visit, Talley, who assumed command of the MEDCoE June 23, told leaders that Brito was planning a return visit to the MEDCOE soon so that he could experience firsthand some of the unique medical training conducted at Fort Sam Houston.

Talley said, “General Brito left with a greater appreciation for both MEDCoE’s importance to the Army and the dedicated people who make up this great institution.”

To learn more about the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence, visit https://medcoe.army.mil/.