MEDCoE conducts casing ceremony symbolizing return to one training brigade configuration
Maj. Gen. Dennis LeMaster, U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence (MEDCoE) commanding general, looks on as Col. Shannon Shaw, the chief of the department of leader training at MEDCoE and the final Medical Professional Training Brigade (MPTB) commander, along Command Sgt. Maj. Gilberto Colon, the 32nd Medical Brigade command sergeant major and representing the MPTB, fold the unit colors at the MPTB casing ceremony on April 20, 2022 Joint Base San Antonio- Fort Sam Houston, Texas. The MPTB was deactivated in 2021 following MEDCoE realignment under the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command with the final discontinuation by Headquarters, Department of the Army, however, operations tempo and the COVID19 pandemic delayed the casing ceremony.
