MEDCoE recognizes their best on Army’s 247th birthday

U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence (MEDCoE) Commanding General, Maj. Gen. Dennis LeMaster, left, presents an award and command coin for excellence to the 2022 MEDCoE Drill Sergeant of the Year Sgt Patrick Vela, right, as Command Sgt. Maj. Clark Charpentier assists during the “Best of the Best” award and cake cutting ceremony at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston, on the Army’s 247th Birthday, June 14, 2022. Vela is now eligible to go on to compete in the 2022 U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command Drill Sergeant of the Year Competition.