United States Army Medical Department Center and School

The U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence (MEDCoE) is located at Fort Sam Houston, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas. MEDCoE comprises the Academy of Health Sciences (AHS), the 32d Medical Brigade, and the AMEDD Noncommissioned Officers Academy (NCOA). MEDCoE enables effective and efficient integration and synchronization of Army Medical Department (AMEDD) Doctrine, Organization, Training, Material, Leadership, Personnel and Facility, and Policy (DOTMLPF-P) development to ensure the latest solutions to any perceived or predicted Army Medicine gaps are documented and incorporated into doctrine and instruction.

Although its institutional lineage dates back to 1920, the present "CoE" was established by permanent order of the Department of the Army in 2018 after realignment from the U.S. Army Medical Command (MEDCOM) to the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), with operational control by the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center (CAC).