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Trainee Health Management Program
Part of Air Force Medical Operations Agency (AFMOA)
Located near: Lackland AFB, Texas
Air Traffic Control Training
Coordinates	29°23′3″N 98°34′52″W
Type	Air Force Base
Site information
Controlled by	United States Air Force
Garrison information
Garrison	Lackland AFB, Joint Base San Antonio

Trainee Health Manangement Program

An Air Force medical program that applies Preventive Medicine (PM) and epidemiologic principles to control disease, reduce injuries, and optimize human performance in the military training environment. The Trainee Health Management Program (THMP) directly supports the Line of the Air Force (LAF) training mission and leadership by ensuring standardized Preventive Medicine and epidemiologic practices are used to promote health and prevent and minimize the impact of injuries and illnesses in AF trainee populations.

Training Populations

The THMP monitors all health events in all military trainees at Air Force Bases. It captures health events in both United States Air Force Basic Military Training (BMT) and Air Force Technical Training programs.

Basic Training

BMT trains 30-45,000 trainees each year. BMT is designed to be both mentally and physically challenging requiring the individual to quickly adjust psychologically to a military way of life.

Technical Training

Air Education and Training Command (AETC) bases, trains enlisted airmen out of basic training in a specific specialty via various "tech schools."

Lackland and Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA) currently has six technical training squadrons on base training multiple airmen in various Air Force Specialty Codes (AFSCs). The 37th TRG supports the following five training squadrons and also trains technical training instructors, military training instructors and military training leaders.

• The 341st TRS trains military working dogs and handlers for the entire Department of Defense and several federal agencies.
• The 342nd TRS trains Pararescuemen, Combat Controllers, Special Operations Weathermen, Tactical Air Control Party, Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) Specialists, Explosive Ordance Disposal AFSC's and teachs a variety of advanced Security Forces courses.
• The 343rd TRS trains airmen to become Security Forces members in a 13 week academy.
• The 344th TRS provides the Enlisted Aircrew Undergraduate Course, Services, all 1A career fields.
• The 345th TRS provides advanced contracting/acquisition, logistics plans, recruiting, supply, and transportation courses.

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References

• Manning, Thomas A. (2005), History of Air Education and Training Command, 1942-2002. Office of History and Research, Headquarters, AETC, Randolph AFB, Texas ASIN: B000NYX3PC