JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND – (Feb. 12, 2026) – U.S. Army Spc. Tyler Houchin, assigned to Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio’s Research Services Directorate participated in the annual Soldier, Non-Commission Officer and Officer of the Year Competition hosted by Public Health Command, West (PHC-W). Houchin, of Vine Grove, Ky., was selected as one of the command’s Best Leaders for Fiscal Year 2026. According to PHC-W Commanding Officer U.S. Army Col. Chan Webster, Houchin demonstrated discipline, knowledge, military and tactical skills which distinguished him from amongst his peers. For his extraordinary efforts and commitment to excellence, Houchin was awarded the Army Achievement Medal by Webster at the Military Working Dog Theater. Pictured left to right with Houchin is PHC-W Command Sgt. Maj. Dayton Davis and Webster. Cooperative efforts between PHC-W and NAMRU San Antonio enabled all nominated candidates to endure three days of rigorous, realistic, and action-packed training consisting of a road march, obstacle course, land navigation, Army warrior tasks and battle drills, an oral board, an M17 shooting competition, and a mystery event. NAMRU San Antonio, part of Navy Medicine Research & Development, conducts gap-driven combat casualty care, craniofacial, and directed energy research in support of Navy, Marine Corps and joint U.S. warfighter health readiness and lethality while engaged in routine and expeditionary operations. (Photo by Maj. Benjamin Dixon, NAMRU San Antonio/Released)
| Date Taken: | 02.12.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 02.24.2026 15:26 |
| Photo ID: | 9534685 |
| VIRIN: | 260212-N-ND850-1001 |
| Resolution: | 2100x1500 |
| Size: | 1.01 MB |
| Location: | SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, US |
| Hometown: | VINE GROVE, KENTUCKY, US |
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