The Practical Nurse Course is a 52-week training program conducted in three phases. Phase I is 8 weeks in length and is conducted at the U.S. Army Academy of Health Sciences (AHS), Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Phases II and III are a total of 44 weeks in length and are conducted at one of five designated MTFs in the continental United States (CONUS). Phase II sites are:

a Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

b. Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, Georgia.

c. Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC.

d. Madigan Army Medical Center, Fort Lewis, Washington.

e. William Beaumont Army Medical Center, Fort Bliss, Texas.