1 / 12 Present Caption + Conceal Caption – Public Well being Command-Pacific Commander, Col. Brad Franklin delivers a quick as a part of PHC-P’s “Trident” management offsite in Okinawa, Japan.
Command Groups with Public Well being Command-Pacific joined a number of technical service administrators and key leaders for a momentous and long-awaited “Trident” management offsite at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 10–14, 2023. (U.S. Military picture by Kathryne Gest) (Photograph Credit score: Kathryne Gest) VIEW ORIGINAL 2 / 12 Present Caption + Conceal Caption – Public Well being Command-Pacific Commander, Col. Brad Franklin delivers a quick as a part of PHC-P’s “Trident” management offsite in Okinawa, Japan.
Command Groups with Public Well being Command-Pacific joined a number of technical service administrators and key leaders for a momentous and long-awaited “Trident” management offsite at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 10–14, 2023. (U.S. Military picture by Kathryne Gest) (Photograph Credit score: Kathryne Gest) VIEW ORIGINAL 3 / 12 Present Caption + Conceal Caption – Command Groups with Public Well being Command-Pacific joined a number of technical service administrators and key leaders for a momentous and long-awaited “Trident” management offsite at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 10–14, 2023. (U.S. Military picture by Kathryne Gest) (Photograph Credit score: Kathryne Gest) VIEW ORIGINAL 4 / 12 Present Caption + Conceal Caption – Medical Readiness Command, Pacific Chief of Employees, Col. Edgar Arroyo delivers a quick as a part of Public Well being Command-Pacific’s “Trident” management offsite in Okinawa, Japan.
Command Groups with Public Well being Command-Pacific joined a number of technical service administrators and key leaders for a momentous and long-awaited “Trident” management offsite at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 10–14, 2023. (U.S. Military picture by Kathryne Gest) (Photograph Credit score: Kathryne Gest) VIEW ORIGINAL 5 / 12 Present Caption + Conceal Caption – Command Sgt. Maj. Bradford Webster delivers a quick as a part of Public Well being Command-Pacific’s “Trident” management offsite in Okinawa, Japan.
Command Groups with Public Well being Command-Pacific joined a number of technical service administrators and key leaders for a momentous and long-awaited “Trident” management offsite at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 10–14, 2023. (U.S. Military picture by Kathryne Gest) (Photograph Credit score: Kathryne Gest) VIEW ORIGINAL 6 / 12 Present Caption + Conceal Caption – Public Well being Command-Pacific Veterinary Providers Director, Maj. Meaghan Louis delivers a quick as a part of PHC-P’s “Trident” management offsite in Okinawa, Japan.
Command Groups with Public Well being Command-Pacific joined a number of technical service administrators and key leaders for a momentous and long-awaited “Trident” management offsite at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 10–14, 2023. (U.S. Military picture by Kathryne Gest) (Photograph Credit score: Kathryne Gest) VIEW ORIGINAL 7 / 12 Present Caption + Conceal Caption – Public Well being Command-Pacific Human Well being Director, Col. Ron Cole delivers a quick as a part of PHC-P’s “Trident” management offsite in Okinawa, Japan.
Command Groups with Public Well being Command-Pacific joined a number of technical service administrators and key leaders for a momentous and long-awaited “Trident” management offsite at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 10–14, 2023. (U.S. Military picture by Kathryne Gest) (Photograph Credit score: Kathryne Gest) VIEW ORIGINAL 8 / 12 Present Caption + Conceal Caption – Public Well being Exercise-Hawaii Commander, Lt. Col. Phil Durando delivers a quick as a part of PHC-P’s “Trident” management offsite in Okinawa, Japan.
Command Groups with Public Well being Command-Pacific joined a number of technical service administrators and key leaders for a momentous and long-awaited “Trident” management offsite at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 10–14, 2023. (U.S. Military picture by Kathryne Gest) (Photograph Credit score: Kathryne Gest) VIEW ORIGINAL 9 / 12 Present Caption + Conceal Caption – Public Well being Command-Pacific Commander, Col. Brad Franklin delivers a quick as a part of PHC-P’s “Trident” management offsite in Okinawa, Japan.
Command Groups with Public Well being Command-Pacific joined a number of technical service administrators and key leaders for a momentous and long-awaited “Trident” management offsite at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 10–14, 2023. (U.S. Military picture by Kathryne Gest) (Photograph Credit score: Kathryne Gest) VIEW ORIGINAL 10 / 12 Present Caption + Conceal Caption – Public Well being Exercise-Hawaii Commander, Lt. Col. Phil Durando delivers a quick as a part of PHC-P’s “Trident” management offsite in Okinawa, Japan.
Command Groups with Public Well being Command-Pacific joined a number of technical service administrators and key leaders for a momentous and long-awaited “Trident” management offsite at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 10–14, 2023. (U.S. Military picture by Kathryne Gest) (Photograph Credit score: Kathryne Gest) VIEW ORIGINAL 11 / 12 Present Caption + Conceal Caption – Public Well being Command-Pacific Commander, Col. Brad Franklin delivers a quick as a part of PHC-P’s “Trident” management offsite in Okinawa, Japan.
Command Groups with Public Well being Command-Pacific joined a number of technical service administrators and key leaders for a momentous and long-awaited “Trident” management offsite at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 10–14, 2023. (U.S. Military picture by Kathryne Gest) (Photograph Credit score: Kathryne Gest) VIEW ORIGINAL 12 / 12 Present Caption + Conceal Caption – Lt. Col. Justin Koher delivers a quick as a part of Public Well being Command-Pacific’s “Trident” management offsite in Okinawa, Japan.
Command Groups with Public Well being Command-Pacific joined a number of technical service administrators and key leaders for a momentous and long-awaited “Trident” management offsite at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 10–14, 2023. (U.S. Military picture by Kathryne Gest) (Photograph Credit score: Kathryne Gest) VIEW ORIGINAL
Command Groups with PHC-P joined a number of technical service administrators and key leaders for a momentous and long-awaited “Trident” management offsite at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 10–14, 2023.
This four-day offsite was a historic event, marking the primary in-person occasion like this in latest reminiscence, a hiatus brought on by the COVID-19 Pandemic. The timing of this offsite was significantly important, aligning with latest adjustments in exercise management, as 4 out of six PHC-P Actions welcomed new Command Groups this 12 months.
This gathering was a possibility to facilitate face-to-face interactions amongst senior leaders throughout the command, foster a shared understanding of the PHC-P mission and imaginative and prescient, and guarantee alignment on the essential public well being mission encompassing the strategic Pacific space of operations. This collaborative effort was performed carefully with the Medical Readiness Command, Pacific, represented by its Chief of Employees, Col. Edgar Arroyo, in attendance.
In response to Col. Brad Franklin, PHC-P commander, a major focus of the offsite was “to spotlight how PHC-P helps Joint Drive medical readiness throughout the Indo-Pacific space of accountability with Veterinary Providers and Technical Service Line distinctive capabilities as a part of the PHC-P imaginative and prescient of maximizing readiness by One Well being.”
Franklin additional emphasised the wealth of data and experience inside PHC-P, noting its commendable monitor report in supporting the Joint Drive within the Pacific. He additionally centered on aligning efforts and enhancing communication to bolster help and power well being safety for our warfighters and beneficiaries all through the Division of Protection. These efforts, he underlined, are pivotal to the way forward for Military public well being help to the Joint Drive.
Franklin, alongside Sgt. Maj. Bradford Webster took the chance to spotlight the accomplishments of PHC-P during the last 12 months. These achievements prolonged to particular person troopers who accomplished Grasp Health and Grasp Resiliency Trainings and earned Arctic tabs, Air Assault badges, and Knowledgeable Discipline Medical badges. Franklin famous his dedication to proceed encouraging and highlighting these accomplishments because the command maintains its unwavering give attention to readiness over the following 12 months and past.
Col. Greg Reppas, PHC-P deputy commander, defined the strategic significance of internet hosting the offsite in Okinawa—the primary time a PHC-P offsite occurred throughout the worldwide date line.
“The Trident’s Management Offsite offered a perfect alternative to allow our leaders to bond, find out about INDOPACOM’s complicated mission set, and grapple with the challenges of working on each side of the worldwide date line,” mentioned Reppas. “It was necessary to host the occasion in Okinawa and see firsthand the logistics, communication, and coordination it takes for a command that extends seven time zones and 24 nations below the identical mission of power well being safety within the Pacific to return collectively in a single place and talk about the longer term.”
Following two days of strategic briefs and formative discussions, all attendees participated in a historical past tour centered on the Battle of Okinawa. The tour took them to websites of historic significance, together with the Peace Prayer Park, Okinawa Conflict Museum, Japanese Naval HQ Underground, and Hacksaw Ridge.
“Okinawa was the final main floor battle in World Conflict II, drastically impacting its ultimate chapter,” mentioned Webster. “The PHC-P command groups walked the identical battlefields and noticed the challenges that the Troopers and Marines confronted preventing on a decided enemy on a Pacific island.”
He added, “Our Command groups had been ready to attract parallels to potential future drawback units and see that lots of the challenges confronted on Okinawa are nonetheless related on in the present day and tomorrow’s battlefield.”
PHC-P permits readiness by offering forward-stationed, geographically postured medical forces to preserve the preventing energy by the availability of power well being safety and veterinary companies to the joint power, households, and beneficiaries all through USINDOPACOM.