April is Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month! In order to promote awareness, the 18th MEDCOM (DS) will host a one mile Take Back the Night walk starting in the Aliamanu Military Reservation (AMR) Community Center.
This event will include the 25th ID Jazz Band, information booths and refreshments for the children. Bring your flashlights and stand together and refuse to be silent about sexual violence!
18th MEDCOM (DS) Empowers Leaders in the Hawaii Army National Guard Youth Program KAPOLEI, Hawaii--The 18th Medical Command (Deployment Support) Chaplain, Lt. Col. Steven Jones, supported the Hawaii Army National Guard Youth Challenge Program at Barbers Point by teaching the cadre and staff about different approaches to leadership development, January 12-16, 2015. |
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18th MEDCOM (DS) focuses on important topics during family fun run, walk
FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii--The 18th Medical Command
(Deployment Support) raised awareness of the Health Promotion and Risk
Reduction/ Suicide team, the Sexual Harassment and Assault Response Program, and
the U.S. Army Office of the Surgeon General’s performance triad with a Family
fun run, walk on Fort Shafter, April 12, 2014. |
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18th MEDCOM (DS) EFMB Graduate: Capt. Micah Sturgeon SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii— The Expert Field Medical
Badge (EFMB) is a peacetime badge equivalent to the Combat Medical Badge and is
a prestigious honor for Soldiers in the medical services profession. |
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18th Medical Command (Deployment Support) participates in Radford High School's 2nd Annual Health Fair HONOLULU— The 18th Medical Command (Deployment
Support) participated in the Radford High School’s second annual health fair as
part of the unit’s community outreach program, Feb. 13, 2014. |
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HONOLULU— The 124th Medical Detachment (Optometry) unit’s guidon was cased during a deactivation ceremony at Fort DeRussy Oct. 7. The 124th Med. Det. deactivated due to ongoing force realignment occurring throughout the U.S. Army.
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U.S. Forces Partner with Sri Lanka for Mine Training Program VAVUNIYA, Sri Lanka--For nine months, U.S. servicemembers in the Army, Navy and Air Force supported and carried out the 18th Medical Command (Deployment Support)’s humanitarian demining mission on the creation and implementation of a course to make Sri Lanka landmine free. |
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Combating Stress Even though the Army Wide Suicide Awareness stand down in September last year was months ago, Soldiers need to understand there is still a lot of help to fight thoughts of suicide. Stress affects all of us and health problems like sleep difficulties, depression, and anxiety are extremely common. …read more |
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FORT SHAFTER – Family members and Soldiers of the 18th Medical Command (Deployment Support) learned what each other’s different personalities may be and how to coop with without shutting each other out during Strong Bonds Family Training at the Hilton Hawaii Village Waikiki Beach Resort Nov. 30 – Dec. 2. |
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Only a
few medical Soldiers earn the Army’s prestigious badge
Schofield, Barracks – Out of 170, only 46 U.S. Army Pacific medical Soldiers received the Army’s coveted Expert Field Medical Badge during a ceremony, here, 8 Nov. After a two week train-up and test period from 28 Oct. – 8 Nov., the remaining Soldiers ran onto the field during a badge ceremony to represent a passing rate of 27% of the candidates this year. Only 17% obtained the badge in 2010. |
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Medical experts preparing test for prestigious badge
Schofield Barracks, Hawaii (October 22, 2012) – A team of Army medics are
getting ready for an intense five-day evaluation that will test the knowledge of
medical Soldiers from throughout the Pacific Theater as they strive to earn the
Expert Field Medical Badge, one of the Army’s most coveted badges to earn,
during U.S. Army Pacific’s EFMB testing, here, 3-8 Nov. |
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Soldier’s love for golf propels her to compete Fort Jackson, S.C. – Golf players, like most sports players, go through many different emotions like frustration, joy, and anger while out on the course. Col. Shauna Snyder, human resources chief, 18th Medical Command (Deployment Support), U.S. Army Pacific coolly ran that gamut of emotions and the result was pure joy as she defended her title and finished in first place at the All Army Golf trials competition on the Fort Jackson, S.C Wildcat golf course 3 Oct. |
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U.S. Army Pacific Soldiers share medical first responder experience Manila, Philippines (September 19, 2012) – Medics, nurses, doctors and infantry soldiers from the Philippine army met with 18th Medical Command (Deployment Support) and Tripler Army Medical Center medical Soldiers in the first U.S. Army Pacific and Philippine army medical first responder subject matter expert exchange, here, 17-21 Sept. |
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18th MEDCOM (DS) demonstrates lead medical role during USARPAC MEDEX 2012 Sagamihara, Japan – U.S. Army Pacific’s Medical Exercise 2012 came to a close after a busy week, here, 2 Sept., but efforts to help make it a success were made by 18th Medical Command (Deployment Support), USARPACs lead medical command began months prior. |
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Expert exchange allows Experience, Expertise, and Culture
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PRMC inducts newest
Sergeant Audie Murphy Club member
Pacific Regional Medical Command, Hawaii – Staff Sgt. Taysia Jackson, paralegal, 18th MEDCOM (DS) is inducted into the PRMC Sergeant Audie Murphy Club in the Kieser Auditorium at Tripler Army Medical Center 3 July. Jackson becomes the newest member of the branches club. |
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Many moving pieces to Exercise Tendon Valiant 2012 In addition to joining clinics and assisting with local personnel that attend, a new process was added to the regular events of the six day multi-national Medical Readiness Training Exercise known as Tendon Valiant 2012 led by 18th Medical Command (Deployment Support), and US Army Pacific, Surgeon’s office and hosted by the Indonesian National Armed Forces - Tentara National Indonesia 18-23 June. |
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