A hammerhead worm makes its way along pavement on Camp
A hammerhead worm makes its way along pavement on Camp Zama, Japan, July 17, 2020. Photo by Dustin Perry, U.S. Army Garrison Japan Public Affairs
Pfc. Jamall Kennedy prepares a MRE to be opened and
Pfc. Jamall Kennedy prepares a MRE to be opened and inspected during an interactive training inspection day, Dec. 6. The training event was hosted by Public Health Activity-Ft. Lewis.
Sgt. Thea Dougher, Marine Corps Base Hawaii food inspection
Sgt. Thea Dougher, Marine Corps Base Hawaii food inspection sergeant, walks through an arch of crossed swords to officially become a member of the NCO Corps during an NCO Induction Ceremony, March 13, 2020, in ... More
One Health Week highlights comprehensive public health concept
Observed during Nov. 2-9, One Health Week strives to raise awareness around the world to highlight the need for comprehensive public health using the One Health concept. The One Health concept explains the conn... More
Capt. John Eads, chief medical entomologist for Public
Capt. John Eads, chief medical entomologist for Public Health Command-Pacific, holds beetle specimens at the command’s headquarters at Camp Zama, Japan, July 10, 2020.
Lt. Col. Gerald Kellar, acting chief of the Public
Lt. Col. Gerald Kellar, acting chief of the Public Health Command-Pacific COVID-19 Testing Surveillance Program at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, explains the command’s new COVID-19 pooled testing proce... More
Lt. Col. Hee Kim, Public Health Command-Pacific chief
Lt. Col. Hee Kim, Public Health Command-Pacific chief of Operations, speaks to audience members during his promotion ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Jan. 24, 2020. Kim represents one of 59 E... More
Capt. Galina Pate, a U.S. Army Veterinary Corps First-Year
Capt. Galina Pate, a U.S. Army Veterinary Corps First-Year Graduate Veterinary Education program intern with Public Health Activity-Fort Lewis, presents a capstone project to members of Public Health Command-Pa... More
Spc. Miguel Lucio, left, an animal care specialist
Spc. Miguel Lucio, left, an animal care specialist assigned to the Camp Zama Veterinary Treatment Facility, holds Layla, a beagle, during an appointment at the facility at Camp Zama, Japan, Aug. 25.
Sgt. Marissa Henson, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam
Sgt. Marissa Henson, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Branch food inspection sergeant, walks through an arch of crossed swords to officially become a member of the NCO Corps during an NCO Induction Ceremony, Marc... More
Spc. Darius Torres, of Littlefield, Texas, a medical
Spc. Darius Torres, of Littlefield, Texas, a medical laboratory technician assigned to Public Health Command-Pacific, demonstrates command’s new COVID-19 pooled testing procedures to Brig. Gen. Jack M. Davis, c... More
Public Healthy Activity – Hawaii held their first ever
Public Healthy Activity – Hawaii held their first ever NCO Induction Ceremony in conjunction with Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion U.S. Army Pacific, March 13, 2020, in the Richardson Theater on Fort Sha... More
Keeping your pets safe this Easter
While Easter weekend can be a fun time for children, it can be a dangerous time for pets. Many pet owners are often unaware of the dangers that lurk this time of year. According to the American Society for the ... More
Raquel Duran, Tripler Army Medical Center senior registered
Raquel Duran, Tripler Army Medical Center senior registered nurse, draws blood from the arm of Sgt. Trevor Johnson, noncommissioned officer in charge of the Marine Corps Base Hawaii Veterinary Section, at TAMC,... More
Sgt. Garry Sutton, Schofield Barracks Branch food inspection
Sgt. Garry Sutton, Schofield Barracks Branch food inspection sergeant, walks through an arch of crossed swords to officially become a member of the NCO Corps during an NCO Induction Ceremony, March 13, 2020, in... More
Capt. John Eads, chief medical entomologist for Public
Capt. John Eads, chief medical entomologist for Public Health Command-Pacific, holds a Japanese rhinoceros beetle named Petri at the command’s headquarters at Camp Zama, Japan, July 10, 2020.
Slowing the spread of COVID-19 in Hawaii military communities
As part of a joint public health working group, DoD public health officials have been working to train service members and civilian employees on how to conduct contact tracing on Oahu to help slow the spread of... More
Capt. Austin Leedy, officer in charge of Camp Pendleton
Capt. Austin Leedy, officer in charge of Camp Pendleton Branch Veterinary Services, sews together a cloth face covering at the Camp Pendleton Branch Veterinary clinic, April 11, 2020. In response to the COVID-1... More
Sgt. Nicholas Taussig, left, and Sgt. Michael Johnson
Sgt. Nicholas Taussig, left, and Sgt. Michael Johnson treat a simulated military working dog casualty during the CSM Jack L. Clark Jr. Army Best Medic Competition at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Sept. ... More
1st Sgt. Florentino Lerma, first sergeant of Public
1st Sgt. Florentino Lerma, first sergeant of Public Health Activity-San Diego, sews together a cloth face covering at the Camp Pendleton Branch Veterinary clinic, April 11, 2020. In response to the COVID-19 pan... More
What you need to know about measles
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine is the best protection against the measles virus. The CDC reports that two doses of the MMR vaccine provides 97 perc... More
A group of soldiers work together to visually inspect
A group of soldiers work together to visually inspect MREs during an interactive training inspection day, Dec. 6. The training event was hosted by Public Health Activity-Ft. Lewis.
Dr. (Capt.) Mary McLean, right, officer in charge of
Dr. (Capt.) Mary McLean, right, officer in charge of the Camp Zama Veterinary Treatment Facility, examines Roxy, a shepherd mix, as Cpl. Madison Green, an animal care specialist assigned to the facility, assist... More
Beale Veterinary Treatment Facility employees help keep local family s...
Dr. Heather Graves and Virginia Prieto, both employees at the Beale Veterinary Treatment Facility, stand together in front of the facility, on Beale Air Force Base, California, May 15, 2020. Graves and Prieto h... More
Maj. Bradley Kearney, a biochemist and former Public
Maj. Bradley Kearney, a biochemist and former Public Health Command-Pacific Laboratory Sciences director, accepts the 4th Quarter Wolf Pack Award on behalf of SARS Team Six during a virtual ceremony Jan. 20, 20... More
Cloth face coverings created by members of Public Health
Cloth face coverings created by members of Public Health Activity-San Diego at the Camp Pendleton Branch Veterinary clinic, April 11, 2020. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and Secretary of Defense guidance... More
Army veterinary food inspectors keep Sailors safe at sea
Sgt. Naim Chisolm, a veterinary food inspection specialist from Public Health Activity-Guam, at Naval Base Guam, Guam, Aug. 11, 2020. Chisolm recently participated in the U.S. Army Public Health Command's Ship ... More
What you need to know to slow the spread of COVID-19 in Hawaii
(U.S. Army graphic by Amber E. N. Kurka)
Lt. Col. Fredrick Davidson, Public Health Command-Pacific
Lt. Col. Fredrick Davidson, Public Health Command-Pacific Human Health Services director, and Maj. Jean Rubanick, PHC-P Animal Health Operations chief, talk to a Soldier about the importance of One Health Week ... More
From left, Lt. Col. Gerald Kellar; Command Sgt. Maj.
From left, Lt. Col. Gerald Kellar; Command Sgt. Maj. Abuoh Neufville, command sergeant major, Regional Health Command-Pacific; Brig. Gen. Jack M. Davis, commanding general, RHC-P; Milagros Sola, a microbiologis... More
Cpl. Madison Green, right, an animal care specialist
Cpl. Madison Green, right, an animal care specialist assigned to the Camp Zama Veterinary Treatment Facility, greets Layla, a beagle, at the clinic at Camp Zama, Japan, Aug. 25. Carolina Chong, Layla’s owner, a... More
A Soldier, from Public Health Activity – San Diego,
A Soldier, from Public Health Activity – San Diego, lifts weights during the deadlift event of the Army Combat Fitness Test at Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii, March 2, 2019. This week, Public Health Comma... More
Capt. John Eads, chief medical entomologist for Public
Capt. John Eads, chief medical entomologist for Public Health Command-Pacific, holds an Oriental odd tooth snake under rehabilitation at the command’s headquarters at Camp Zama, Japan, July 10, 2020.
Capt. Morgan Pate, a U.S. Army Veterinary Corps First-Year
Capt. Morgan Pate, a U.S. Army Veterinary Corps First-Year Graduate Veterinary Education program intern with Public Health Activity-Fort Lewis, was one of three FYGVE interns from PHA-FL that developed a compre... More
Capt. Peri Salazar, a U.S. Army Veterinary Corps First-Year
Capt. Peri Salazar, a U.S. Army Veterinary Corps First-Year Graduate Veterinary Education program intern with Public Health Activity-Fort Lewis, was one of three FYGVE interns from PHA-FL that developed a compr... More
Col. Ronald Burke, Public Health Command-Pacific deputy
Col. Ronald Burke, Public Health Command-Pacific deputy commander, and Mirka Kim, wife of Lt. Col. Hee Kim, Public Health Command-Pacific chief of Operations, pins on the rank of lieutenant colonel to Hee Kim d... More
Sgt. Patric Berry, Fort Shafter Branch animal care
Sgt. Patric Berry, Fort Shafter Branch animal care sergeant, walks through an arch of crossed swords to officially become a member of the NCO Corps during an NCO Induction Ceremony, March 13, 2020, in the Richa... More
Lt. Col. Gerald Kellar, acting chief of the Public
Lt. Col. Gerald Kellar, acting chief of the Public Health Command-Pacific Testing Surveillance Program at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, explains the command’s new COVID-19 pooled testing procedures to B... More
PHA-Fort Lewis hosts quarterly zoonotic disease meeting at JBLM
Designees from multiple state and local government offices participated in an April 23, quarterly zoonotic disease meeting hosted by Public Health Activity – Fort Lewis, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. Parti... More
Sgt. Adam Tucker, Public Health Activity – Guam food
Sgt. Adam Tucker, Public Health Activity – Guam food inspector, throws a ball over his head during the standing power throw event of the Army Combat Fitness Test at Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii, March 2,... More
PHC-P Soldier recognized as 2020 MEDCOM Exceptional SARC
Maj. Ran Du, Public Health Command-Pacific's sexual assault response coordinator, was recognized as the 2020 Medical Command Exceptional SARC on May 7, 2020. For two years Du has worked as the PHC-P SARC. Durin... More
Army veterinary food inspectors keep Sailors safe at sea
Sgt. Naim Chisolm, Sgt. Mariah Flores, Sgt. Shauna Bihlmaier and Sgt. Anthony Rodriguez, veterinary food inspection specialists from Public Health Activity-Guam, at Naval Base Guam, Guam, Aug. 11, 2020. Recentl... More
Members of the National Science Foundation inventory
Members of the National Science Foundation inventory boxes of frozen foods at Palmer Station, Antarctica, October 2019. The boxes of food were inspected by U.S. Army Public Health Command-Pacific veterinary foo... More
Seven Soldiers from Public Healthy Activity – Hawaii
Seven Soldiers from Public Healthy Activity – Hawaii and Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion U.S. Army Pacific were honored during a joint unit NCO Induction Ceremony, March 13, 2020, in the Richardson Thea... More
Lt. Col. Matthew Levine, commander of Public Health
Lt. Col. Matthew Levine, commander of Public Health Activity-Japan, presented representatives of SARS Team Six, Maj. Bradley Kearney, a biochemist and former Public Health Command-Pacific Laboratory Sciences di... More
Roxy, center, a shepherd mix, arrives at the Camp Zama
Roxy, center, a shepherd mix, arrives at the Camp Zama Veterinary Treatment Facility, for an appointment with Layla, a beagle, at Camp Zama, Japan, Aug. 25. Cpl. Madison Green, back left, an animal care special... More
Milagros Sola, a microbiologist with Pubic Health
Milagros Sola, a microbiologist with Pubic Health Command-Pacific, works with ribonucleic acid, or RNA, while demonstrating the command’s new COVID-19 pooled testing procedures to Brig. Gen. Jack M. Davis, comm... More
Spc. Darius Torres, of Littlefield, Texas, a medical
Spc. Darius Torres, of Littlefield, Texas, a medical laboratory technician assigned to Public Health Activity-Fort Lewis, polls and extracts ribonucleic acid, or RNA, while demonstrating the command’s new COVID... More
Workers unload crates of food from a shipping container
Workers unload crates of food from a shipping container at Palmer Station, Antarctica, October 2019. The crates of food were inspected by U.S. Army Public Health Command-Pacific veterinary food safety officers ... More
A group of fungus gnat larvae make their way across
A group of fungus gnat larvae make their way across a walkway on Sagamihara Family Housing Area, Japan, July 5, 2020.
Army veterinary food inspectors keep Sailors safe at sea
Sgt. Anthony Rodriguez, a veterinary food inspection specialist from Public Health Activity-Guam, at Naval Base Guam, Guam, Aug. 11, 2020. Rodriguez recently participated in the U.S. Army Public Health Command'... More
Spc. Jasnine Montana, Tripler Army Medical Center laboratory
Spc. Jasnine Montana, Tripler Army Medical Center laboratory technician, has Sgt. Trevor Johnson, noncommissioned officer in charge of the Marine Corps Base Hawaii Veterinary Section, fill out consent forms to ... More
Maj. Ran Du, Public Health Command-Pacific Environmental
Maj. Ran Du, Public Health Command-Pacific Environmental Health and Engineering chief, provides posters to Maj. Chris Hinnerichs, 25th Infantry Division chief of Preventive Medicine, as part of One Health Week ... More
A Japanese land snail from the Genus Euhadra moves
A Japanese land snail from the Genus Euhadra moves on Camp Zama, Japan, July 18, 2020. Photo by Dustin Perry, U.S. Army Garrison Japan Public Affairs
World Rabies Day: How military communities can help end rabies
World Rabies Day: How military communities can help end rabies (U.S. Army Graphic by Amber Kurka)
Pone Manoa, Tripler Army Medical Center registered
Pone Manoa, Tripler Army Medical Center registered nurse, prepares the arm of Sgt. Trevor Johnson, noncommissioned officer in charge of the Marine Corps Base Hawaii Veterinary Section, to donate blood platelets... More
Lt. Col. Frederick Davidson, Public Health Command-Pacific
Lt. Col. Frederick Davidson, Public Health Command-Pacific Human Health Services director, presents Lt. Col. Hee Kim, PHC-P chief of Operations, the Order of Military Medical Merit medallion at Joint Base Pearl... More
Capt. Austin Leedy, veterinary food safety officer
Capt. Austin Leedy, veterinary food safety officer from Public Health Activity-San Diego, carries a box of frozen foods out of a shipping container at Palmer Station, Antarctica, October 2019. U.S. Army Public ... More
Layla, a beagle, sniffs Spc. Stacey Martin, noncommissioned
Layla, a beagle, sniffs Spc. Stacey Martin, noncommissioned officer in charge of the Camp Zama Veterinary Treatment Facility, as she clips the nails of Roxy, a shepherd mix, during an appointment at the facilit... More
Halloween pet safety in Hawaii, HONOLULU, HAWAII
Halloween is right around the corner, and while it may be the spookiest night of the year for people, always remember to keep your four-legged friends safe. (U.S. Army Graphic by Amber Kurka)
Sgt. Nicholas Taussig, left, and Sgt. Michael Johnson
Sgt. Nicholas Taussig, left, and Sgt. Michael Johnson treat a simulated military working dog casualty during the CSM Jack L. Clark Jr. Army Best Medic Competition at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Sept. ... More
Army veterinary food inspectors keep Sailors safe at sea
Sgt. Shauna Bihlmaier, a veterinary food inspection specialist from Public Health Activity-Guam, at Naval Base Guam, Guam, Aug. 11, 2020. Bihlmaier recently participated in the U.S. Army Public Health Command's... More
Army veterinary food inspectors keep Sailors safe at sea
Sgt. Mariah Flores, a veterinary food inspection specialist from Public Health Activity-Guam, at Naval Base Guam, Guam, Aug. 11, 2020. Flores recently participated in the U.S. Army Public Health Command's Ship ... More
Spc. Darius Torres, a medical laboratory technician,
Spc. Darius Torres, a medical laboratory technician, and Milagros Solá, a microbiologist, both from Public Health Command-Pacific at the Environmental Molecular Biology Laboratory at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, W... More
Spc. Darius Torres, a medical laboratory technician
Spc. Darius Torres, a medical laboratory technician from Public Health Command-Pacific, simulates how to process a vector sample while Milagros Solá, a microbiologist form PHC-P, observes the process at the Env... More
Michael Brown, Public Health Command-Pacific senior
Michael Brown, Public Health Command-Pacific senior environmental engineer, collects a treated water sample from the water treatment plant at Fort Polk, La., April 9, 2019. The sample was analyzed for multiple ... More
Lt. Col. Lauren Pecher, commander of Public Health
Lt. Col. Lauren Pecher, commander of Public Health Activity-San Diego, sews together a cloth face covering at the Camp Pendleton Branch Veterinary clinic, April 11, 2020. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic an... More
Capt. Christina Petersen, a U.S. Army Veterinary Corps
Capt. Christina Petersen, a U.S. Army Veterinary Corps First-Year Graduate Veterinary Education program intern with Public Health Activity-Fort Lewis, presents a virtual capstone project to members of Public He... More
Sgt. Nicholas Taussig, left, and Sgt. Michael Johnson
Sgt. Nicholas Taussig, left, and Sgt. Michael Johnson treat a simulated military working dog casualty during the CSM Jack L. Clark Jr. Army Best Medic Competition at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Sept. ... More
U.S. Army Spc. Regina Shillingburg, Public Health
U.S. Army Spc. Regina Shillingburg, Public Health Activity-Guam veterinary food inspection specialist, is monitoring a restaurant employee preparing food at the Navy Exchange food court, Naval Base Guam, April ... More
Gary Crispell, a PHC-P microbiologist, accepts the
Gary Crispell, a PHC-P microbiologist, accepts the Fiscal Year 2020 Wolf Pack Award on behalf of SARS Team Six during a virtual ceremony Jan. 20, 2020, at Camp Zama, Japan. The Wolf Pack Award recognizes except... More
Sponsored by the Army Medical Department Civilian Corps,
Sponsored by the Army Medical Department Civilian Corps, the Fiscal Year 2020 Wolf Pack recognizes and celebrates the success of teams throughout Army Medicine. The annual award was presented to members of SARS... More
Sergeant 1st Class Kristen Stall, Public Health Activity-San
Sergeant 1st Class Kristen Stall, Public Health Activity-San Diego noncommissioned officer in charge of operations, sews together a cloth face covering at the Camp Pendleton Branch Veterinary clinic, April 11, ... More
Maj. Michael Kwon, Environmental Health and Engineering
Maj. Michael Kwon, Environmental Health and Engineering director, Maj. Jean Rubanick, Animal Health Operations chief, and Lt. Col. Fredrick Davidson, Human Health Services director, all from Public Health Comma... More
Capt. Austin Leedy, veterinary food safety officer
Capt. Austin Leedy, veterinary food safety officer from Public Health Activity-San Diego, carries a container of ice cream out of a shipping container at Palmer Station, Antarctica, October 2019. U.S. Army Publ... More
The benefits of dog walking, HONOLULU, HAWAII
Spending time with your dog is a great way to work on the eight pillars of Total Force Fitness. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, regular walking or playing with pets can decrease blo... More
U.S Army Spc. Regina Shillingburg, Public Health
U.S Army Spc. Regina Shillingburg, Public Health Activity-Guam veterinary food inspection specialist, conducts a food inspection of the meat department at Orote commissary, Naval Base Guam, April 2020. To help ... More
Spc. Matthew Reynolds provides a briefing to a group
Spc. Matthew Reynolds provides a briefing to a group of soldiers who are gathered to inspect MREs on Dec. 6. The training event was hosted by Public Health Activity-Ft. Lewis.
Gary Crispell, a Public Health Command-Pacific
Gary Crispell, a Public Health Command-Pacific microbiologist, simulates how to test a sample for at the Naval Health Research Center satellite laboratory co-located at Naval Hospital Yokosuka, Japan. Crispell ... More
Members of the National Science Foundation unload shipping
Members of the National Science Foundation unload shipping containers and inventory the boxes of frozen food at Palmer Station, Antarctica, October 2019. The boxes of food were part of an annual resupply proces... More
One Health Week: Pet safety during the holidays
During the holidays, it’s important to remember that our favorite treats and feasts may pose dangers to our furry family members. Preventing your animals from ingesting dangerous or inappropriate substances is ... More
Capt. Bradley Kearney, a biochemist and the Public
Capt. Bradley Kearney, a biochemist and the Public Health Command-Pacific Laboratory Sciences director, Gary Crispell, a PHC-P microbiologist, and Sheila Trisler, a U.S. Navy contractor, stand together in a COV... More
One Health Week: Promoting comprehensive public health
Observed during the first week of November, One Health Week strives to raise awareness around the world to highlight the need for comprehensive public health using the One Health approach. (Courtesy Graphic fro... More
Milagros Sola, a microbiologist with Pubic Health
Milagros Sola, a microbiologist with Pubic Health Command-Pacific, works with ribonucleic acid, or RNA, while demonstrating the command’s new COVID-19 pooled testing procedures to Brig. Gen. Jack M. Davis, comm... More
U.S. Army Spc. Raymond Cabusao, Public Health Activity-Guam
U.S. Army Spc. Raymond Cabusao, Public Health Activity-Guam veterinary food inspection specialist, conducts a food inspection at King's Restaurant, Tamuning, Guam, April 2020. King’s Restaurant is one of the fa... More
Soldiers form Public Health Command – Pacific and Dental
Soldiers form Public Health Command – Pacific and Dental Health Command – Pacific begin the run portion of the Army Combat Fitness Test at Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii, March 2, 2019. The fitness assessm... More
Specimens of insects and other creatures stand on display
Specimens of insects and other creatures stand on display in the entomology offices of the Public Health Command-Pacific headquarters at Camp Zama, Japan, July 10, 2020.