18th MEDCOM

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Discover how the 18th Medical Command makes an impact far beyond the shores of Hawaii as it continues to support United States Army Pacific's medical readiness throughout the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command's area of operations.

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Get the latest news on 18th MEDCOM as we impact the Indo-Pacific theater.

18TH MEDCOM

US, Philippine Counterparts Share Medical Experience and Ideas in the Batanes During Balikatan 24 May 3, 2024
US Army surgical detachment works alongside Papua New Guinea doctors, patients April 12, 2024
18th MEDCOM, POMGEN team for first ever PNG Trauma Rotation December 13, 2023
US Army medicine makes difference beyond borders November 6, 2023
The Army is planning for a conflict with China—including shoring up blood supply October 19, 2023
Malaysia hosts, Sultan opens Indo-Pacific Medical Health Exchange 2023 October 11, 2023
Army trainees will provide free vision services to Hawaii Island residents through Friday August 28, 2023
ADF, US CJTMC ‘Blood Cell’: The lifeblood of medical logistics August 1, 2023
'Wearables Pilot Program' technology tested at Exercise Talisman Sabre 2023 July 21, 2023
Australian Defence Force, US Army’s 18th Medical Command forms first ever Combined Joint Theater Medical Component during Talisman Sabre 2023 July 16, 2023
BK 2023 seeks ways to be more interoperable, more collaborative May 24, 2023
18th MEDCOM host Armed Forces of the Philippines, USINDOPACOM veterinarians food, animal CBRN protection subject matter expert exchange May 23, 2023

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Command Team

Commanding General

Maj. Gen. Paula C. Lodi

Biography
Command Sergeant Major

Command Sgt. Maj. Kristy J. Cortner

Biography

Tactical Combat Casualty Care Training

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The "Pacific Knights" train on Tactical Combat Casualty Care to increase their medical skills at the Medical Simulation Training Center at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, Feb. 28, 2023. TC3 training is critical to honing the Soldier's care under fire skills to help them stay proficient at saving lives when it matters. (U.S. Army photos by Sgt. 1st Class Timothy Hughes/Released)

Mission

18th MEDCOM coordinates health system support, medically sets the theater, improves interoperability with allies and partners, and executes theater medical command and control that enables Joint and Combined forces freedom of maneuver in the Indo-Pacific.

Vision

Unified Medicine: 18th MEDCOM is the Indo-Pacific's theater medical enabler. It links strategic and operational medicine to save lives when it matters most.

Key Capabilities

Set the Theater (Medically)
Command and Control (C2)
Conduct Health Engagements and Security Cooperation
Coordinate & Integrate Host Nation Medical Capabilities
Health Threats Monitoring and Reporting

HISTORY

"THE THEATER MEDICAL COMMAND OF THE INDO-PACIFIC"

The 18th Medical Command has a distinguished history, serving our nation in one of the most hotly contested regions of the world during armistice. Originally constituted in the Regular Army on 10 May 1967 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 18th Medical Brigade, the unit was activated on 18 August 1967 at Fort Lee, Virginia in preparation for service in the Republic of Vietnam.

The unit inactivated at Fort George Meade, Maryland on 16 December 1970 and later re designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 18th Medical Command and was activated on 16 August 1984 in the Republic of Korea. After 24 years of outstanding service on the peninsula, earning the Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation in 1989, and the Army Superior Unit Award in 2003, the 18th Medical Command, cased its colors in Yongsan, Republic of Korea on 15 October 2008.

On 25 November 2008, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 18th Medical Command was welcomed to Hawaii in an arrival ceremony on Historic Palm Circle, Fort Shafter, Hawaii, to serve as one of the Army's Theater Enabling Commands.

The command achieved Full Operational Capability on 4 October 2011, and supports multiple exercises and operations throughout the Pacific. The 18th Medical Command's lines of effort are nested with those of Regional Health Command Pacific and U.S. Army Pacific.

18th Medical Command stands ready to provide mission command, administrative assistance, and technical supervision of assigned and attached medical units within the Indo-Pacific Region.

"One Team" - “Pacific Knights”