Brig. Gen. Patrick Sargent (second to left), Commander, Pacific Regional Medical Command (PRMC), with Lt. Col. Eunotchol White (left) listen as Lt. Col. Don Kimbler (second to right), Chief of Nursing Anesthesia, and Maj. Melissa Reece (right), Offic...

Brig. Gen. Patrick Sargent (center), Pacific Regional Medical
Command (PRMC) commanding general, with Lt. Col. Eunotchol White (right), Chief of Surgical Service Line, shakes hands with Spc. Victor Velazquez (left), a nurse in the Women's and Infant'...

Brig. Gen. Patrick Sargent (right), Pacific Regional Medical Command
(PRMC) commanding general, along with Command Sgt. Maj. Robert Luciano
(center), PRMC Command Sergeant Major, gives a thumbs up before ascending on a Black Hawk Helicopter flight ov...

Brig. Gen. Patrick Sargent, Commander, Pacific Regional Medical Command (front row, left) speaks with Lt. Col. Kim from the Republic of Korea Army (ROKA) (right) during a Pacific Region operational tour from Dec. 7 to Dec. 11, 2014. Sargent made a st...

Col. Yong Cha, Area I Medical Director (left) shows Brig. Gen.
Patrick Sargent (center) , Pacific Regional Medical Command (PRMC) Commander (center) and Command Sgt. Maj. Robert Luciano (right), Command Sergeant Major, PRMC, around the Triage and Tre...

Brig. Gen. Patrick Sargent, Commander, Pacific Regional Medical Command (PRMC) and Command Sgt. Maj. Robert Luciano, PRMC Command Sergeant Major, traveled to the Korean Theater of Operations (KTO) Dec. 7 thought 11, 2014 to further assess the posture and distribution of Army Health System (AHS) capabilities throughout the Asia-Pacific Area of Responsibility (AOR).

Sargent conducted office calls with the 65th Medical Brigade Commander, the US Forces Korea (USFK) Surgeon, and the 8th Army Commanding General, Lt. Gen. Bernard Champoux.

During the visit, the PRMC leaders developed a common understanding of joint medical planning and identified potential opportunities for improved synchronization.

According to Sargent, the KTO visit improved his overall situational understanding and will enable him to 'medically' set the theater in support of United States Army Pacific and Pacific Command.