65th Medical Brigade (United States)

65th Medical Brigade
Shoulder sleeve insignia
Country	United States
Allegiance	United States Army
Type	Medical brigade
Size	Brigade
Part of	Eighth United States Army
Garrison/HQ	USAG Humphreys
Motto(s)	Pacific Medics! Warrior Care!
Commanders
Commander	Col. COL Edgar G. Arroyo
Command Sergeant Major	Command Sgt. Maj. Eric.N Price

Military unit

The 65th Medical Brigade is a medical brigade of the United States Army subordinate to the Eighth United States Army and located at USAG Humphreys in South Korea.

Lineage

Constituted 18 October 1927 in the Regular Army as the 15th Medical Regiment.
Redesignated 28 May 1941 as the 65th Medical Regiment.
Activated 1 June 1941 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Reorganized and redesignated 10 March 1944 as the 65th Medical Group.
Inactivated on 16 August 1965 in Germany.
Activated 25 June 1958 in Korea.
Inactivated 21 June 1971 at Fort Lewis, Washington.
Redesignated 12 September 2007 as 65th Medical Brigade.
Activated 16 October 2008 in Korea.

History

Originally formed as the 15th Medical Regiment on 18 October 1927. Reorganized as the 65th Medical Regiment in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia and activated June 1, 1941.

World War II

On March 10, 1944, the Regiment was broken up and redesignated the 65th Medical Group, with its organic companies becoming separate numbered Medical Collecting and Medical Clearing Companies. The Group served in Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe.

Korean Service

The Group was reactivated for service in Korea from 1958 to 1971.

On 15 October 2008, 18th Medical Command was redesignated as the 65th Medical Brigade. The headquarters was stationed at USAG Yongsan inside the Japanese Army Stockade until the end of 2017. It then moved to Camp Humphreys as part of the relocation of the Yongsan Garrison.

Organization

Brigade Headquarters & Headquarters Company
549th Hospital Center (Brian D. Allgood Army Community Hospital)
168th Multifunctional Medical Battalion
106th Medical Detachment (VSS)
618th Medical Company (Dental Area Support) DENTAC-K

Honors

Unit decorations

Ribbon	Award	Year	Notes
	Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army)	1989	for service in Korea

References

"History". www.usarpac.army.mil. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
"Yongsan Garrison: If walls could talk".

External links

Official website
65th Medical Brigade history Archived 2016-03-07 at the Wayback Machine
Lineage and Honors

United States Army Medical Command

Category:United States Army

Leadership

Army Medical Department

Officers	Medical Corps Nurse Corps Dental Corps Veterinary Corps Medical Service Corps Medical Specialist Corps
Enlisted	Enlisted medical soldiers

Major Subordinate Commands

Regional commands	North Atlantic RMC Southeast RMC Great Plains RMC Western RMC Europe RMC Pacific RMC
Others	AMEDD Center & School U.S. Army Dental Cmd U.S. Army Medical Research & Materiel Cmd U.S. Army Public Health Cmd U.S. Army Warrior Transition Cmd

Installations

Fort Sam Houston
Fort Detrick (with Forest Glen Annex)

Medical Centers
(MEDCENs)

Stateside	Augusta MMC Brooke AMC Tripler AMC Eisenhower AMC Madigan AMC Womack AMC Beaumont AMC Darnall AMC
Overseas	Landstuhl AMC

Medical Department Activities
(MEDDACs)

Hospitals	Bassett ACH Jones ACH Blanchfield ACH Allgood ACH Evans ACH Wood ACH Ireland ACH Irwin ACH Keller ACH Martin ACH McDonald ACH Moncrief ACH Reynolds ACH Weed ACH Winn ACH
Clinics	Bliss AHC Barquist AHC Bavaria MEDDAC DiLorenzo TRICARE HC Dunham AHC Fairfax FHC Fox AHC Guthrie MEDDAC Heidelberg MEDDAC Kimbrough ACC Kenner AHC Kirk AHC Lyster AHC Munson AHC Rader AHC Woodbridge AHC Camp Zama

Field medical units

Medical Commands	AR-MEDCOM 807th MCDS 3rd MCDS
Medical Groups	55th Med Gp 67th Med Gp
Medical Brigades	1st Med BDE 2nd Med BDE 5th Med BDE 8th Med BDE 30th Med BDE 32nd Med BDE 44th Med BDE 62nd Med BDE 65th Med BDE 176th Med BDE 139th Med BDE 307th Med BDE 330th Med BDE 332nd Med BDE 338th Med BDE 804th Med BDE
Combat Support Hospitals and Field Hospitals	9th Hosp Ctr 10th Field Hospital (United States) 14th CSH 28th CSH 31th CSH 47th CSH 48th CSH 75th CSH 115th Field Hospital 121st CSH 212th CSH 228th CSH 256th CSH 325th CSH 328th CSH 345th CSH 349th CSH 352d CSH 396th CSH 399th CSH 405th CSH 452th CSH 801th CSH 865th CSH
Forward Surgical Teams	1st FST 2nd FST 8th FST 67th FST 102nd FST 126th FST 135th FST 160th FST 240th FST 250th FST 274th FST (ABN) 402nd FST 541th FST (ABN) 555th FST 624th FST 628th FST 629th FST 691st FST 745th FST 758th FST 759th FST (ABN) 772nd FST 848th FST 874th FST 909th FST 911th FST 912th FST 915th FST 932nd FST 933rd FST 934th FST 936th FST 945th FST 946th FST 947th FST 948th FST 1980th FST 1982nd FST

Education

Centers, schools, etc	AMEDD Center & School U.S. Army School of Aviation Medicine Borden Institute
Museums	National Museum of Health and Medicine AMEDD Museum
Courses	Captains Career Course Walter Reed Tropical Medicine Course
Products	Textbook of Military Medicine War Surgery in Afghanistan and Iraq

Research Institutes & Centers

Stateside	Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (USAMRICD) U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research (ISR) U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine (USARIEM) U.S. Army Center for Environmental Health Research
Overseas	Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Science (AFRIMS) United States Army Medical Research Unit- Europe (USAMRU-E) U.S. Army Medical Research Unit-Kenya (USAMRU-K) Makerere University Walter Reed Project (MUWRP)

Historical

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