WEBVTT 00:00.240 --> 00:02.240 the U . S . Army Medical Department 00:02.240 --> 00:04.407 activity , Japan officially opened its 00:04.407 --> 00:06.184 new Department of Public Health 00:06.184 --> 00:08.462 facility at Camp Hamas , BG Crawford F . 00:08.462 --> 00:10.573 SaM's US Army Health Clinic following 00:10.573 --> 00:12.684 the completion of the nearly two year 00:12.684 --> 00:14.740 construction project . Today , we're 00:14.740 --> 00:16.962 actually celebrating two things First . 00:16.962 --> 00:19.129 We want to celebrate the grand opening 00:19.129 --> 00:20.907 of the public health edition to 00:20.907 --> 00:23.018 building 704 . There were many people 00:23.018 --> 00:25.184 who contributed to this effort and the 00:25.184 --> 00:27.890 building looks phenomenal . Secondly , 00:27.900 --> 00:29.900 we want to recognize changes to the 00:29.900 --> 00:32.020 Army Public Health Enterprise , which 00:32.020 --> 00:33.798 you may have already noticed is 00:33.798 --> 00:35.798 signified by a change in the naming 00:35.798 --> 00:38.150 convention for this area to celebrate 00:38.150 --> 00:40.261 the opening . Chief of installation , 00:40.261 --> 00:42.206 Public Health Captain Amber Morton 00:42.206 --> 00:44.483 Chisholm an installation public health . 00:44.483 --> 00:46.594 And see , I see Sergeant Ian Bernardo 00:46.594 --> 00:48.761 Studio led a ribbon cutting ceremony , 00:48.761 --> 00:50.928 a guided tour followed in which guests 00:50.928 --> 00:53.094 could get a look at the facilities new 00:53.094 --> 00:55.317 makeover We had , we were involved from 00:55.317 --> 00:57.317 uh with this facility from the very 00:57.317 --> 00:59.800 beginning , so from the 1391 that put 00:59.800 --> 01:02.680 it together the design and then 01:02.690 --> 01:04.800 obviously the construction . So it's 01:04.800 --> 01:08.400 great to see um the finished facility 01:08.400 --> 01:11.980 after um all the way from idea 01:11.980 --> 01:14.410 to completion . Overall the new 01:14.410 --> 01:17.250 facility was really truly the top of 01:17.250 --> 01:19.720 the mine uh new state of the art 01:19.730 --> 01:23.180 technology brand new furniture um 01:23.190 --> 01:25.240 which is great in a great while 01:25.240 --> 01:28.040 community and ties into the readiness 01:28.040 --> 01:31.420 of this community and for the P . H . J . 01:31.420 --> 01:33.640 And the medic team can provide better 01:33.640 --> 01:35.770 service and customer service to our 01:35.770 --> 01:37.937 families and our service members . The 01:37.937 --> 01:39.992 facility was previously known as the 01:39.992 --> 01:42.103 Department of preventative medicine . 01:42.103 --> 01:44.048 It became the Department of Public 01:44.048 --> 01:46.103 Health after U . S . Army rebranding 01:46.103 --> 01:46.060 which extends to all areas of public 01:46.060 --> 01:48.060 health including Army public health 01:48.060 --> 01:49.893 nursing , environmental health , 01:49.893 --> 01:51.838 occupational health and industrial 01:51.838 --> 01:54.710 hygiene here in the new building . All 01:54.710 --> 01:56.840 of our services remained the same one 01:56.840 --> 01:58.896 edition that we are happy to have is 01:58.896 --> 02:01.173 now we actually have our own classroom . 02:01.173 --> 02:03.340 We often teach food handlers classes , 02:03.340 --> 02:05.340 field sanitation , team courses and 02:05.340 --> 02:07.562 also we provide training to the C . Y . 02:07.562 --> 02:09.729 S . Shot You Services , program , uh , 02:09.729 --> 02:11.284 employees with medication , 02:11.284 --> 02:13.618 administration and communicable disease . 02:13.618 --> 02:15.840 So now we have our own space to conduct 02:15.840 --> 02:17.784 those type of trainings instead of 02:17.784 --> 02:17.430 trying to find the space around the 02:17.430 --> 02:19.597 community . The hours of operation for 02:19.597 --> 02:21.374 the Department of Public Health 02:21.374 --> 02:23.486 facility are monday through Wednesday 02:23.486 --> 02:25.652 and friday from 7:30 a.m. To 4:30 p.m. 02:25.652 --> 02:27.850 And thursday from 7 30 to 11:30 a.m. 02:28.340 --> 02:30.618 Reporting for US Army Garrison , Japan . 02:30.618 --> 02:31.360 This is Dustin Perry .