JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. -The Headquarters of the 62nd Medical
Brigade, and the brigade's Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), will
conduct a colors casing ceremony on Watkins Field, JBLM-Lewis Main, on
Friday, March 26 at 10 a.m.
The ceremony marks the completion of unit preparations to deploy to
Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in April.
While deployed, the 62nd Medical Brigade will provide command and control
for all major medical units deployed to Afghanistan in support of the United
Nations International Security and Assistance Force (ISAF) mission. The
brigade commander, Col. John P. Collins, will also serve as the U.S.
Forces-Afghanistan (USFOR-A) surgeon, with oversight of all U.S. military
medical treatment facilities and capabilities in theater.