UNCLASSIFIED LTC John Beach Program Manager, Food Protection Veterinary Services Portfolio 20 October 2015 APHC(Provisional) Update

UNCLASSIFIED

LTC John BeachProgram Manager, Food Protection

Veterinary Services Portfolio20 October 2015

APHC(Provisional) Update

UNCLASSIFIEDArmy Public Health Center (Provisional)

• Public Health Command Transition• APHC Functions• Veterinary Portfolio Organization• Food Protection Program• Current Status• Leadership• No Questions

Agenda

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Public Health Command

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Reorganization of PHC

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DCoS-PH and PH Directorate

Public Health Command

Army Public Health Center

Public Health CommandRegions

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= Changes

Coordination

MRMC HRCoE

XO CSM

CoS

DSG/DCG, SPT DCG, OPS

RHC-CRHC-P RHC-A RHC-E

• DOD/DHA• HQDA

• FORSCOM• MEDCOM

APHC

Deputy Chief of Staff, G3/5/7Plans, Operations and Clinical Operations

Deputy Chief of Staff, G8/9Resources, Infrastructure and Strategy

Deputy Chief of Staff, ProcurementHead of Contracting Activity

/ Deputy Chief of Staff, PH

Public Health

PH Directorate

TSG / CG MEDCOM

Deputy Chief of Staff, G1/4/6Personnel, Logistics and Information Mgmt

PHC-P PHC-C PHC-A PHC-E

DCOS, PH Structure

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Army Public Health CenterDCoS-Public Health DirectoratesSystem for Health, Ready and Resilient, Public Health, and Veterinary Services

DCoS-PHMEDCOM’s lead to promote health and prevent disease, injury and disability of Soldiers, military retirees, their families, veterans, and DA civilian employees; oversee execution of full spectrum veterinary service for Army and DoD veterinary missions; with the authority of the TSG at HQDA and MEDCOM levels, within the assigned scope of proponency, execute TSG responsibilities in support of Army Public Health.

DCoS PH consists of one field operating activity—Army Public Health Center (APHC) and four directorates – System for Health, Ready and Resilient, Public Health, and Veterinary Services.

Mission: Public Health planning, strategy, policy and guidance promulgation, and oversight across the Army and MEDCOM.

Functions:• Oversee program development, document staffing, resourcing and

execution of existing and emerging PH programs and issues throughout MEDCOM

• Provide timely HQDA/MEDCOM level staff actions and support to the OneStaff

• Develop and disseminate public health policy and in implementing guidance or directives to govern the Army public health mission, to include the DoD veterinary mission

• Oversee quality assurance of public health programs• Oversee the Army Support to Other Services (ASOS) veterinary services

mission• Participate in AMEDD, Army and DoD working groups, committees,

integrated process teams and advisory groups that develop and address execution of public health policy to advocate and advance AMEDD goals and objectives

• Primary interface with Defense Health Agency (Public Health Division)• Identify and address emerging public health issues

DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF-PUBLIC HEALTH (DCOS-PH)

Mission: Promote healthy people, communities, animals, and work places through the prevention of disease, injury and disability of Soldiers, military retirees, their families, veterans, DA civilian employees, and animals through studies, surveys and technical consultations.

(Promote Health Readiness)

Functions:

• Provides operational and strategic services & expertise to the Army and DoD

• Assists the DCoS-PH Directorates in the development and oversight of PH programs, products, and services

• Conducts technical studies, surveys, and consultative services

• Monitors, evaluates, and reports quality on PH programs

• Assists the DCoS-PH Directorates in developing PH policy and guidance

• Participates in AMEDD, Army, DoD, and national/international technical working groups, committees, integrated process teams and advisory groups to advocate and advance AMEDD goals and objectives

• In collaboration with RHCs, evaluate regional PH programs

• Oversees Non-appropriated Fund Management and Business Practice Operations for Veterinary Treatment Facilities across the DoD

• Facilitates the development, procurement, and sustainment of standardized PH equipment and supplies across the enterprise

• Conducts recurring and periodic training for RHC, regional PHC, and MTF

• Maintains central archive for all PHE related technical deliverables and reports


Army Public Health Center

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• Assess– Identify and assess current and emerging public health issues across

the Army

• Public Health Solutions– Develop and implement technical public health solutions

• Communication– Develop and disseminate public health information and evidence-based

practices

• Assurance– Assure effectiveness and quality of Public Health Enterprise

APHC Functions

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• Global Veterinary Medical Practice• One Health Program• Technical Evaluation Program• Animal Medicine Program• Food Protection Program

Veterinary Services Portfolio

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• Commercial Audit Management– Approved Source Directory

• Military Sanitary Audits• PV Destination Audits• Destination Sample Testing• OPRAT Support

– Group Ration Audits– MRE Assemblers– Inspection Procedures– Depot Support

• ALFOODACT Response

• Installation Support Plan– DeCA– Troop Feeding– MWR– AAFES/NEX

• Navy/USMC Food Management Teams

• Special Events Food Defense Assessments

• Installation Vulnerability Assessments

• Higher Headquarters Assessments

Food Protection Program

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• Major Initiatives– Policy Update/Development– GVMP Operational Standards/Guidelines– Enteric and Zoonotic Disease Surveillance– Metrics/Program Evaluation

• Challenges– Lines of Communication– Junior Soldier Development– Talent Management– VS Mission Assessment below District/Monitoring

Current Status

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• Courage– “Courage is the first virtue that makes all other virtues possible.” –

Aristotle

• Effective Communication– “The more elaborate our means of communication, the less we

communicate.” – Joseph Priestly

• Generosity– “A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the

blame and a little less than his share of the credit.” – John Maxwell

• Humility– “Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less.”

– C.S. Lewis

Essential Leadership Behaviors

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• Self-Awareness– “It is absurd that a man should rule others who cannot rule himself.” –

Latin Proverb

• Adherence to the Golden Rule + 1– “The way you see people is the way you treat them, and the way you

treat them is what they become.” – Jon Wolfgang von Goethe

• Passion– “If you work on stuff that you like and are passionate about it, you don’t

have to have a master plan with how things will play out.” – Mark Zuckerburg

• Infectiousness– “The very essence of leadership is that you have to have a vision. It’s

got to be a vision you articulate clearly and forcefully on every occasion. You can’t blow an uncertain trumpet.” – Theodore Hesburgh


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• Authenticity– “Just be who you are and speak from your guts and heart – it’s all a

man has.” – Hubert Humphrey

• Approachability– “Management is like a holding a dove in your hand. Squeeze too hard

and you kill it, not hard enough and it flies away.” – Tommy Lasorda

• Accountability– “The ancient Romans had a tradition: Whenever one of their engineers

constructed an arch, as the capstone was hoisted into place, the engineer assumed accountability for his work in the most profound way possible: He stood under the arch.” – Michael Armstrong

• Sense of Purpose– “You don’t lead by pointing and telling people some place to go. You

lead by going to that place and making a case.” – Ken Kesey


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In the end, we only regret the chances we didn’t take, relationships we were

afraid to have, and decisions we waited too long to make.

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No Questions

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UNCLASSIFIED LTC John Beach Program Manager, Food Protection Veterinary Services Portfolio 20 October 2015 APHC(Provisional) Update