The most recent appropriations for the Department of War expired at 11:59 p.m. EST on September 30, 2025. Military personnel will continue in a normal duty status without pay until such time as a continuing resolution or appropriations are passed by Congress and signed into law. Civilian personnel not engaged in excepted activities will be placed in a non-work, non-pay status.
If you have a scheduled appointment or other business at the MTF, please verify with your provider or applicable office within the MTF to ensure there are no changes in schedule. To learn how the lapse in appropriations affects your TRICARE benefit, visit tricare.mil/shutdown.

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Image of Members of the 15th Medical Group practice the transfer of patients during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 25 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, on July 24, 2025. Ultimate Caduceus is an annual U.S. Transportation Command exercise that tests the Defense Department's ability to coordinate large-scale military patient movement from the Indo-Pacific region to medical facilities within the United States.

Sept. 11, 2025

The 15th Medical Group, USTRANSCOM, and Partners Test Critical Medical Evacuation Capabilities

DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY — The 15th Medical Group supported U.S. Transportation Command's annual Ultimate Caduceus exercise recently, testing the Defense Department's ability to coordinate large-scale military patient movement from the Indo-Pacific region to medical facilities within the United States.

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April 10, 2023

Defense Health Agency Region Indo-Pacific Will Provide Medical Evaluations to Civilians Potentially Exposed to Jet Fuel

The Defense Health Agency Region Indo-Pacific (DHAR-IP) today announced that it will extend offering medical assessments to impacted civilians exposed to Red Hill contaminants beginning April 10, 2023.

Photo of Airmen from the Alaska Air National Guard and contractors setting up a Tactical Shelter.

Dec. 7, 2022

Alaska Air Guard medical Airmen practice ACE capabilities at Hickam

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii — ACE – Agile Combat Employment. It’s not just the new buzz word for the U.S. Air Force, it’s an operational concept designed to help give the advantage in the next major conflict. It’s a proactive and reactive operational scheme of maneuver executed within threat timelines to increase survivability while generating combat power.

Airman 1st Class Paul Hasler, 15th Medical Group Medical Information Systems Flight technician, reimages a medical workstation in the dental clinic at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Feb. 24, 2022. The flight configured, deployed and tested more than 200 new pieces of hardware for Medical Healthcare System Genesis, which was brought online Sept. 25, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alan Ricker)

March 3, 2022

Healing the medical network

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii — The 15th Medical Group’s Medical Information Systems Flight manages a $1.7 million network and sustains nearly $650,000 worth of equipment, maintaining readiness and care for Airmen on Oahu.

Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Pearl Harbor is gearing up for Hawaii’s flu season, typically stretching from November to May.

Oct. 4, 2021

NMRTC Pearl Harbor Activates Active Duty Flu Vaccine Campaign

Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Pearl Harbor is gearing up for Hawaii’s flu season, typically stretching from November to May. The command began administering flu vaccines to the active duty Navy and Marine Corps population beginning early October.

Photo By 2nd Lt. Benjamin Aronson | Lt. Col. Paula Neemann, 15th Healthcare Operations Squadron clinical medicine flight commander, demonstrates several birth options, such as an intrauterine device, at the 15th MDG’s contraceptive clinic at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, May 6, 2021. The contraceptive clinic opened June 7 to service beneficiaries and provide same-day procedures without a referral. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Benjamin Aronson)

June 7, 2021

15th MDG increases women’s access to care

2nd Lt. Benjamin Aronson — JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- The 15th Medical Group opened the doors to its first-ever contraceptive clinic June 7 aimed at easing access to and educating female beneficiaries on contraceptives.

Maj. Shannon Roman, 15th Medical Group Mental Health Clinic flight commander, and Staff Sgt. Taylor Angel-Black, 15th MDG mental health technician, demonstrate how the new virtual receptionist and scribe system called TeleHealth, works during an in-person session at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Feb. 1, 2021.

May 6, 2021

TeleHealth: Benefitting providers and patients

The No. 1 priority of the 15th Medical Group Mental Health Clinic is taking care of patients, and with a new virtual program, the clinic can expand its reach.

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