Congressional Staff Delegates Visit Korea

26 October 2016

From Mr. William Wight

YONGSAN ARMY GARRISON, SEOUL -- United States Congressional Staff Delegates, Steve Barney, Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Majority General Counsel; Gary Leeling, SASC Minority General Counsel; Jim Hickey, Senior Military Advisor to Arizona Senator John McCain; Samantha Clark, SASC Deputy General Counsel; Al Edwards, SASC Majority Counsel; and Jon Clark, SASC Majority Counsel visited the Brian Allgood Army Community Hospital (BAACH) on U.S. Army Garrison Yongsan, South Korea October 18, 2016.

The delegation received a command brief from the Medical Department Activity Command Korea Commander and 65th Medical Brigade Commander, Col. Wendy Harter and Col. Erica Clarkson, BAACH Commander.

They were also briefed on the Army Substance Abuse Program transition to the medical command.

While at the BAACH, the delegation had lunch at the hospital dining facility with select soldiers followed by a tour of the facility focusing on primary care, physical therapy, emergency department and a tour of the transition to hostilities storage warehouse.