The HARRT is the U.S. Pacific Command team that provides rapid disaster assistance and supplements local medical relief efforts.
At full operational capacity, the HARRT is equipped to offer primary and preventative care to 350-500 patients per day for 5 days without resupply.
After erecting the mobile hospital unit, the 54 members of the HARRT commenced medical relief efforts the following day.
Numerous U.S. Air Force and Navy officials arrived in Chuuk and joined American Ambassador Miriam K. Hughes and the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Office of Foreign Disaster Response Disaster Relief Coordinator Bart Deemer for a briefing on USAID’s role in the FSM and the HARRT mission.
The HARRT commanding team, USAF 13th Air Forces Command Surgeon Col. Wayne Pritt of Hickam AFB, Air Combat Command Surgeon Col. Kory Cornum of Langley AFB, and 36th Contingency Response Group Commander Col. Daniel Settergren of Andersen AFB, led a group that included many medical professionals from Chuuk State Hospital through the primary medical facility, highlighting the medical unit’s triage, consultation, and pharmacy capabilities.
