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Fort Irwin medical leaders visit local hospitals
By Kimberly Hackbarth
Weed Army Community Hospital Public Affairs
FORT IRWIN, Calif. — Medical leaders from Weed Army Community Hospital toured several High Desert hospitals in November and December to strengthen rapport for an enhanced network for Fort Irwin beneficiaries.
Col. Nancy Parson, the Weed Army Com- munity Hospital commander and director of medical services for Fort Irwin, and her team spoke with chief operating officers and other hospital staff members at Victor Valley Global Medical Center, Desert Valley Hospital, and Barstow Community Hospital.
“We send patients to them usually for emergency room transfers, so it’s just building that relationship with them and seeing how we can continue to partner together,” Parson said.
Lance Lowrey, the chief operating officer for Victor Valley Global Medical Center, met with Weed ACH leadership in November.
“We were very excited to meet with [Weed ACH] staff, find out if there was anything
we could do to make [their] transfers to our facility as safe and smooth as possible and to strengthen our working relationship with Weed Army [Community Hospital],” he said.
Parson said it was important for the other medical facilities to understand Weed ACH’s unique mission at Fort Irwin and how she and her staff support the National Training Center.
“There are certain limitations to what we don’t have here, but also different specialty services that we don’t offer here,” Parson said. “So, I think it’s good to have that understand- ing for the local community of services we do and don’t have so that we can have that mutual support back and forth.”
Parson and her team toured the medical facilities and learned about staffing, services and other information.
“During our tour of our facility, Weed [ACH’s] leadership team interacted with our staff in all departments, making them all feel very included,” Lowrey said. “All in all, it was a great experience and we look forward to work-
Staff members with Weed Army Community Hospital’s Behavioral Health Department meet with staff from Fort Irwin’s Ready and Resilient (R2) Performance Center, Dec. 2, 2021 Fort Irwin, Calif. (Courtesy Photo/ Weed ACH) (Kimberly Hackbarth)
ing with Weed [ACH] in the future.”
Weed ACH is slated to host a leadership summit in March 2022 where leadership from
local hospitals will visit Fort Irwin to tour the hospital and learn more about Fort Irwin and the hospital.
Good News! NTC and Fort Irwin welcomes our new Family Life Chaplain, Chaplain (Maj.) William Williams. CH Williams is a specially trained individual, marriage, and family counselor and is available for appointments. He can see
all Military and Family Members and Civilians. Call Evita Bradley at 760-380-3562 to schedule an appointment; drop-ins are seen pending availability.
Chaplain Williams will also be restarting Youth of the Chapel this month, so look for updates on Fort Irwin’s Chapel Facebook and in their Sunday bulletin.
the upcoming Luke Combs “What You See Is What You Get 2021 Tour” In Las Vegas featuring Ashley McBryde and himself.
“This was my first country concert,” said 2nd Lt. Ruthy Barret who won a pair of tickets. “I plan on attending more concerts especially after this experience.
While the National Training Cen- ter’s - High Desert Chapter of AUSA presented the guests with a one night stay the night of the concert.
“Playing here has made it more intimate, being able to talk, tell stories, and affect people in a positive way”, said Fulcher. “It’s such an honor to be here and when I got the opportunity to be here I immediately agreed.”
From MUSIC, Page 1 After his performance, Fulcher was
able to interact and take pictures with members of the Fort Irwin community, and ate dinner with Soldiers who were on detail during the concert.
“For our entire almost-81 year history, the USO has built a legacy of bringing entertainers and celebrities to engage with our troops and their families, especially when they are far away from home,” said Bob Kurkjian”, President of the USO West Region. “I want to thank Ray and our USO team, and as always, I want to salute the Fort Irwin team for their partnership with the USO that made this all possible.”
To learn more about the USO, and their work visit: uso.org
For more information go to home.army.mil/irwin