Staff with Public Health Command - Pacific pose for a photo during a Veterinary Treatment Facility groundbreaking ceremony at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Oct. 26, 2023. PCH-P hosted the ceremonial groundbreaking event to commemorate the construction of Camp Pendleton’s new VTF opening in 2025. PHC-P enables readiness by providing forward stationed, geographically postured medical forces to conserve the fighting strength through the provision of force health protection and veterinary services to the Joint Force, families, and beneficiaries throughout the United States Indo-Pacific Command. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Mhecaela J. Watts)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Mhecaela Watts