Mission

VRA, H provides comprehensive veterinary and food protection support to safeguard health and readiness across domains: human, animal and environmental.

 


Vision

Unrivaled veterinary and food protection securing multi-domain health to enable decisive operations and sustain total force readiness.


Our Command Priorities



Our Area of Responsibility

Public Health Activity-Hawaii provides Animal Health Services, Food Safety and Defense support to 26 installations, 32 naval vessels, 4 military working dog kennels in three time zones throughout the Central-Pacific on Maui, Hawai’i (Big Island), Oahu, Kauai, American Samoa and the Marshall Islands. Within our area of responsibility our staff supports more than 20,000 privately owned animals, 50 military working dogs and other government owned animals, and 230 inspection sites.

                                                            
 Maui Big Island Marshall Islands  Kauai American Samoa 
 Oahu



Capabilities and Services

Food Protection Support
  • Food Defense/Safety/Quality
  • ALFOODACT/Recalls
  • Commercial Sanitary Audits
  • Approved Sources
  • Receipt Inspections
  • Surveillance Inspections
  • Customer Complaints
  • Special Events
  • Laboratory Analysis
  • Refrigeration Failure and Natural Disaster Support
Veterinary Health Services
  • Military Working Dog Health Management
  • Animal Medicine
  • Surgical Capabilities
  • Veterinary Out-Patient Visits
  • PCS/Travel Health Certificates
Major Units Supported
  • U.S. Pearl Harbor Fleet
  • U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Hawaii
  • 25th Infantry Division
  • 18th Medical Command
  • 9th Mission Support Command
  • National Guard
Unique Support
  • Defense Logistics Agency
  • Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
  • National Security Agency (NSA)
  • Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise
  • ADT Veterinary Student Training
  • TSA Working Dog Health and Wellness