About Pacific JITC
The Pacific Joint Information Technology Center (Pacific JITC) based in Maui, HI supports DoD medical readiness requirements and IT modernization needs through rapid prototyping and advanced concept development. The organizational mission is “To rapidly research, test and develop warfghter medical solutions and products, through pilots or prototypes, that provide mission critical value and actionable information to the DoD, including the Services, Combatant Commanders, and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).”
These warfghter projects, typically advanced concept development pilots/prototypes, refect the current, emerging needs of the Department of Defense, the Combatant Commands (COCOMs) and the Services as identifed thorough the requirements development process of the Theater Functional Working Group and Force Health Protection Integrating Council.
The Pacific JITC also has a test and evaluation lab to support software and systems testing related to the military medical continuum of care.
A government management office is located in Maui and works closely with representatives in the Military Health System (MHS), the Services and the United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC).
U.S. Army Spc. Joshua McDowell, left, and Sgt. David Rider plot their first points using a defense advanced GPS receiver (DAGR) during the Night Urban Warfighter Orienteering Course, at 2010 Department of the Army Best Warrior Competition, on Fort Lee, Va., Oct. 20, 2010. The Army Best Warrior Competition is a premier event to determine the top Non-commissioned officer (NCO) and junior enlisted Soldier in the Army. McDowell, from 7246th Installation Medical Support Unit, out of Omaha, Nebraska, was selected as U.S. Army Reserve Soldier of the Year, and Rider, from Bravo Company, 256th Combat Support Hospital, Ohio U.S. Army Reserve, was selected U.S. Army Reserve NCO of the Year. (U.S. Army photo by Timothy L. Hale/Released)