Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service
Inactive Reserve Corps
Submitted by the Office of Reserve Affairs, Office of the Surgeon General
Inactive Reserve Corps Spotlight – CAPT Otis Brawley, USPHS (Res.)
CAPT Otis Brawley, USPHS (Res.), was deployed by the Office of Force Readiness and Deployment
as a Medical Officer aboard The USNS Robert E. Byrd as part of the Pacific Partnership 2009
(PP09) mission. CAPT Brawley provided preventative medicine and direct patient care to citizens
of Kiribati and the Marshall Islands from 18 August to 17 September 2009.
CAPT Brawley and a U.S. Navy Medical team on a 4 mile hike to a remote clinic in the Republic of Kiribati.
CAPT Brawley performing direct patient care on a young child from the Marshall Islands.