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Regional Director’s Corner

CAPT Colin G. Chinn, Regional Director, TRO-W West

As most of you probably know by now, I officially assumed the duties as Director of TRICARE Regional Office-West (TRO-West) on Thursday, July 29. Admiral Niemyer set the standard for excellence within the Western Region during her two years at the helm. The Change of Office Ceremony was a celebration of the accomplishments achieved by the TRO-West staff under Admiral Niemyer’s leadership. We were able to wish a “Fair winds and following seas!” to Admiral Niemyer as she departed for the East Coast to assume her new position as the Deputy Chief, Wounded, Ill, & Injured at BUMED and Director of the Navy Nurse Corps. 

My family and I are excited and happy to be back in San Diego. We recently moved from Honolulu, where I served as the U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific Surgeon at Camp Smith. I have over 25 years of service in the West Region, having completed Internal Medicine training at Naval Hospital Oakland, a gastroenterology fellowship at Naval Medical Center San Diego, and served as the Executive Officer at Naval Hospital Lemoore and Commanding Officer at Naval Hospital Oak Harbor.