A short while ago the House of Representatives passed the Post 9/11 GI Bill Improvement Act which had been passed earlier this week by the Senate. This bill extends transferability of the Post 9/11 GI Bill educational benefit to immediate family members of eligible PHS and NOAA Commissioned Corps officers. […]
COA has just posted on the website some very good news about the Post 9/11 GI Bill transferability for PHS Commissioned Corps officers! Yesterday afternoon the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee passed a revised version of S. 3447. This is Chairman Daniel Akaka’s bill to improve the Post 9/11 GI Bill. […]
The emergency preparedness book – “Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response: Principles and Practice” was published a few months ago by the PHS Commissioned Officers Foundation. Over 80 PHS officer-authors and contributors—your fellow officers—volunteered their personal time, expertise and talent to produce this book—the best handbook on the subject of […]
October 20, 2010 Dr. Regina Benjamin, U.S. Surgeon General, has named the newest members of the Corps’ Immediate Office Leadership Team. Deputy Surgeon General: RADM Boris D. Lushniak, MD, MPH Chief of Staff: RADM Christopher G. Halliday, DDS, MPH Aide-de-Camp and Special Assistant: LT Christine Collins Aide-de-Camp and Special Assistant: LTJG Cody Thornton
October 12, 2010 Dear Officers: As an officer serving in the Commissioned Corps, you are critical to our efforts to improve and protect the nation’s health. We have heard from many of you on issues facing the Corps. Over the last number of months, we have been working to resolve […]