Monthly Archives: December 2010


MEMORANDUM FROM THE COA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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.  […]


Good News!

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.  […]


Public Health Emergency Preparedness

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 […]