Dear Public Health Service Officers,
Retirement is one of the most important decisions you’ll make in your career as a U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps officer. To assist in this major transition, Commissioned Corps Headquarters (CCHQ) and the Office of the Surgeon General (OSG) are pleased to announce the Pre-Retirement Seminar for all Public Health Service (PHS) officers.
The purpose of this seminar is to provide the basic features of the retirement annuity, to describe the retirement process, and to identify some of the important resources available.
The PHS Pre-Retirement Seminar will be hosted by OSG/CCHQ on August 18, 2021, from 1300 – 1500 EST. This 1-day virtual seminar, for all PHS officers, will be facilitated by the CCHQ Retirement and Separations team. The link for the seminar will be provided to officers at a later date.
Listed below are some of the areas scheduled to be covered during the seminar, but not limited to these topics:
• Veterans Benefits
• Retirement Process
• Retirement Pay
• TRICARE Mail Order Pharmacy
• Survivor Benefit Program
• TRICARE Retiree Dental
• Social Security Benefits Post-Retirement Employment
• Travel and Death Benefits — PHS Travel for Retirees and PHS Death Benefits
Interested Public Health Service officers, especially those who have reached 15 years of Active Duty Service, should send an email to the CCHQ Retirement and Separations Team at phsccseparations2@hhs.gov to register for this event. Please email phsccseparations2@hhs.gov with any questions you may have during our Questions and Answers (Q & A) segment.
Respectfully,
Susan M. Orsega
RADM, USPHS
Director, Commissioned Corps Headquarters