It is the Executive Committee’s proud honor to announce and recognize the 2010 Officer of the Year Aurora Borealis Branch award winner, LCDR Christina J. Eldridge, PharmD. LCDR Eldridge has been the primary liaison between the Aurora Borealis Branch and Special Olympics of Alaska (SOAK). Her effort keeps fellow officers […]
The results are in for the Junior Officer Group name change contest and the winning name by one vote is ODF (Officer Development Forum). The next ODF meeting will be 3/7 at noon in conference room 2. The topic will be Q&A with CAPT Keiffer with initial discussion regarding the […]
The Executive Committee has extended the deadline for nominations to recognize an officer you think has gone out and done great things for our branch, our community, and/or our fellow USPHS officers. We all know an officer who demonstrates our PHS Core Values: Leadership Service Integrity […]
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. […]