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Commissioned Corps Updates (2 September 2020)

IHS Western Region Commissioned Officers, Please see the below Commissioned Corps updates with the latest update since this was sent on 8/29/20 highlighted in yellow: 2020 APFT Update Retirements/Termination Suspension Deployment Credit Deployment “On-Call” Schedule Readiness Requirements AMS Mobile Login Social Media Hazardous Duty Incentive Pay Proof of Healthcare/Dental for […]


RE: EXTENDED DEADLINE to September 4, 2020 Deployment Coin COVID-19 CBTS Mission

ALCON, We received comments that the CBTS Challenge Coin Order Survey had been closed.  I have now re-opened the Survey Monkey link and will leave it open through the weekend. Link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/J3BQQRS Sorry for any inconvenience. V/r,   CDR Mark F. Miller, PhD, MS, MBA United States Public Health Service COVID-19 […]


Commissioned Corps Awards Process

Good morning Commissioned Officers, Revisions to Commissioned Corps Instruction (CCI) 511.01, “Awards Program,” CCI 512.01, “Wear of Awards and Badges,” and Personnel Operations Memorandum (POM) 821.14, “Awards Processing,” were approved and released on 25 June 2020. The revised policies and POM are intended to streamline the awards process to assist […]