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. […]
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