Division of Commissioned Corps Recruitment
(DCCR)
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Implements approved programs to assure awareness of the Corps and its career opportunities among health professional schools and associations, provider institutions, and the public;
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Carries out programs and activities designed to attract new health personnel to the Corps, to attract officers already in the Corps to designated assignments, and to promote the Corps and service in it;
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Manages an Associate Recruiter Program (ARP) and otherwise mobilizes recruitment activity among the active-duty, reserve, and retired officers;
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Carries out approved recruitment programs specifically for reserve components and other Corps personnel asset programs.
- Manages the Commissioned Officer Student Training and Extern Program (COSTEP). DCCR’s mission is to provide COSTEP applicants with information on all of the programs available within the PHS and maintain an efficient method of supplying information to the local personnel officers for the placement of COSTEP applicants, and to be forward-looking and capable of responding to changing directions within the PHS and the Federal Government as we introduce student externs to the Corps.
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| Director - CAPT O’Neal Walker |
| Telephone: (240)-453-6058 |
| e-mail: Oneal.walker@hhs.gov |
| HelpDesk: OCCOHelpDesk@hhs.gov |
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Address: 1101 Wootton Parkway,
Plaza Level
Rockville, MD 20852 |
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