Did you know that the D.C. Metro Area Branch of the Commissioned Officers
Association is in the used uniform business? The Branch’s U.S. Public Health
Service (PHS) Uniform Service Center is located in the Parklawn Building, 5600
Fishers Lane, Room 4B-20, Rockville, Maryland.
The Uniform Service Center currently has a wide selection of used uniform items
such as pants, shirts, khakis, Service Dress Blue coats, shoulder boards, metal
rank devices, etc., all at reasonable prices. New PHS ribbons are also stocked
for sale.
The shop, staffed with volunteer officers, is limited in its hours of operation. It
is currently only open on Wednesdays, from noon to 1 p.m.
Phone: 301-443-9704. Stop by and see what you
can use!
The Uniform Service Center gladly accepts donations of used uniform items that
are in good condition. Receipts are provided to the donating officer for items
received. Donations are only received when the shop is open; please do not
leave uniform items at the door of the shop when it is closed.
All of the profits generated from sales are donated to charity. Proceeds from
uniform sales have purchased medical equipment for Children’s Hospital and the
Whitman-Walker Clinic in Washington, D.C. The National Institutes of Health
Children’s Inn has also been a beneficiary of the Uniform Service Center’s
charity.
If interested in volunteering for this
worthwhile project, please contact CDR Rector at phone number 301-443-3880 or
e-mail address:
lrector@hrsa.gov
Donations of used uniform items may be mailed to:
CDR Lou Ann Rector
Chief, Commissioned Corps Officer
Health Resources and Services Administration
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 12A-12
Rockville, MD 20857-0001
