1. Check your Office of Force Readiness and Deployment (OFRD) Officer Summary Page to ensure you are Basic qualified and will remain so. Ensure all immunizations are properly entered as well as each one in sequence. Ensure your PPD, Influenza, APFT/President’s Challenge, and BLS are not going to expire soon, and update your personal information. I find it helpful to set a reminder on my Outlook calendar to make sure I remember to renew my requirements. Send your immunization documentation and APFT (form PHS-7044, “Physical Readiness Standards Report”) to the Medical Affairs Branch at the address below. It is also a good idea to fax in the front and back of your BLS card, which will be placed in the Continuing Education section of your electronic Official Personnel Folder (eOPF).
2. Review your category’s benchmarks. Each category defines officer promotion benchmarks. When reviewing those benchmarks, determine which ones you have achieved and create a goal and plan to reach the other benchmarks prior to your next promotion. Although benchmarks change and evolve overtime, attaining those in place now will always make you a better officer.
3. Review your medical information by logging into your eOPF. Ensure your DD Form 2808, “Report of Medical Examination,” has been completed within the last 5 years and your DD Form 2807-1, “Report of Medical History,” has been completed within the last 12 months. Ensure that these will still be up-to-date through the end of the year.
4. While logged into your eOPF, ensure that your license, if applicable, is current and valid.
5. Check your Security/Sensitivity Clearance Papers (‘Pink Section’) to ensure your National Agency Check Inquiry (NACI) or a security clearance is on file. If you have never had a security clearance (at a minimum a NACI) or it is not reflected in your eOPF, contact your Commissioned Corps Liaison to complete the requirements.
6. Also check that your 2005 Commissioned Officers’ Effectiveness Report is on file. If it is not, then follow-up with your chain of command, rater, reviewing official, and Commissioned Corps Liaison.
7. Prior to the end of December, fax a current version of your curriculum vitae, continuing education credits, and letters into your eOPF. It is best to send all documents to your eOPF sooner rather then later as the fax line is often busy.

Licensure Fax: 240-453-6142
eOPF Fax: 301-480-1436

VADM Richard Carmona, M.D.
Surgeon General, USPHS