Officer Basic Course (OBC)
The Officer Basic Course is 2-week mandatory training for all USPHS Commissioned Corps officers called to extended active duty after 30 September 2008. The OBC is an official Temporary Duty Assignment (TDY) that provides a comprehensive orientation to Commissioned Corps officers. At least one member of the SciPAC Career Development Subcommittee’s OBC Training Workgroup attends the OBC open house and graduation ceremony each month (when an OBC training is being held and when a Scientist Officer is attending the course) to welcome new active duty Scientist Officers to the USPHS Commissioned Corps and to answer any category-specific questions. At each graduation ceremony, the OBC Training Workgroup presents a personalized letter from the Chief Professional Officer, CAPT Sukhminder K. Sandhu, and a Scientist Category coin to each new Scientist Officer.
Recent Graduates
Congratulations to the most recent Scientist Officer OBC graduates
OBC Class 106 Graduates, November 2018
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Above Photo: Pictured from left to right:
RADM Palmer Orlandi, CDR Eric Zhou, LCDR Shiny Matthew, LT Dianca Finch, and LT Brett Forshey
OBC Class 103 Graduates, May 2018
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Above Photo: Pictured from left to right:
LT Robert Gahl, VAD Jerome Adams (SG), LT Adelaida Rosario, CAPT John Eckert (CPO)
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Above Photo: Pictured from left to right:
LCDR Xinzhi Zhang, CDR Arlin Hatch, LT Robert Gahl, VAD Jerome Adams (SG), LT Adelaida Rosario, CAPT John Eckert (CPO), CAPT DeLoris Hunter, CDR Eric Zhou
OBC Class 102 Graduates, March 2018
![OBC 102 graduates from left to right LT Awuah, LT Woodard, CDR Bobo, CAPT Eckert, LT Wilson, LT Marcsisin, LCDR Ejike-King](images/PHOTO-OBC102Scientist1.jpg)
Above Photo: Pictured from left to right:
LT Prince Awuah, LT Lauren Woodard, CDR Qiao Bobo, CAPT John Eckert, LT Nana Wilson, LT Sean Marcsisin,
and LCDR Lacreisha Ejike-King
![OBC 102 Graduates, From left to right: CDR Hatch, LT Awuah, LT Ejike-King, LT Wilson, LT Marcsisin, LT Woodard, and LT Wilson-Frederick](images/PHOTO-OBC102Scientist2.jpg)
Above Photo: Pictured from left to right:
CDR Arlin Hatch, LT Prince Awuah, LT Lacreisha Ejike-King, LT Nana Wilson, LT Sean Marcsisin, LT Lauren Woodard, and LCDR Shondelle Wilson-Frederick
![OBC 102 graduates from left to right: LT Marcsisin, LT Ejike-King, LT Awuah, CAPT Coppola, LT Stracener, LT Oleynik, LT Woodard](images/PHOTO-OBC102Scientist3.jpg)
Above Photo: Pictured from left to right:
LT Sean Marcsisin, LT lacreisha Ejike-King, LT Prince Awuah, CAPT Dean Coppola, LT Shaun Stracener, LT Alesya Oleynik, LT Lauren Woodard
OBC 101 Class Graduates, February 2018
![2018OBC-1.jpg](images/2018OBC-1.jpg)
Above photo: Pictured from left to right:
CAPT John Eckert (CPO), LT Charles Helm, LT Pushpa Jayasekera, LCDR Rudolph Francin, CDR Alvin Hatch
Scientist OBC Class Photos Archive
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