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- Travel, PCS and Transportation
- Important Regulation Changes
- Travel & Transportation Entitlements Summary
- Permanent Change of Station (PCS)
- Temporary Duty (TDY)
- Junior COSTEP Travel Information
- Official Travel Forms
- Household Goods Officers
- Transportation
- Government Travel Charge Card
- Table of Frequently Used Acronyms
- Servicemembers Civil Relief Act
- Links
- Travel and Transportation Allowances FAQ
- About Officer Support
- Awards-Officer Awards Program
- Nominations Procedures and Forms
- Eligibility to Receive Awards
- Approval Levels
- Types of Recognition & Awards Criteria
- Non-PHS Awards
- Write-Up (Narrative) Guidance & Tips
- List of OPDIV Awards Coordinators (PDF, 67kb)
- List of Liaisons (PDF, 266kb)
- FAQs
- COER
- DEERS Information (PDF, 139kb)
- Important Information Regarding DEERS and ID Cards During COVID-19 (PDF, 57kb)
- eCORPS Information
- Education Benefits Overview
- FAQs
- Forms
- Electronic Official Personnel Folder (eOPF)
- eOPF FAQs
- eOPF Status
- FAQs Practice Hours and Special Pay Changes
- Licensure
- Officer Leave and Absence Request FAQ
- Promotions
- Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA)
- About Policy
- Commissioned Corps Issuance System
- Equal Opportunity
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Political Restrictions
- Promotion Ceremony Protocol (PDF, 126kb)
- SGHG Drill and Ceremonies Manual (PDF, 3.39mb)
- Uniform Specifications
- PHS Hard Shoulder Boards and Sleeve Insignia (Male and Female) (PDF, 828kb)
- PHS Soft Shoulder Marks (Unisex) (PDF, 324kb)
- Medical Requirements for Promotion
- RedDOG Force Readiness Information
- Link to list of Chief Professional Officers (CPO) (PDF, 348kb)
- Link to list of Liaisons (PDF, 266kb)
- Link to list of Professional Advisory Committee (PAC) Chairs (PDF, 19kb)
- Promotion Board Recommendations
- Not promoted? Now What?
- FAQs
- Promotion, Readiness and Compliance FAQs
- Permanent Promotion Eligibility Chart
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- Visit CDC.gov for Coronavirus (COVID-19) Public Health Updates
As Public Health Service Officers and America’s Health Responders, we stand ready to preserve public health and national security during national or global health emergencies. Our mission is to be out the door as soon as requested, as this is an “all hands on deck” situation. All Corps officers were placed on involuntary deploy or "alert" status effective Wednesday, March 25, 2020, irrespective of the 'on-call month' status. Under Commissioned Corps Directive 121.02, "Deployment and Readiness," as directed by Assistant Secretary for Health, Commissioned Corps Headquarters will deploy Commissioned Corps officers assigned to HHS OpDivs/StaffDivs, either voluntarily or involuntarily and without supervisory approval, who are not considered mission critical, for deployments, under the current National Emergency. Mission critical requests sent to CCHQ are not final until the request is approved by the CCHQ Director as per the POM 821.76 ”Deployment Procedures”. An officer with a non-HHS organization may be deployed in accordance with the Memorandum of Agreement/Understanding between the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and the non-HHS organization.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Board for Corrections
No. In order to have an unbiased review of cases, the Secretary established and oversees the Board for Correction through the Program Support Center (PSC).
No. This Directive applies to all commissioned officers, all active duty or retired Corps officers and former officers whose commissions have been terminated. Additionally, the spouse, parent, child, heir, or legal representative when the officer, retired officer, or former officer is deceased, is not competent, or cannot be located.
Complete and submit form PSC-54 (found on CCHQ’s form depository) with supporting documentation. Officers may submit their application electronically or via mail in accordance with CCD 129.01.
The board will assess the application’s completeness to include applicant’s signature, timeliness, and other remedies.
In accordance with CCD 129.01, an application for correction of a record must be filed within three years after discovery of the alleged error or injustice.
An application filed after that time may not be accepted by the board unless it finds that it would be in the interest of justice to do so.
An application may not be considered by a Board until the applicant has exhausted all applicable administrative remedies afforded him/her by existing law, regulations, or Corps policy, as well as such remedies as the Board may determine are practical and appropriately available to the applicant.
If an application is accepted by the board, CCHQ will have an opportunity to provide evidence and counter claims in the form of an advisory opinion to either support or reject the officer’s requested relief.
Yes. The board has legal parameters for what they can or delegate correction for.
Included in the Directive is Appendix A, “Flow of an Application”. This document in in addition to PSC’s “Information for Applicants” provides in-depth as well as contact information for additional questions.
Yes. Other relatives, as specified by the policy, can complete and be involved in the application process.