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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
Readiness and Practice Hours Reporting FAQs
Yes, you are still required to complete and report your readiness requirements (APFTs, BLS, Practice Hours) before March 31, 2021. You will not be adversely impacted as long as you report completion of your readiness requirements before March 31, 2021.
Yes, you are required to complete 2020 Practice Hours before March 31, 2021.
If you are required to maintain a professional license, you should carefully review your state licensure requirements and ascertain whether BLS waivers are being considered by your state licensing boards.
Officers deploying in clinical practice roles will qualify towards meeting the practice hours requirement. Please be mindful you do not have to wait to submit 2020 practice hours, you can submit them now.
In order to start a new special pay agreement you must submit documentation that proves you performed a minimum of 80 practice hours, as defined by the Surgeon General in the POM 821.77, during your previous agreement in the discipline or specialty that your special pay agreement was granted.
When you have completed your readiness requirements, go to the Officer Secure Area, on the upper left side of your dashboard under the eOPF section, and upload the requisite documentation. Your readiness compliance date for that element of readiness will be based upon the submission date noted on the submitted documentation. Readiness is not satisfied until items are both completed and submitted before their expiration date and subsequent month’s readiness check.
Yes, that will be your new readiness date with the exception of individuals who have a birthday in January, February or March – their PHU date will be reset to their birth month in 2022.
Due to our current national state of emergency, the delayed readiness reporting will not impact the promotion process.