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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 Medical Affairs
- Dental
- Active Duty Dental Program though July 2, 2022
- Active Duty Dental Program effective July 3, 2022
- Family Coverage: TRICARE Dental Program
- Retiree Dental Program
- Immunizations
- Periodic Health Update
- PHU FAQs
- Medical Waiver Program
- Smoking Cessation
- Medical Affairs FAQs
- Tricare Active Duty Dental Program FAQs
- About Personnel & Career Management
- 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)
- 2021 USPHS Awards Process Flowchart (PDF, 702kb)
- FAQs
- COER
- DEERS Information (PDF, 139kb)
- Important Information Regarding DEERS and ID Cards During COVID-19 (PDF, 57kb)
- eCORPS Information
- Education Benefits Overview
- FAQs
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- FAQs Practice Hours and Special Pay Changes
- Licensure
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- Promotions
- Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA)
- Veteran Health Administration (VHA) Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for Practice Hours
- Link to list of Professional Advisory Committee (PAC) Chairs (PDF, 19kb)
- 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)
- Promotion Board Recommendations
- Not promoted? Now What?
- FAQs
- Board Composition and Scoresheet FAQs
- Officer Promotion Packet Verification System (OPPVS) Timeline & 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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Readiness and Deployment Branch (RDB)
Field Medical Readiness Badge (FMRB) Required Training Modules
The FMRB is an optional badge officers may choose to pursue, enhancing their knowledge and deployment-related skill-set. For any officer wishing to work towards their FMRB and qualify at the basic Readiness level, they must successfully complete the following online training sessions:
I. Modules required for BASIC Level of Readiness (12)
- IS-100.C: Introduction to Incident Command System (previously IS-100.B)
- IS-200.C: Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response (previously IS-200.B)
- IS-700.B: An Introduction to the National Incident Management System (NIMS) (previously IS-700.A)
- IS-800.D: National Response Framework (NRF), An Introduction
- 110 - Disaster Response
- 140 - Preventative Medicine of Field Operations
- 141 - Health Consequences and Responses
- 142 - Disaster Triage
- 180 - Infectious Disease Management
- 182 - Terrorism
- 183 - ABCs of Bio-Terrorism
- 217 - Safety and Security Awareness
II. General modules required for Field Medical Readiness BadgeField Issues (10)
- 111 - NDMS in Review
- 112 - DMAT Roles and Responsibilities
- 113 - Veterinary Issues in Disasters
- 114 - Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Teams
- 120 - Personal and Family Preparedness
- 121 - Media Relations and the Role of the PIO
- 122 - Personal Gear
- 125 - Occupational Safety and the Disaster Response Worker
- 147 - Critical Incident Stress Management
- 181 - Hazardous Materials Awareness
Special Environments (9)
- 137 - Outreach Activities
- 144 - Mass Gathering Medicine
- 185 - NDMS Team Operations in Hostile Environments
- 187 - Refugee Health Care
- 210 - Cultural Awareness
- 211 - Civil Military Operations
- 212 - Health System Design
- 322 - Public and Environmental Health
- 324 - Basic Concepts in Epidemiology
International Responses (4)
- 213 - International Deployment
- 214 - Staying Healthy Overseas
- 215 - The Fog of Relief
- 216 - Working Effectively Overseas
If category and/or primary deployment role is clinical*, an additional 15 courses are required:Clinical (15)
- 150 - Airway Management
- 151 - Abdominal Trauma
- 152 - Thoracic Trauma
- 153 - Spinal Injuries
- 154 - Head Injuries
- 155 - Blast Injuries
- 156 - Heat Exposure Injuries
- 157 - Cold Exposure and Hypothermia
- 158 - Burn Injuries
- 159 - Crush Injuries
- 160 - Pediatric Care/Triage
- 161 – Field Dentistry
- 162 – OB-GYN Issues in Disasters
- 163 – Orthopedic Injuries and Stabilization during Disasters
- 164 - Eye Care Following Disasters
*Clinical Category and/or Deployment Roles- Physician / Physician Assistant
- Dentist / Dental Hygienist
- Nurse / Nurse Practitioner
- Pharmacist
- Dietitian
- Veterinarian
- Therapist
- Mental Health (clinical social worker, psychologist, psychiatrist, etc.)
- Medical Technologist
- EMT
- Optometrist
Training Criteria: With exception of the four FEMA courses, complete all remaining required training courses posted within Responder e-Learn portal. “Certificate of Training” can be downloaded individually and uploaded directly into eDOC-U, under “Readiness” and “Training” sections.
Responder e-Learn Login: located on CCMIS website, within the “Login” drop-down menu.
For any IT-related assistance with Responder e-Learn, please visit the site and select “Get Technical Support” for both a direct phone number and email address, as this website is maintained by ASPR, not USPHS.
Fitness Criteria: Minimum fitness standard for FMRB eligibility requires achievement of: 75 points (“Excellent” level) in accordance with APFT standards effective as of 12/18/2015. Minimum fitness level achieved (or better) must be maintained at the time FMRB eligibility is determined.
Deployment Criteria: Complete one or more Corps deployments consisting of a minimum of 7-days. Deployment days may be accumulated from one or more recent deployments.
Time Requirement: Criteria for all required trainings, fitness level, and deployment days must be satisfied and maintained within a 3-year period at time of FMRB eligibility determination. Currently FMRB eligibility is only reviewed quarterly (JAN, APR, JULY, OCT).
FMRB Review: Officers who believe they have met all the requirements as outlined above must complete a self-assessed review prior to the official CCHQ review. FMRB eligible officers will receive further communication from RDB directly on the status of their badge processing after the quarterly review has been completed.
Additional Resources for Officers:
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) – to be updated soon