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The USPHS Commissioned Corps is committed to our mission to protect, promote, and advance the health and safety of the nation. Public Health Service officers are trained and equipped to provide crucial public health leadership, assist with policy development, advance innovation and science, provide essential care services and respond to national and global public health emergencies. Through our Active Duty Regular Corps, our Public Health Response Strike Team (PHERST) and our Ready Reserve Corps, we remain responsive and available to rapidly deploy in the service of health.
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Commissioned Corps Headquarters E-Mail Resources
Commissioned Corps Headquarters (CCHQ), is within the Office of the Surgeon General (OSG), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH), US. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). CCHQ is responsible for all functions regarding personnel career management, administration, medical affairs, recruitment, assignments, operations, readiness, deployment, and policy for the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service. Under the leadership of the Office Director, who reports to the Office of the Surgeon General, provides staff support for executing the mission of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. CCHQ provides services to over 13,000 Active Duty and Retirees to duty stations around the world and is located in Rockville, Maryland.
Below is a list of email directories with description to submit questions to:
Administrative Services Personnel Records Request For personnel records requests PHSCCHQ RecordsManagement Request@hhs.gov Call to Active Duty Travel For questions related to travel for call to active duty PHScadtravel@hhs.gov Official Personnel Folder (OPF) FIX For requesting corrections of documents or document placement in the eOPF Personnel File PHSopffix@hhs.gov Personnel File For uploading documents to officers personnel files PHSopfdocs@hhs.gov Travel For questions related to travel for active duty officers PHSTravel@hhs.gov Financial Services Financial Services For payroll inquiries and general questions about Active Duty officer compensation PHSCompensation Branch@hhs.gov Blended Retirement System For general questions about the Blended Retirement System PHSBRS@hhs.gov Medical Affairs Medical Affairs For questions to the Medical Affairs PHSMACCHQ@hhs.gov Call to Active Duty Medical Clearance For questions regarding the applicant medical clearance process PHSCAD Medical@hhs.gov Dental Applicants For dental applicant questions PHSapplicantdental @hhs.gov MAB Dental For questions about the Active Duty Dental Program or PHU Dental exam MABDental@hhs.gov Deployment Medical Officer For questions related to health concerns while deployed or on PHS TDY training orders PHSDMOCCHQ@hhs.gov Immunizations For inquiries about immunizations, submitting immunizations records PHScc immunizations@hhs.gov Medical Affairs Evaluations For questions about Medical Affairs evaluation PHSMAES@hhs.gov Personnel and Career Management Absence Request/Leave* For questions pertaining to leave and absence request PHSAbsence request@hhs.gov Commissioned Officer Awards Program* For questions pertaining to the officer awards program PHSCOAP@hhs.gov For DoD/non-PHS award questions PHSdodnphsawards @hhs.gov For prior service award questions PHSpriorsawards @hhs.gov For award corrections questions PHScorrections@hhs.gov COER Questions* For questions pertaining to COERS PHSCoers@hhs.gov Licensure For questions pertaining to licensure and transcripts PHSLicensure@hhs.gov Adverse Actions For questions pertaining to officer adverse action PHSAdverse Actions@hhs.gov DEERS and GI Bill Helpdesk For questions about DEERS and the GI Bill PHSdeersgibill@hhs.gov Long Term Training For questions pertaining to long term training PHSlongterm training@hhs.gov Promotions Information Report (PIR) For questions pertaining to officer PIR PHSPIR@hhs.gov Practice Hours For questions pertaining to officer Practice Hours PHSpracticehours @hhs.gov Promotions For questions pertaining to promotions PHSpromotions@hhs.gov * Contact Commissioned Corps Agency Liaison first Policy and Evaluation Uniforms For questions pertaining to Corps uniforms PHSccuniform@hhs.gov Policy For questions related to policy CCISPolicy@hhs.gov Readiness and Deployment Deployment For deployment-related inquiries PHSDeployment @hhs.gov Readiness For readiness-related inquiries, including weight management standards PHSReadiness@hhs.gov Preparedness For preparedness and field exercises-related inquiries PHSPreparedness @hhs.gov Corps Care For Corps Care-related inquiries PHSCorpsCare@hhs.gov Call to Active Duty Applicant Enrollment System (AES) Notifications For questions pertaining to AES Notifications PHSaes@hhs.gov Applicant Acceptance Documents For questions pertaining to applicant acceptance documents PHSaad@hhs.gov Applicants Board For questions pertaining to applicants board PHSaapboard@hhs.gov Call to Active Duty For questions related to active duty applicants PHSOS-CADQuestions@hhs.gov Costep For questions pertaining to the Costep Program PHScostep@hhs.gov Security Clearance For security clearance questions PHSsecurity@hhs.gov Separations and Assignments Assignments For questions about personnel orders, name changes, or statements of service PHSCCAssignments @hhs.gov Retirement Seminars and Information Series For questions pertaining to pre-retirement seminars and retirement transition information series PHSCCSeparations@hhs.gov Separation Information/Retirement For questions pertaining to separations and retirement PHSccseparations2 @hhs.gov Training Training For questions regarding Corps training (Not long term training) PHScota@hhs.gov OBC For questions regarding OBC training PHSOBC@hhs.gov Career Pathways For questions regarding Career Pathways PHSCareerPathways@hhs.gov Commissioned Corps Helpdesk Commissioned Corps Helpdesk For overall questions related to the Corps not addressed above Helpdesk Last Updated: 4/27/23 -
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COMMISSIONED CORPS NEWS
Officer Spotlight January 2025
Officer Spotlight
Practice Hours Opportunities
Practice Hours Opportunities
2023 Temporary Grade Promotions
CC News Announcement 2023 Temporary Grade Promotions
Changes in Tattoo Policy in CCI 412.01, Uniforms and Appearance
Changes in Tattoo Policy in CCI 412.01, Uniforms and Appearance
Surgeon General Priorities
Surgeon General Priorities
January 2021: United States Public Health Commissioned Corps Doctrine
The link above will take you to the Noncompetitive Promotion Roster for Promotion Year 2020.
FAQs Practice Hours and Special Pay Changes
This is first in a series of FAQs, more FAQs will be forthcoming on Practice Hours and Special Pays.
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Mission - Deployments Readiness Updates
As we position ourselves to assist with controlling the spread of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), please note that we’re in an “all-hands on deck” status. Messaging has gone out from the Assistant Secretary for Health reminding Commissioned Corps officers of their deployment responsibilities...
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