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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
- Previous Active Duty Dental Plan Member Portal
- Family Coverage: TRICARE Dental Program
- Retiree Dental Program
- Immunizations
- Periodic Health Update
- PHU FAQs
- Deployment Health Assessments
- Medical Waiver Program
- Smoking Cessation
- Medical Affairs 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
- May 2022 Officer Awards
- 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
- Transcripts FAQs
- Extramural and Intramural Training FAQs
- Officer Leave and Absence Request FAQ
- 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
- 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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About CCHQ
About Recruitment and Assignments Branch
Welcome to the Recruitment and Assignments Branch (RAB) Information Website!
Our goal is to deliver excellent customer service to our stakeholders and customers by providing up to date and accurate information and support to our stakeholders, who include but are not limited to: The Office of the Surgeon General, Chief Professional Officers (CPO’s,), various Health and Human Service (HHS) Operational Divisions (OPDIVs), Non-OPDIVs, applicants, active duty service members, beneficiaries, as well as many others.
RAB has a vital mission to manage the Commission Corps application process, prepare personnel orders for the assignments and career progression of Corps officers from beginning to end. RAB consists of a dedicated and diverse group of Corps Officers and Civilian Staff who take pride in carrying out some of the following responsibilities:
Recruitment - Call -To -Active Duty Team:
- Recruitment Activities
- Commissioned Corps Application processes
- Managing professional board clearances (Appointment, Security, Suitability)
- Managing Commissioned Officer Student Training and Extern Programs (COSTEP):
- JR COSTEP
- SR COSTEP
- USUHS Medical Students
- CDC – EIS/LLS
- Coordinate, prepare and review personnel orders and related actions for all calls to active duty including but not limited to:
- Prior service credit calculations
- Call to Active Duty orders
- Amendments to personnel orders
- Cancellation of personnel orders
- Temporary duty orders (to the Officer Basic Course)
- SR COSTEP and USUHS Student graduations
- Prepare and review personnel orders for appointment and extension of Professional Appointment Board members
- Prepare and manage all waiver requests (Tattoo, Age, Prior PHS officer, Prior Service Members)
Assignments Team:
- Prepare and review personnel orders for some of the following:
- Transfers
- Position Updates
- Temporary Duty assignments
- Amendments to personnel orders
- Cancellation of personnel orders
- Prior Service Data Management
- Duty Station Address Changes
- ADMIN Code Changes
- Address Changes
- Name Changes
- Promotions
- Absence Without Leave (AWOL”s)
- Non-Duty with Pay (NDWP)
- Direct Access Positions and Billets management
- Active Duty Statement of Services
Separations Team:
- Prepare and review personnel orders and manage programs for officers undergoing separation (retirement or termination) from the Corps:
- Retirements (Voluntary, Permanent Disability, Temporary Disability, Involuntary, Mandatory, and Age 64)
- Terminations (Voluntary, Involuntary, Deaths)
- Final Statement of Services(DD-214 equivalents) (Retirement and Terminations)
- Survivor Assistance
- Separation Counselling
- Facilitation of Separation Seminars
- Liaison Training
For any questions related to Call to Active Duty, Assignments, Separations or Retirements please send an e-mail to the following:
Call to Active Duty Questions: OS-CADQuestions@hhs.gov
Assignments Questions: PHSCCAssignments@hhs.gov
Separations/Retirement Questions: phsccseparations2@hhs.gov