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  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
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