• Flag Promotions

  We are honored to announce that this year 13 officers have been approved for flag-grade promotions by Secretary Burwell.

  As the senior ranking officers in the Commissioned Corps, flag officers exemplify the core values for which Commissioned Officers of the U.S. Public Health Service are held in high esteem. Flag officers provide executive-level leadership within the Department and within the Agencies in which they serve. Our flag officers also carry the title of Assistant Surgeon General and, as such, we rely on them to support special initiatives and exhibit the highest caliber of public health leadership.

  Please join us in warmly congratulating these fine officers!

  Assistant Surgeon General, O-7 Grade, effective upon completion of administrative requirements:

  CAPT Tecora Deneice Ballom Regional Medical Director South Central Region Bureau of Prison	CAPT Wanda Denise Barfield Director Division of Reproductive Health Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  CAPT Christopher B. Buchanan Director Office of Direct Service and Contracting Tribes Indian Health Service	CAPT Mark A. Calkins Director Division of Sanitation Facilities Construction Office of Environmental Health and Engineering Indian Health Service
  CAPT David Philip Goldman Assistant Administrator Office of Public Health Science U.S. Department of Agriculture	CAPT Michael F. Iademarco Director Center for Surveillance Epidemiology and Laboratory Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  CAPT Peter H. Kilmarx Deputy Director Fogarty International Center National Institutes of Health	CAPT Palmer A. Orlandi Jr. Chief Science Officer and Research Director Office of Foods and Veterinary Medicine Food and Drug Administration
  CAPT Kelly M. Taylor Director Division of Environmental Health Services Indian Health Service	CAPT Michael Dean Weahkee Chief Executive Officer Phoenix Indian Medical Center Indian Health Service
  CAPT Mitchell I. Wolfe Deputy Assistant Secretary Office of Global Affairs Department of Health and Human Services

  Assistant Surgeon General, O-8 grade, effective November 1, 2016:

  RADM Christopher A. Bina Senior Deputy Assistant Director Health Services Division Bureau of Prisons

  RADM Joan F. Hunter Director, Division of Commissioned Corps Personnel and Readiness Office of the Surgeon General
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  COMMISSIONED CORPS NEWS

  Health Professions Special Pays
  Agreements Available

  Health Professions Special Pays (HPSP) agreements are now available. Officers in authorized specialties can now initiate new agreements under HPSP.

  Blended Retirement System Educational Events

  On January 1, 2018, the new Blended Retirement System (BRS) went into effect. The BRS applies to new service members called to active duty and officers with less than 12 years of service as of December 31, 2017...

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