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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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Promotion Information
Officer’s Statement (OS)
The Officer’s Statement (OS) is a 1 page document that provides you the opportunity to summarize:
- Your support of Corps activities;
- Your commitment to visibility as an officer; and
- Your vision and expectations of a career in the Corps and the Corps mission.
Complete and submit the OS using the following directions:
- Read the Instructions.
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The OS should be written in concise bulleted statements using proper grammar and spelling.
- It is essential that the statements describe not just what organizations you are a member of, but also what contributions you make to those committees or groups.
- Promotion Board members like to see accomplishments and impact, not just job descriptions or membership.
- Promotion Board members need to quickly identify information in this document.
- Provide Qualitive and Quantitative Bullets
- Avoid Fluff
- After completing and printing the OS form, sign, date and submit to your eOPF using the eDOC-U upload system in the Secure Area of CCMIS no later than the due date on the Promotion Checklist.
Ensure the following is completed- Ensure your name and PHS number are correct.
- Ensure the OS is signed and uploaded to your eOPF before the deadline.
- A Wet (Ink) signature is acceptable if PIV/CAC verified signature option is unavailable.
- Keep a copy of the upload screen page indicating the document was uploaded by the deadline.
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Your document is viewable in your eOPF and OPPVS
- An OS is not confirmed into your eOPF until you received your email confirmation that a new COER document has been added to your eOPF.
- Ensure the OS is visible within the COER section of your eOPF within 5 days of submission. If not, email phsopffix@hhs.gov to report the error. Please attach your OS submission documentation.
- Only the current year’s OS Form is accepted for promotion consideration and for inclusion in the eOPF. NO OTHER VERSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED.
- The Promotion Board will only have access to the current year’s OS; they will not see OSs from previous years. Therefore, you must submit a new OS every year you are eligible for a permanent or temporary grade promotion. The OS will be placed in the COER Documents section of the eOPF.
- Once the OS is processed, it will be indexed, dated, and filed in the COER section of the eOPF.
2023 OS Form (PDF, 63kb) (open in google chrome or other browsers if having difficulty getting a fillable form)
Last Updated: 9/1/22