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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 Officer Training Academy
Officer Basic Course (OBC)
The Officer Basic Course (OBC) provides training in the values and skills necessary to represent the Surgeon General as a commissioned officer. This two-week course is an orientation to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service, and life in the uniformed services. OBC also provides training and information on officer competency and career development, uniformed service customs and courtesies, force readiness and deployment, and other essential areas.
Officers who successfully complete this course are awarded the Commissioned Corps Training Ribbon (CCTR).
OBC Questions and Preparation:
All officers going through the Call to Active Duty (CAD) process will receive information from the Call to Active Duty and Recruitment (CADRe) Team. All officers enrolled in OBC will receive information from the COTA Team directly. The COTA Team will communicate office hour availability to address any questions in preparation for OBC via email.Uniform of the Day: To be determined per Uniform of the Day POM or civilian equivalent.
Training Academy Venue
William F. Bolger Center
Course
NumberMonth
Course Dates*
Open House
Pinning
Graduation
10:00 a.m. ESTUniform of
the DayOBC 149
November
November 05 – 17, 2023
Nov 15
Nov 10
Nov 17
TBD per Uniform of the Day POM or civilian equivalent
OBC 150
January
January 21 – February 02, 2024
Jan 31
Jan 26
Feb 02
TBD per Uniform of the Day POM or civilian equivalent
February
February 25 – March 08, 2024
Cancelled
OBC 151
April
April 14 – 26, 2024
(virtual)
April 24
N/A
April 26
TBD per Uniform of the Day POM or civilian equivalent
OBC 152
May
May 12 – 24, 2024
(virtual)
May 22
N/A
May 24
TBD per Uniform of the Day POM or civilian equivalent
OBC 153
July
July 14 – 26, 2024
(virtual)
July 24
N/A
July 26
TBD per Uniform of the Day POM or civilian equivalent
OBC 154
August
August 11 -23, 2024
(virtual)
Aug 21
N/A
August 23
TBD per Uniform of the Day POM or civilian equivalent
OBC 155
September
September 15 – 27, 2024
(virtual)
Sept 25
N/A
Sept 27
TBD per Uniform of the Day POM or civilian equivalent
*OBC151-155 will be held virtually. There will be no in-person training.
*Training dates are subject to change
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For any additional questions, please email the COTA Team at: phsobc@hhs.gov
Last Updated: 3/19/2024
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Surgeon General Priorities
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January 2021: United States Public Health Commissioned Corps Doctrine
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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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