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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
- Medical Waiver Program
- Smoking Cessation
- Medical Affairs FAQs
- Tricare Active Duty Dental Program 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
- COER
- 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
- Long Term Training FAQs
- Officer Leave and Absence Request FAQ
- Promotions
- 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
- RedDOG 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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Travel and Transportation
Privately Owned Vehicle (POV) Transportation During a Permanent Change of Station (PCS) Within the Continental United States (CONUS)
An eligible member ordered on a PCS between CONUS permanent duty stations (PDSs) may be authorized transportation of one POV from the OLD CONUS PDS to the new CONUS PDS when the member is physically unable to drive. The inability of a dependent to drive does not satisfy this criterion. Any member requesting POV transportation under this criterion due to medical reasons needs to have current and complete medical records on file in Medical Affairs Branch (MAB). The complete medical record will be evaluated for medical justification of the request. It is the officer’s responsibility to ensure treating providers, clinics, and hospitals also send a copy of their complete medical record to MAB. A letter from the officer and/or treating provider to MAB outlining the medical issues preventing driving the POV is strongly recommended.
Please note, it frequently takes 4-6 weeks for medical records to be copied and sent from physicians’ offices to MAB so early attention to this issue is important if a medical request is anticipated and POV transportation necessary. Contact the Commissioned Corps Travel Coordinator as soon as possible prior to sending documents to MAB. The travel coordinator will communicate with MAB during the review process.
An eligible member with dependents relocating during the PCS, and ordered on a PCS between CONUS PDSs, may also be authorized to have one POV transported from the old CONUS PDS to the new CONUS PDS provided the following circumstances are met:
- Member and/or eligible dependents own more than one POV to be relocated to the new PDS;
- Member and dependents then travel at one time in one POC;
- Cost of shipment and commercial transportation of the POV to be shipped does not exceed the cost of MALT PLUS (monetary allowance in lieu of transportation plus flat per diem; refer to Commissioned Corps Management Information System Travel and Transportation Information Center web site’s Reimbursement Rates page) driving two POCs to the new PDS; and
- The member is financially responsible for all excess costs or additional expenses associated with POV transportation.
The following restrictions apply:
- Dependents must relocate incident to the PCS. POV transportation is not authorized if the member has no dependents.
- A member authorized POV transportation is not authorized commercial travel at Government expense for the member or dependents in conjunction with the PCS.
- The member must personally procure all POV transportation. Government-procured transportation is not authorized.
- Payment of MALT to drop off/pick up the POV in conjunction with transportation of POV is not authorized.
- POV storage at Government expense is not authorized in conjunction with transportation of a POV.