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On the Ground of ‘Operation Lone Star’
Read the primary accounts of Commissioned Corps officers on the ground of ‘Operation Lone Star’ in South Texas where Texas Health and Human Services employees, Texas Military Forces, the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, local health departments and community volunteers worked to bring health services to thousands of underserved South Texans.
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“The Road Less Traveled”
As U.S. Assistant Surgeon General, Rear Admiral (RADM) Maura Dollymore currently serves as U.S. Coast Guard Surgeon General, Director of Health, Safety and Work Life for the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG). As the USCG Surgeon General, RADM Dollymore supervises approximately 170 U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (USPHS) officers and civilian professionals who deliver health care, safety and work-life/family services to active duty USCG members.
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Golden Knights Honor USPHS Officers Serving Under the DoD Mental Health Partnership at Fort Bragg with a Tandem Jump
On May 17th, 2012, 11 U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) Commissioned Corps officers were honored with the rare opportunity to jump with the acclaimed U.S. Army Golden Knights. The Golden Knights, a world-renowned demonstration and competition parachute team, consist of paratroopers who travel the country thrilling audiences and promoting the U.S. Army. The Golden Knights occasionally honor individuals and organizations by allowing them to participate in jumps; past honorees, such as Chuck Norris and President George H.W. Bush, have been selected from a wide variety of fields. Stationed at the “Home of the Airborne” in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, the 90 soldiers that make up the Golden Knights have each been trained in at least one of the 200 military occupational specialties offered by the U.S. Army.
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USPHS Social Workers Making the Army Stronger – All Day, Every Day
In early 2010, two U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) Commissioned Corps social work officers and one U.S. Army social work officer increased access to emergency behavioral health care services at Fort Bragg by serving in what’s comparable to a 9-to-5 setting in the Emergency Department (E.D.) of the installations’ Womack Army Medical Center (WAMC). But a few months into their assignment, the USPHS officers recognized a growing need to have social workers available at all hours of the day.
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New Life, New Service, Same Passion
In December of 2011, after 14 years as an active duty officer, MAJ Laura Hudson of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps became LCDR Laura Hudson of the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) Commissioned Corps. A psychiatric nurse practitioner in both services, LCDR Hudson joked that, “The biggest difference is that it confused the heck out of my patients when I came back with a different uniform!” LCDR Hudson’s role is almost exclusively patient care; she sees about nine patients a day.
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The Surgeon General Announces New Chief of Staff
On June 12th, 2012, Surgeon General Regina Benjamin announced that CAPT Robert DeMartino, MD, will officially step into the role of Commissioned Corps Chief of Staff. CAPT DeMartino is currently Director, Behavioral Medicine Division in the Office of the Chief Medical Officer, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, Department of Defense (DoD). He is a physician trained in both internal medicine and psychiatry. In addition to his great enthusiasm and professional demeanor, he is a proven leader who brings with him superb analytic, problem solving and communication skills, a strong mission focus, and critical and strategic thinking.
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Tri-Service Warrior Care Clinic Up and Running at NBHC Groton, CT
The overarching goal of the Tri-Service Warrior Care Clinic is to facilitate return to duty. This mission is accomplished by providing coordinated and comprehensive multidisciplinary assessment and treatment for service members with mild to moderate traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder, sleep disorders, and chronic pain.
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Rear Admiral’s Lecture Suggests Plans for Promoting Health
The Government might not be able to solve the Nation’s health problems alone, but providing plans for public action is a big part of what it can do. Outlining two of these plans, Healthy People 2020 and The National Prevention Strategy, was the goal of a recent lecture at the University of Maryland (UMD) given by Rear Admiral Penelope Slade-Sawyer, a U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) Commissioned Corps Officer, and Senior Adviser to the Assistant Secretary for Health.
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Q&A with Rear Admiral Penelope Slade-Sawyer
In conjunction with ‘National Public Health Awareness Week’, RADM Slade-Sawyer, U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps Officer, and Senior Adviser to the Assistant Secretary for Health, addressed a crowd at the University of Maryland (UMD). Her speech, sponsored by UMD’s School of Public Health, was entitled, “Advancing the Health of the Nation: Healthy People 2020 and The National Prevention Strategy.”
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RADM Giberson Interview with Medscape
Pharmacists could play a much greater role in reducing the burden of healthcare if they are fairly compensated for the level of services they're already providing, according to a new report — Improving Patient and Health System Outcomes Through Advanced Pharmacy Practice. Rear Admiral Scott F. Giberson, RPh, PhC, MPH, US Assistant Surgeon General and chief professional officer of pharmacy at the U.S. Public Health Service in Rockville, Maryland, discussed the report, which he coauthored, at the meeting. He spoke with Medscape Medical News about how legislating provider status for pharmacists would improve patient care and save money.
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Application Process Change: Focus on Existing Applicant Pool [PDF]
Throughout 2011, the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) has received overwhelming interest in career opportunities with the Commissioned Corps. This is positive new following a temporary pause in calls-to-active duty in 2010. We are currently working with over 1,200 applicants in various stages of the application process. For comparison, our calls-to-active duty in any given year have numbered approximately 500.
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History of Women in the USPHS
During WWII, women between the ages of 20-50 were recruited to participate in the Armed Forces as well as in the U.S. Public Health Service and the Red Cross to assist with the war effort. At that time, women’s roles were limited to working with other women and they rarely had an opportunity to supervise men. To address the critical shortage of nurses during WWII, Congress passed the Nurse Training Act of 1943, which created a uniformed Cadet Nurse Corps (formerly the “Victory Nurse Corps”) within the USPHS.
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CAPT Douglas Hamilton Discusses Real-Life Disease Detectives
The box-office hit Contagion focuses on a team of ‘disease detectives’ as they race to stop the spread of a deadly airborne illness that kills within days. Some of the film’s stars portray members of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS). We recently spoke with CAPT Douglas Hamilton, the director of the 160-person EIS and a Commissioned Corps officer since 1987.
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USPHS Officers Deploy as Part of Operation Lone Star
In an appearance on KGBT-TV Channel 4 in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley, CAPT Steven Sparenborg said the U.S. Public Health Service’s (USPHS) participation in Operation Lone Star (OLS), “bring[s] awareness to people in this area of wellness of being, of helping them create a better lifestyle for themselves, to be healthier – physically, mentally and socially.”
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Signing Bonus for Nurses
The U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps offers a new $25,000 accession bonus for nurses who sign a 4-year active-duty agreement. For nurses who sign a 3-year active-duty agreement, the Corps offers an accession bonus of $20,000.
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Bonuses for Pharmacists
The U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps offers a new $30,000 accession bonus for pharmacists who sign a 4-year active-duty agreement. Newly commissioned pharmacists who are called to active duty (CAD) may be eligible for the bonus. Pharmacists may also be eligible for an annual $15,000 retention bonus.
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Aboard the USS Boxer
Two teams of 15 U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps officers served on the USS Boxer, an amphibious U.S. Navy ship that departed from its homeport of San Diego, CA, on April 28, 2008, and completed a medical, public health, and oral health mission in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Peru.
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FDA - Featured Employer
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has launched a multiyear hiring initiative offering health professionals the opportunity to join the highly skilled and internationally respected work force at their state-of-the-art facilities in the Rockville/Silver Spring, MD, area. The FDA employs more than 10,000 people who work all around the country. Founded when Congress passed the Food and Drugs Act of 1906, the FDA is one of the Nation's oldest and most respected consumer protection agencies. A career with the FDA offers exciting professional opportunities and rewards.
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Signing Bonus for Dentists
On August 6, 2007, the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps announced a new $60,000 accession bonus for dentists who sign a 4-year active duty agreement. On January 29, 2008, that new accession bonus was raised to $75,000. Newly commissioned dentists that are called to active duty (CAD) on or after January 29, 2008, can be eligible for the bonus.
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Officers on USNS Comfort and Local Residents Honored With Visit by former Acting Surgeon General Moritsugu
Commissioned Corps officers serving on the USNS Comfort recently hosted a distinguished visitor: former Acting U.S. Surgeon General Kenneth Moritsugu. During one of his last trips before his retirement at the end of September, RADM Moritsugu traveled to the ship in the Caribbean September 19-21 to show his support for his officers participating in the Comfort?s humanitarian mission. The Surgeon General?s visit also demonstrated the U.S. Public Health Service?s commitment to collaborating with other uniformed services in their shared mission of protecting and improving public health. His visit was a one of his last official trips ending an extraordinary career that included 37 years in the U.S. Public Health Service.
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Commissioned Corps Officers Continue Humanitarian Mission Aboard the USS Peleliu
A multidisciplinary team of officers in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps is serving on the USS Peleliu, a multipurpose amphibious ship on a medical, dental, public health, and humanitarian-assistance mission in Southeast Asia and the Western and Outer Pacific Islands. The ship departed San Diego on May 23, 2007. In addition to providing humanitarian assistance, the team will help build the public health infrastructure in communities near where the ship docks.
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Campaign Launches
As a career choice, the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps has never looked better. “Whether they are providing care to individual patients or serving on the frontlines of a public health emergency and disaster response, Commissioned Corps personnel are helping those who are the most vulnerable in times of greatest need,” says U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt. That’s why the Commissioned Corps is recruiting hundreds of physicians, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, and other health professionals to join its ranks by year’s end.
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