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NEW UNIFORM REGULATIONS
• For questions about uniforms
email the Public Health Service
Uniform Help Desk: phsccuniform@hhs.gov
• Unofficial
summary of new uniform regulations by Atlanta Chapter of COA 03/2008
• Uniforms
for female officers Commissioned Corps Instruction 26.3.5 9/24/08
• Includes
photos
• Uniforms
for male officers Commissioned Corps Instruction 26.3.4 9/24/08
• Includes
photos
• Special
uniform situations Commissioned Corps Instruction 26.3.7 9/24/08
• Includes
photos
• Details
about BDU, Service Dress uniforms, Maternity uniforms, much more.....
• Clarification
about BDUs from Acting SG Galson 3/2009
• Wear
of ribbons and medals, Commissioned Corps Instruction 26.3.3
8/28/08
• Required
wear of the uniform Commissioned Corps Instruction 26.3.2, 3/14/08
• Q
and A about uniforms, from CC E-Bulletin
Other
information 6/2009
Other
information 5/2009
Other
information 3/09
Other
infomration 2/09
Other
information 1/09
Other
information 12/08
Other
information 11/08
Other
information 10/08
Other
information 9/08
Other
information 7/08
Other
information 5/08
Other
information 4/08
Other
information 3/08
Other
information 2/08
Other
information 1/08
OFFICIAL REGULATIONS ON PHS UNIFORM CHANGES 9/07
• Phase
out of uniforms, PPM 08-020, 8/29/08
• Uniform
of the day, POM 07-008, 9/7/07
• Weekly
Wear of the Battle Dress Uniform, PPM 07-013, 9/28/07
• Phase
Out of the Service Blue Uniform, PPM 07-015, 9/28/07
• Wear
of the Navy Uniform Sweater, PPM 07-014,
9/28/07
UNIFORM CHANGES APPROVED BY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HEALTH
• ADM
Agwunobi announces timeline for uniform changes 8/29/07
• Summary
of major changes provided by PAC Chair Dr. Kopp 8/3/07
• Official
document 7/5/07
BASIC INFORMATION
• Pictures
of Officers in Selected Uniforms
• Picture
Gallery of all USPHS uniforms, 2005 (file size 588 KB)
• Summary
of some of the 2005 changes in uniform requirements
• Unforms
updates and clarifications, CC PPM 06-005 7/14/06
• Difference
between Working Khaki and Service Khaki (CDC)
BDU INFORMATION
• Clarification
about BDUs from Acting SG Galson 3/2009
• How
to fold the BDU sleeve CC E-Bulletin 2/4/08
• E-Bulletin
clarification about wearing the flag patch 3/6/07
• Wearing
Flag Patch, Unit Patch, Special Skills Badge on BDU, POM 06-003, 9/27/06
• Regulation
regarding the BDU uniform 7/20/2005
• Additional
details about the BDU uniform
• Order
PHS shoulder patches for BDU online
• Order
PHS ballcaps online OR UPSHS
Officers Device Supply Center
• Order
black T-undershirt online OR UPSHS
Officers Device Supply Center
or from Navy and Marine Corps Uniform
Support Center, Norfolk, VA; 1-800-368-4088
• Black USPHS T-Shirt for BDU
will be required by 7/20/07, Posted 07/29/06
--
The transition period for phasing out the brown T-undershirt for the black
T-undershirt
will
end on 20 July 2007, after which only the black undershirt will be authorized
for
wear with the BDU.
--
CC PPM 06-005,
7/14/06
• Shoulder patches
-- The flag patch has not been officially designated as a permanent part
of the BDU by the OSG at this time.
--
The PHS patch is a required element of this uniform.
-- Should the OSG designate the Bright reverse flag patch a permanent
part of this uniform,
it will be disseminated on the CCMIS opening page electronically.
• Order
Dog Tags for BDU
UNIFORM REGULATIONS
• Uniform
Updates and Clarifications 7/14/06, Posted 07/29/06
CC
Personnel Policy Memorandum 06-005,
• General
Information on Uniforms and Appearance 07/20/2005
CC
Personnel Manual CC26.3, Instruction 1
• Uniforms
for Male Officers 07/20/05
CC
Personnel Manual CC26.3, Instruction 4
• Uniforms
for Female Officers 07/20/05
CC
Personnel Manual CC26.3, Instruction 5
• Special
Uniform Situations 07/20/05
CC
Personnel Manual CC26.3, Instruction 7
-- Battle Dress Uniform (BDU)
-- Maternity
-- Protective Clothing
-- Weddings, Funerals
-- Religious Ceremonies
-- Tropical Uniform
• Complete
details about specific aspects of PHS Uniforms
CC
Personnel Manual, various dates
• CC
Manual Circular 372 04/13/2003
Wearing
Medals and Ribbons (Revision of CC26.3, Instruction 3)
Special
Uniform Situations (Revision of CC26.3, Instruction 7)
Authorization
to Wear Non-PHS Awards (Revision of CC27.9, Instruction 1)
• Wearing
of Medals and Ribbons 07/15/1993
CC Personnel
Manual CC26.3, Instruction 3
• Diagram
of Ribbon Order of Precedence
• List
of Uniform Authorities outside the Washington, DC/Baltimore area 08/2005
Individuals
who can set policy about uniforms to wear
Surgeon General
sets policy for Washington, DC/Baltimore area
ORDERING
UNIFORMS, ACCESSORIES AND DEVICES (RIBBONS, MEDALS, INSIGNIAS)
• PHS
Officer Supply and Device Center
• Lighthouse
• Navy
Exchange Service Command New sweaters available for online order.
• Marlow
White
USED USPHS UNIFORMS IN DC METRO AREA
• DC
COA Uniform Shop provides an opportunity to purchase used uniform
items
• The
DCCOA Used Uniform Shop moved from the Park Building 02/01/2006
It is
now in Room 4-20 of the Parklawn Building
Open
Wednesdays only, 12 noon to 1 p.m. only
Checks
and cash only; no credit cards
Phone:
301-443-9708
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2009 UPDATE: REVISED ASSOCIATE RECRUITER PROGRAM Posted 2/12/2009
• Changes
to the Associate Recruiter Program New! Posted 6/2009
• Associate Recruiter Program
(ARP) will be newly organized in April 2009.
• Please
read the attached announcement from DCCR for details.
• Each category, including the
medical category, will have 20 Regional Associate Recruiters
(ARs), with 2 for each of the 10
geographic regions.
• The application form and letter
of reference forms are currently not available, but likely will
be similar to those posted at on
PPAC web site.
• The application form will also
include a section to describe previous recruitment activities.
These can be as part of the ARP or
outside of the program.
• Supervisory approval as well
as three letters of reference will still be required.
• When these forms become available
you will be informed.
• Regional ARs will be asked
to volunteer to represent the Commissioned Corps at regional
meetings and conventions where a
booth will be set up by DCCR.
• The events will not necessarily
be category-specific; a medical officer may recruit at a
pharmacy convention and vice versa.
• These requests will be made
where events are close enough to where the Regional AR lives
so that the Regional AR could easily
drive their own vehicle to the event, as there will be no
reimbursement for travel, lodging,
or per diem.
• Regional ARs will also recruit
via other mechanisms, such as contact with specific
individuals interested in the Commissioned
Corps or visiting local medical schools.
• The medical category will use
the following criteria to select Regional ARs
• There
will be no requirement regarding length of service within the USPHS.
• Applicants
must be willing to commit to a 3-year term.
• Two
officers from the same city may be selected, because Regional ARs will
have a
variety
of responsibilities, not just representing the CC at recruiting events.
• An
attempt will be made to select Regional ARs from every major agency within
DHHS.
• If
this is not possible, consideration will be given to prior agencies where
applicants have
worked,
statement of Intent on the application form, description of prior recruiting
activities.
• The medical category is initiating
a Recruitment Ambassador Program.
• This
is open to all medical officers who are interested in recruiting.
• There
are no formal requirements, no application forms, and no approval necessary
by
one’s supervisor.
• Interested
individuals should email Nancy Sahakian
and should provide their rank, name,
email
address, work and cell phone numbers, city and state where they work,
name of
their
current agency, and name of former agencies where they have worked.
• We
will provide Recruitment Ambassadors with names of medical applicants
who are
interested
in speaking to a medical officer who lives in the same community or who
works
for the agency they are interested in applying to.
• Regional
ARs and Recruitment Ambassadors for the Medical Category will be able
to
share
with the Leads for the Medical Category Associate Recruiter Program
NSahakian@psc.gov
and George.Ceremuga@ihs.gov
any future recruiting events (such
as
at medical or public health conventions) where a booth will be set up
and for which
they
request additional help in staffing the booth.
• This
information will then be shared with the Recruitment Ambassador ListServ.
NEW PHS PHYSICIAN RECUITMENT PROGRAM, New!
Posted 11/23/2008
• In August 2008, the Assistant Secretary
for Health approved a two-year pilot initiative to
increase the number of medical officers
in the Commissioned Corps.
• The purpose of the pilot is to increase
the number of highly qualified, experienced
physicians to meet the increasing
demands of the Service by utilizing specific accession
practices and policies.
• See
details of the program.
GENERIC USPHS RECRUITMENT POWERPOINT PRESENTATION NOW AVAILABLE New!
3/08
• New
ppt from the USPHS
• Can be used as basis for presentation
about the USPHS CC
NEW USPHS RECRUITING WEB SITE
• For
the entire USPHS
• For
physicians
FOR NEW MEDICAL OFFICERS COMING OUT OF RESIDENCY
•
Pay information From the PPAC, Posted 2/27/07
• General
Information about the USPHS Posted 3/4/07
EXPLAINING TO POTENTIAL RECRUITS HOW TO APPLY FOR A PHS POSITION 1/18/2007
• Diagram
developed by PPAC
ASSOCIATE RECRUITER TRAINING AVAILABLE FOR NEW APPLICANTS,
Posted 11/28/06
• CCMIS
web site now has training
required to apply for Associate Recruiter Program
in 2006
•
All Officers not currently ARs will
need to
• Complete this online training
• This
is a timed program that automatically moves forward.
• You
will need at least 30 minutes to review the slides.
• Generate
the required AR Introductory Training Certificate at the end of the training
• Submit
Certificate copy with completed
application package to DCCR by 12/15/06
using
-- Fax: 240-453-6127, ATTN: ARP
or
-- US Mail address
Associate Recruiter Program, OCCO/DCCR
1101
Wootton Parkway
Plaza
Level, Suite 100
Rockville,
MD 20852
• This
training will be removed from the CCMIS website on 12/16/06 and replaced
after
1/31/07 with an updated 2007
version.
• Medical
Category Recuiting Subcommittee Chair CDR Narayan Nair has heard that
"due
to possible glitches in the
online program, some officers have had difficulty making it work."
• If
you have problems, contact CDR
Narayan Nair to receive the training by email in
PowerPoint format along with the Introductory Training Certificate.
• Current
ARs who are looking to complete
their 2006-2007 AR Update Training
• You
must meet the 2007 ARP requirements by completing the 2007 Update training.
• To
obtain the training module, email Cyndia.Harroway@hhs.gov
or CDR Narayan Nair
• Title
your email “2007 Update Training”
• Request
the 2007 AR Update PowerPoint Training
• After
reviewing the slideshow, find the "Completion Certificate" as
the last slide
• To
receive credit you must fax this filled in "Certificate of Completion"
to the
Division of Commissioned Corps Recruitment (DCCR)
Fax number: 240-453-6127, ATTN: Associate Recruiter Program
(ARP)
• ARs
enrolled in the program since April 2006 must complete this training
by 31 MAR 2007 to maintain their active status in the ARP.
• For
ARP information, the telephone number for DCCR is
240-453-6135
NEW REGULATIONS FOR PHS ASSOCIATE RECRUITER PROGRAM 4/03/2006
• New
Associate Recruiter Program Regulations 4/3/06
Commissioned Corps Personnel
Manual
CCPM 23.1, Instruction 6
• Badges
for participating in the Recruiter Program
Lead Badge, Service Ribbon
Manual Circular 382
ASSOCIATE RECRUITER FORMS
• Associate Recruiter Enrollment
Request, PHS Form 7050, 07/2006
• Pdf
Format
• Fillable
Pdf Format
• MS
Word Fillable Format
• References Request for Applicants
to the Associate Recruiter Program, Form PHS Form 7051, 07/2006
• PDF
Format
• Fillable
Pdf Format
• MS
Word Fillable Format
• Associate Recruiter Activity
Report, PHS Form 7052, 07/2006
• PDF
Format
• Fillable
Pdf Format
• MS
Word Fillable Format
ASSOCIATE RECUITER PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL AVAILABLE THRU
OCCO 9/25/06
• Examples of materials: e.g.
brochures, CD-ROMS, table-top displays
• How to get materials
• Submit
formal request to OCCO only via Medical Category Recruitment Leaders
• CAPT
David Frucht, CDR Nancy Sahakian, CDR Narayan Nair
• Recruitment
Leads will submit requests only once a
month
• OCCO
reports it can take up to 6 weeks to process the request
DIVISION OF CC RECRUITMENT ANNOUNCEMENT, Posted 8/15/06
• For
Officers interested in applying to the Associate
Recruiter Program (ARP)
•
Review personal and
policy requirements for the policy
•
Do not to wait for the publication of the new Introductory Associate Recruiter
(AR)
Training to begin your application
•
All officers interested in applying for the Program should now
•
Complete the Enrollment
Request Form
•
Complete the References Request
Form
• Obtain supervisory approval
so that when the Introductory AR Training is released,
you
will be able to complete it and then quickly submit your completed
application
to
DCCR.
•
All officers should finalize personal applications during this interim
period, collect
required references and supervisory approval forms, etc. so that
when the Introductory
AR
Training is released, you will be able to complete it and then quickly
submit your
application
to DCCR.
•
Continue to monitor Medical category ListServe and the CCMIS ListServ
for current
developments
on the availability of ARP training.
CLARIFICATIONS OF NEW ASSOCIATE RECRUITER PROGRAM FROM OCCO Posted 05/08/06
• Clarifications via CDR Narayan Nair,
Chair, PPAC Recruiting Subcommittee
•
Associate Recruiters (ARs) appointed prior to the effective date of these
new policies,
dated 4/03/06, are essentially "grandfathered" and are considered to have
met the
eligibility requirements.
•
However, every AR now needs to meet the new currency requirements in order
to
maintain their status as an Associate Recruiter.
•
Each current AR must participate in two
recruitment activities each year that meet
policy
requirements
•
These recruitment activities must be documented
to both OCCO and the PPAC.
•
New application forms and recruitment activity reports will be
forthcoming from
OOCO
that address these changes. Watch the OCCO website for updates.
•
In the mean time, Associate Recruiters should continue to officially
document all
recruitment activities by
--
Filling out the current Associate
Recruiter Activity Report Form and
--Transmitting the form to OCCO by fax or US Mail
-- Fax: 240-453-6127, ATTN: ARP
--
US Mail
Associate Recruiter Program, OCCO/DCCR
1101
Wootton Parkway
Plaza
Level, Suite 100
Rockville,
MD 20852 and
--Faxing
the form to PPAC Recruitment Subcommitte Chair (in addition to OCCO)
CDR
Narayan Nair, MD, fax: 301-796-9745
•
Until the Associate Recruiter introductory and yearly trainings
are approved and in
place,
no new Associate Recruiters will be appointed, since OCCO says it would
be
impossible at this time to submit a complete application packet.
•
DCCR envisions a web-based training program to be available soon.
•
In the interim, while training programs are developed, OCCO is requesting
that
officers do not submit Associate Recruiter Program (ARP) applications
to DCCR.
•
Until the introductory training is in place, OCCO requests that
you work to complete
the other requirements to enroll in the ARP (BOTC, IOTC, Basic Readiness,
etc.).
•
Once online recruiting training is available and you have successfully
completed it,
you
should submit your complete application packet
to OCCO either by fax or mail,
using the information above,
•
If you have any questions, contact PPAC Recruiting Subcommittee
Chair
CDR
Narayan Nair, M.D., USPHS Medical Officer
Division
of Counter-Terrorism
DHHS/FDA/CDER/OCTAP/DCT
White
Oak Complex, Bldg 21, RM 1623
10903
New Hampshire Avenue
Silver
Spring, MD 20993
(tel)
301-796-1722
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