United States Public Health Service Inactive Reserve

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CDR Dimitrus Culbreath Office of Reserve
Affairs Office of the Surgeon General
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• Chain of Command and Organizational Chart
• OFFICE OF SURGEON GENERAL
• RADM STEVEN GALSON ACTING SURGEON GENERAL
  OFFICE OF RESERVE AFFAIRS RADM CAROL
  ROMANODIRECTORCDR DIMITRUS CULBREATHIRC
  OPERATIONAL MANAGERIRC RECRUITMENT, TRAINING
  AND SUPPORTING STAFF
• LCDR JEFFERSON FREDYLCDR REBECCA BUNNELL
• LCDR DERRICK WYATT

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Section 203 of the PHS Act, United States Code
42, Section 2, authorizes the establishment of an
inactive reserve within the PHS Commissioned
Corps for the purpose of securing a reserve for
duty in the Service in times of national
emergency.
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• Who is Eligible to Join the PHS Inactive Reserve
  ?
• lt 20 years of extended active duty
• Direct Appointment (Commission)
• Commissioned Officer Student Training
  and Extern Program (COSTEP)

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Officer Responsibilities

• Maintain on file with the Inactive Reserve
  Program Office/OCCO
• -A current Curriculum Vitae (CV)
• -A File Copy of your current professional
  license as required (if required) per the
  Appointment Standards of your Category (e.g.,
  Veterinarian, Nurse, Dentist, Pharmacist, etc.
• -Provide notification information to include
  current mailing addresses, electronic mail and
  phone numbers.

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Officer Responsibilities
-Must respond to any official PHS
correspondence within the allotted
timeframe -Must submit a Report of Medical
Examination Form SF-88 (DD 2808) within 5 years
to Medical Affairs Branch (MAB) and/or Division
of Commissioned Corps Assignment (DCCA) -Must
submit a Report of Medical History Form SF-93
(DD 2807-1) and Supplemental Medical History
Record (PHS-6379) yearly to DCCA.
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• Conditions of Service in the Inactive Reserve
• Unlike our sister Uniformed Services,
  currently no obligatory drill or training
  requirements, but
• Officers should maintain competency,
  credentialing, and licensure (if appropriate) in
  their respective field.
• Respond to any IRC Program/OCCO
  correspondence within directed timelines.

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Benefits of Serving in the PHS Inactive Reserve

• Inactive Reserve time counts toward pay
• Training and Experience Date (TE)
  towards rank/grade
• Each day on active duty counts toward (social
  security) not retirement

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Benefits of Serving in the PHS Inactive Reserve

• Recall to active duty for short/intermittent
  tours and training tours
• Officers indicate their availability for
  short/intermittent tours

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Temporary Calls to active duty from the Inactive
Reserve are classified as (1) Short
or (2) Intermittent
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Short Tour

• IRC officers may be called to a Short Tour
  for a period of duty from 1-120 days
• The maximum number of days an IRC officer may
  serve on active duty in a fiscal year is 240
  days.
• The maximum assignment is 120 days at a time
  with a break in duty for subsequent or following
  assignments, again, NTE 240 days total in a
  fiscal year.

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Intermittent Tour

• Intermittent Tours are for recurrent periods
  that cannot exceed 100 days in any fiscal year.
• Example An IRC dentist may be assigned to a
  specific patient treatment facility for two,
  pre-negotiated days per week, but NTE 100 days in
  any fiscal year.

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Short Tours with the Department of Defense
When assigned per PHS personnel orders to the
Department of Defense (Army, Navy, Air Force,
Marines) or the U.S. Coast Guard, like their
general active duty counterparts, IRC officers
are subject to the rules and regulations of the
Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ).
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Short Tour Benefits

• Eligible for PHS Commissioned Corps Awards
• Field Medical Readiness Badge (FMRB)
• IRC Training Slots
• Online Training

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Short Tour Benefits

• If determined by a PHS Medical Review Board,
  Disability benefits are available to officers for
  debilitating illness or injury which occurs while
  on active duty
• If officer dies while on active duty, survival
  and death benefits for family members

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Short Tour Benefits

• Commissary and Post/Base Exchange privileges
• Use of Military Welfare and Recreation (MWR)
  facilities on an as available basis to PHS

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Short Tour Benefits

• Full individual health care services are
  available to the officer
• If the short tour exceeds 30 consecutive days,
  the officer and the officers dependents are also
  granted access to TriCare services.

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Promotions on Recall to a Short Tour

• An IRC officer holds the highest temporary
  grade (T-Grade based on their Training and
  Experience Date when called to active duty for a
  Short Tour) for which they are eligible while on
  active duty for short and intermittent tours
• Upon return to your Inactive status, you will
  revert back to your permanent grade (P-Grade).

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PHS Inactive Reserve Short Tour Activations FY 08

• IRC Officers served and/or on active duty at the
  following places
• of
• Agency Officers Rank Specialty Dates
  Location
• OS 1 O-5 EHO 11/05/07 11/05/07 Houston, TX
• OS 1 O-6 MED 11/07/07 11/07/07 Gainesville,
  FL
• OS 1 O-5 EHO 10/27/07 10/27/07 Houston, TX
• USN 1 O-6 DENT 11/14/07 11/19/07 Okinawa,
  Japan
• IHS 1 O-6 PHARM 11/14/07 12/20/07 Sells, AZ
• NORTH 1 O-6 SCI 11/15/07 Intermittent
  Tour Peterson, AFB CO
• COM
• DIHS 1 O-6 MED 11/15/07 Intermittent
  Tour Eloy, AZ
• DIHS 1 O-4 HSO/PA 11/15/07 Intermittent
  Tour Miami, FL
• OS 1 O-5 EHO 11/17/07 11/17/07 Houston, TX
• OS 1 O-5 EHO 11/17/07 11/17/07 Houston, TX
• IHS 1 O-6 DENT 11/18/07 12/22/07 Sells, AZ
• OS 1 O-5 EHO 11/19/07 11/19/07 Houston, TX
• OS 1 O-5 VET 11/19/07 11/19/07 Houston, TX
• USN 1 O-6 DENT 11/23/07 12/02/07 Phnom Penh,
  Cambodia

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PHS Inactive Reserve Short Tour Activations FY 08

• IRC Officers served on active duty at the
  following places
• of
• Agency Officers Rank Specialty Dates
  Location
• IHS 1 O-6 DENT 01/27/08 02/26/08 Sells, AZ
• OS 1 O-6 DENT 01/30/08 01/30/08 Lincoln, NE
• NORTH 1 O-6 MED 02/04/08 Intermittent
  Tour Peterson, AFB CO
• COM
• IHS 1 O-6 MED 02/10/08 02/22/08 Tuba City,
  AZ
• IHS 1 O-6 PHARM 02/18/08 05/02/08 Warm
  Springs, OR
• OS 1 O-5 EHO 02/23/08 02/23/08 Houston, TX
• OS 1 O-5 VET 02/23/08 02/23/08 Houston, TX
• IHS 1 O-6 PHARM 03/03/08 04/30/08 Sells, AZ
• USA 1 O-6 DENT 03/04/08 03/07/08 Bangkok,
  Thailand
• OS 1 O-5 EHO 03/18/08 03/18/08 Houston, TX
• OS 1 O-5 EHO 03/23/08 03/23/08 Houston, TX
• OS 1 O-5 VET 03/23/08 03/23/08 Houston, TX
• ARMY 1 O-6 THER 03/30/08 07/27/08 Washington,
  DC

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PHS Inactive Reserve Short Tour Activations FY 08

• IRC Officers served on active duty at the
  following places
• of
• Agency Officers Rank Specialty Dates
  Location
• OS 1 O-5 VET 05/24/08 05/24/08 Houston, TX
• IHS 1 O-6 PHARM 06/01/08 09/29/08 Polacca,
  AZ
• IHS 1 O-6 PHARM 06/01/08 07/11/08 Phoenix,
  AZ
• OS 1 O-5 VET 06/09/08 06/27/08 Houston, TX
• USN 1 O-6 DENT 06/14/08 07/07/08 Vietnam
• IHS 1 O-4 NURSE 06/14/08 09/30/08 Whiteriver,
  AZ
• OS 1 O-5 EHO 06/28/08 06/28/08 Houston, TX
• OS 1 O-5 VET 06/28/08 06/28/08 Houston, TX
• IHS 1 O-6 NURSE 07/01/08 07/31/08 Belcourt,
  ND
• IHS 1 O-6 MED 07/09/08 07/25/08 Tuba City,
  AZ
• USA 1 O-6 DENT 07/14/08 08/16/08 Bangkok,
  Thailand
• IHS 1 O-6 DENT 07/20/08 08/02/08 Belcourt,
  ND
• ARMY 1 O-6 MED 07/21/08 09/30/08 Washington,
  D.C.
• BoP 1 O-6 HSO 07/21/08 09/16/08 Washington,
  D.C.
• OS 1 O-5 EHO 07/26/08 07/26/08 Houston, AZ

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PHS Inactive Reserve Short Tour Activations FY 08

• IRC Officers served on active duty at the
  following places
• of
• Agency Officers Rank Specialty Dates
  Location
• OS 1 O-5 VET 07/26/08 07/26/08 Houston, TX
• ARMY 1 O-6 THER 08/01/08 08/26/08 Washington,
  D.C.
• IHS 1 O-6 MED 08/03/08 08/30/08 Belcourt, ND
• IHS 1 O-6 DENT 08/10/08 09/05/08 Juneau, AK
• IHS 1 O-6 PHARM 08/16/08 08/30/08 Rosebud,
  SD
• IHS 1 O-3 NURSE 08/17/08 10/17/08 Peach
  Springs, AZ
• IHS 1 O-6 MED 08/18/08 09/14/08 Billings, MT
• IHS 1 O-6 PHARM 08/20/08 09/30/08 Sisseton,
  SD
• OS 1 O-5 EHO 08/23/08 08/23/08 Houston, TX
• OS 1 O-5 VET 08/23/08 08/23/08 Houston, TX
• IHS 1 O-6 MED 08/24/08 09/20/08 Poplar, MT
• ARMY 1 O-6 MED 08/28/08 09/30/08 Washington,
  D.C.
• USA 1 O-6 DENT 09/01/08 10/25/08 Zabul
  Province, Afghanistan

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• IRC Officers served and/or on active duty at the
  following places
• of
• Agency Officers Rank Specialty Dates
  Location
• OS 1 O-5 EHO 11/05/07 11/05/07 Houston, TX
• OS 1 O-6 MED 11/07/07 11/07/07 Gainesville,
  FL
• OS 1 O-5 EHO 10/27/07 10/27/07 Houston, TX
• USN 1 O-6 DENT 11/14/07 11/19/07 Okinawa,
  Japan
• IHS 1 O-6 PHARM 11/14/07 12/20/07 Sells, AZ
• NORTH 1 O-6 SCI 11/15/07 Intermittent
  Tour Peterson, AFB CO
• COM
• DIHS 1 O-6 MED 11/15/07 Intermittent
  Tour Eloy, AZ
• DIHS 1 O-4 HSO/PA 11/15/07 Intermittent
  Tour Miami, FL
• OS 1 O-5 EHO 11/17/07 11/17/07 Houston, TX
• OS 1 O-5 EHO 11/17/07 11/17/07 Houston, TX
• IHS 1 O-6 DENT 11/18/07 12/22/07 Sells, AZ
• OS 1 O-5 EHO 11/19/07 11/19/07 Houston, TX
• OS 1 O-5 VET 11/19/07 11/19/07 Houston, TX
• USN 1 O-6 DENT 11/23/07 12/02/07 Phnom Penh,
  Cambodia

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• IRC Officers served on active duty at the
  following places
• of
• Agency Officers Rank Specialty Dates
  Location
• IHS 1 O-6 DENT 01/27/08 02/26/08 Sells, AZ
• OS 1 O-6 DENT 01/30/08 01/30/08 Lincoln, NE
• NORTH 1 O-6 MED 02/04/08 Intermittent
  Tour Peterson, AFB CO
• COM
• IHS 1 O-6 MED 02/10/08 02/22/08 Tuba City,
  AZ
• IHS 1 O-6 PHARM 02/18/08 05/02/08 Warm
  Springs, OR
• OS 1 O-5 EHO 02/23/08 02/23/08 Houston, TX
• OS 1 O-5 VET 02/23/08 02/23/08 Houston, TX
• IHS 1 O-6 PHARM 03/03/08 04/30/08 Sells, AZ
• USA 1 O-6 DENT 03/04/08 03/07/08 Bangkok,
  Thailand
• OS 1 O-5 EHO 03/18/08 03/18/08 Houston, TX
• OS 1 O-5 EHO 03/23/08 03/23/08 Houston, TX
• OS 1 O-5 VET 03/23/08 03/23/08 Houston, TX
• ARMY 1 O-6 THER 03/30/08 07/27/08 Washington,
  DC

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• IRC Officers served on active duty at the
  following places
• of
• Agency Officers Rank Specialty Dates
  Location
• OS 1 O-5 VET 05/24/08 05/24/08 Houston, TX
• IHS 1 O-6 PHARM 06/01/08 09/29/08 Polacca,
  AZ
• IHS 1 O-6 PHARM 06/01/08 07/11/08 Phoenix,
  AZ
• OS 1 O-5 VET 06/09/08 06/27/08 Houston, TX
• USN 1 O-6 DENT 06/14/08 07/07/08 Vietnam
• IHS 1 O-4 NURSE 06/14/08 09/30/08 Whiteriver,
  AZ
• OS 1 O-5 EHO 06/28/08 06/28/08 Houston, TX
• OS 1 O-5 VET 06/28/08 06/28/08 Houston, TX
• IHS 1 O-6 NURSE 07/01/08 07/31/08 Belcourt,
  ND
• IHS 1 O-6 MED 07/09/08 07/25/08 Tuba City,
  AZ
• USA 1 O-6 DENT 07/14/08 08/16/08 Bangkok,
  Thailand
• IHS 1 O-6 DENT 07/20/08 08/02/08 Belcourt,
  ND
• ARMY 1 O-6 MED 07/21/08 09/30/08 Washington,
  D.C.
• BoP 1 O-6 HSO 07/21/08 09/16/08 Washington,
  D.C.
• OS 1 O-5 EHO 07/26/08 07/26/08 Houston, AZ

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• IRC Officers served on active duty at the
  following places
• of
• Agency Officers Rank Specialty Dates
  Location
• OS 1 O-5 VET 07/26/08 07/26/08 Houston, TX
• ARMY 1 O-6 THER 08/01/08 08/26/08 Washington,
  D.C.
• IHS 1 O-6 MED 08/03/08 08/30/08 Belcourt, ND
• IHS 1 O-6 DENT 08/10/08 09/05/08 Juneau, AK
• IHS 1 O-6 PHARM 08/16/08 08/30/08 Rosebud,
  SD
• IHS 1 O-3 NURSE 08/17/08 10/17/08 Peach
  Springs, AZ
• IHS 1 O-6 MED 08/18/08 09/14/08 Billings, MT
• IHS 1 O-6 PHARM 08/20/08 09/30/08 Sisseton,
  SD
• OS 1 O-5 EHO 08/23/08 08/23/08 Houston, TX
• OS 1 O-5 VET 08/23/08 08/23/08 Houston, TX
• IHS 1 O-6 MED 08/24/08 09/20/08 Poplar, MT
• ARMY 1 O-6 MED 08/28/08 09/30/08 Washington,
  D.C.
• USA 1 O-6 DENT 09/01/08 10/25/08 Zabul
  Province, Afghanistan

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