Captain (Retired) Joel Schofer is a Certified Physician Executive and is board-certified in Emergency Medicine. From 2024 to 2026, he served as the Commanding Officer of USNMRTC Guam and the Director of US Naval Hospital Guam. He is a recovering Detailer, Specialty Leader, and Deputy Medical Corps Chief, but is mostly known for his blog (MCCareer.org). He has over 400 professional publications, podcasts, and presentations, has held numerous national and state leadership positions, and has won national academic and educational awards. He holds an academic appointment as an Associate Professor of Military and Emergency Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. He is a Fellow in the American Academy of Emergency Medicine and American Association for Physician Leadership. His military decorations include the Combat Action Ribbon, two Legion of Merit awards, a Defense Meritorious Service Medal, three Meritorious Service Medals, and four Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medals.
November 20, 2016 at 16:49
[…] best if you have these ready to go due to the often short timeline. I will tell you that I update my CV and military biography monthly and have multiple LOI templates at the ready at all times, so I practice what I preach. […]
September 1, 2018 at 22:36
CDR, Thank you for the invaluable information! I’m not even in the Medical Corps and this website is a fantastic resource. (I am in the Nurse Corps) Thank you for providing your CV and military bio. I have been looking for templates as I need to update my CV to fit my military career. Thanks for serving the greater Navy Medicine community through this website!
September 28, 2018 at 08:11
CDR, Thank you for all of your efforts with this website and for allowing it to be public. It helps both within and outside of the Medical Corps.
November 17, 2018 at 19:58
Is there an example or template to write a statement for submitting a statement with a FITREP?
November 18, 2018 at 10:31
If you go to page 17-3 of the FITREP instruction (https://mccareer.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/bupersinst-1610-10d-navy-performance-evaluation-system.pdf) you’ll find the info. There is no template, but I’d just use a standard memo format.
The real question is whether or not someone should write a statement. It is the officer’s right, but I seriously doubt it will result in anything positive occurring. I could be wrong though and it would likely depend on the situation.
April 11, 2019 at 18:15
CDR, as a fellow Marine, I thank you for your contribution.