Author: Joel Schofer, MD, MBA, CPE
SG’s USMC Birthday and Veteran’s Day Message
Esteemed Shipmates,
This week we celebrate two events that underscore the service, sacrifice, and dedication of our Armed Forces and remind us of the essential contributions of our One Navy Medicine Team. Today, U.S. Marines around the globe celebrate a 246-year legacy of battlefield skill defined by courage, discipline, loyalty, perseverance, adaptability, leadership, and warfighting innovation. For Navy Medicine, today is a celebration of that shared heritage and our special bonds of service. We have marched with Marines through dirt, sand, and mud to provide lifesaving medical care. From the halls of Montezuma and the shores of Tripoli, at Guantanamo Bay in the Spanish-American War, the Western Front of the First World War, and in every conflict and engagement, we have been comrades-in-arms. To Marines everywhere – and all Navy medical personnel who have served on the Greenside, including the 8,500+ Corpsmen, Dentists, Medical Service Corps Officers, Nurses, and Physicians in BSO-27 billets today – Happy Birthday and Semper Fi!
Tomorrow, we observe Veterans Day. Every Veteran has their own story about entering military service. After the attack at Pearl Harbor, thousands lined up at their local recruitment stations; this same desire to serve echoed decades later following the attacks on 11 September. For some, military life began at an academy or ROTC unit. For others, it started with a draft lottery and notice. Regardless of the path to service, era, or branch — everyone who has worn the uniform has taken a sacred pledge to serve as America’s shield and sword.
To our Veterans past and present – Thank You! You have lighted the path we follow today and have preserved our cherished freedoms. To you we owe our endearing respect and gratitude.
With profound admiration and thanks,
Bruce L. Gillingham, MD, CPE, FAOA, FAAOS
RADM, MC, USN
Surgeon General, U.S. Navy
Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
October Naval Medical Force Development Center Newsletter
On behalf of the Naval Medical Force Development Center (NMFDC), please see the attached OCT 2021 NMFDC Newsletter.
This month’s newsletter includes a Naval Medical Readiness Criteria (NMRC) update, current BUMED Reserve Policy (M10) and Reserve Component (RC) NMRC integration progress, information on how to schedule a virtual site visit with the NMFDC, COVID-19 lessons learned from the USS Theodore Roosevelt, and key considerations from a recent discussion with Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF)-Mike regarding their recent Operational Readiness Exercise (ORE).
Please feel free to share this newsletter with other relevant Navy Medicine stakeholders and those interested in the NMFDC’s efforts.
Have a great weekend, and a safe and happy Halloween!
Very Respectfully,
The Naval Medical Force Development Center
In Case You Missed It – MC Symposium Talk on Operation Allied Refuge
Here is a link to the Medical Corps Symposium talk on Operation Allied Refuge:
Application Process for Non-Specialty Specific Billets
Please see the message below and attachments from PERS. Also note that per the Military Personnel Manual, you must be at 24 years or less of service to apply for the Senior War College. In other words, you have to have 4-6 years of service left as an O5/O6 to be considered:
CAPT Schofer,
Respectfully requesting dissemination of Non-Specialty Specific (NSS) opportunities list for 2022.
(2) attachments:
1. Candidate application with process description.
2. List of 2022 NSS opportunities with brief position descriptions.
Officer’s must seek concurrence from their Specialty Leader to apply.
Completed applications forms are due to officer’s detailer (cc CAPT Smith) NLT 6 Dec 2021.
Thank you for your time.
V/r,
Wayne R. Smith
CAPT, MC, USN
Head, Medical Corps Assignments
Executive Medicine, Surgical Specialties Detailer
Navy Personnel Command, PERS-4415
5720 Integrity Drive
Millington, TN 38005
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