Alternative Billets
NATO Position in Budapest – CAPT(s)/CAPT Only
Military Medicine Centre of Excellence Lessons Learned Branch Chief Position Description
The location for the position is Budapest, Hungary and the rank requirement is not waiverable. Interested applicants should contact their Detailer or Specialty Leader NLT 6 Jan 2017 and be prepared to report NLT 1 July 2017, although they prefer a June arrival.
The POCs for questions/inquiries about this position are CAPT Carlos Williams and LCDR Arcelia Wicker (both can be found in mail.mil global e-mail address book – I don’t post e-mails publicly to avoid spam).
Deputy Chief of the Medical Corps Position – O6 Only
Here is the announcement for the Deputy Chief of the Medical Corps position. It is available spring/summer 2017. Interested officers need to submit their CV, military bio, letter of intent, OSR, PSR, and last three fitreps to the Medical Corps Chief’s Office at BUMED by 19 DEC. Applicants need Detailer/Specialty Leader concurrence and must be able to PCS to BUMED in the above time frame.
Deadline Extended to 15 DEC – Director of Combat Casualty Care Research Program
“Deadline Extended” is code for “no one applied or wants this job.” It might be easier to get for an aspiring CDR, CDR(s), or even a senior LCDR. Who knows. Can’t hurt to ask. Here is the original info on this position:
Summary of Specialty Leader Business Meeting
Here is a brief summary of last week’s Specialty Leader Business Meeting that is always held in conjunction with the Graduate Medical Education Selection Board:
- Current interim Chief Medical Officers (CMOs) need to formally apply to the next screening board in summer 2017. I would STRONGLY encourage other people to apply as well because it is a screened/appointed leadership position that allows you to remain clinically active and that I also think will lead to promotion to O6 if done successfully.
- Announcements for nominative positions often come out with very little time until the nominations are due. They all require your CV, BIO, Letter of Intent (LOI), Officer Summary Record (OSR), and Performance Summary Record (PSR). It is 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. Your OSR/PSR can downloaded from BUPERS On-Line anytime, so that requires no prep (assuming BOL is working).
- Current overall Medical Corps manning is 103.4%. This is of no real use to you but is simply an interesting fact/statistic. It does, perhaps, limit our promotion opportunity a lit bit, but…
- The Medical Corps promotion opportunities for FY18 are expected to be higher than they have been in recent years. You never know the actual percentage until the board has concluded, but this is certainly good news.
- As of now, there is no change in the conference approval process. Sorry.
- The Career Intermission Program (CIP) has been extended until 2019. This program allows you to take up to 3 years off from the Navy to do something else, hit the pause button on progression toward promotion, and then return afterward. You have a 2:1 additional commitment for any time off. In other words, if you take 2 years off you’ll owe 4 years when you return. Some people have tried to use the CIP to do fellowships on their own, but that is not the intent of the program and requests for CIP to do a fellowship will be closely scrutinized by BUMED before approval. Info on the program can be found here or you can contact your Detailer.
- There is no special pays update. They are still awaiting the NAVADMIN. The latest can always be found here:
http://www.med.navy.mil/bumed/Special_Pay/Pages/default.aspx
Director & Chair of Combat Casualty Research Program – O5/O6
Here is the announcement:
Director and Chair of Combat Casualty Research Program Announcement
Rank: O6, with consideration for a senior well-qualified O-5
Documents Required to Apply: CV, military biography, letter of intent, Officer Summary Record (OSR), Performance Summary Record (PSR)
Nomination Process: Contact your Specialty Leader by 21 NOV
Two USUHS Chair Positions Available – Military/Emergency Medicine and Prev Med/Biostatistics
The details are in these documents. Nominations are through Specialty Leaders, so contact your Specialty Leader ASAP if you are interested in either position:
Deputy AFRICOM Surgeon – Senior O6 Position
Not sure how many senior Captains are reading this blog but…
Position: Deputy Command Surgeon for Headquarters US Africa Command, Stuttgart, Germany
Description: Serves as the COCOM Deputy Command Surgeon, responsible for managing and supervising the daily activities of the Command Surgeon’s Office.
Rank: 0-6
Traits: Command experience preferred
Fill date: October 2017
Application contents: Nomination letter from the officer’s career manager highlighting his/her qualifications, a biography, career/officer record brief, five of the most recent evaluation reports, and photo
Application Due Date: 28 November
POC for CV/BIO: Your Detailer
Multiple “Alternative” Billets Available
The Detailers have started advertising all of the “alternative” (my word) billets in an Excel spreadsheet that they periodically send out to the Specialty Leaders and post on the Detailing portion of Milsuite. Here is the latest edition:
OCT 16 Medical Corps Opportunities
The positions advertised include:
| Naval Recruiting Command |
| Naval War College |
| Inter-American War College |
| Indonesian Naval Command and Staff College |
| BUMED Readiness and Health Action Officer |
| Director, Defense Hearing Center of Excellence |
| BUMED Chief Medical Officer |
| AME/FS for Newport Aviation Clinic/New Accessions |
| LIMDU Coordinator for the NAVY |
| Southern Command Surgeon |
Associate Dean of Clinical Sciences Position at USUHS – CAPT/CAPT(s) Only
If you are interested in this position, contact your Specialty Leader or Detailer. The announcement is here. It would need to be filled in early to mid-2017:
Directly supervises 360 junior officers in the Army, Navy, Air Force and Public Health Service. Coordinates the School of Medicine’s curriculum and educational programs in the third and fourth years, monitors academic performance in the third- and fourth-year students, and assists fourth-year students in their preparation for Graduate Medical Education applications and selection. Responsible for the School of Medicine’s academic standard in the clinical sciences, as well as personal and professional growth and development of individual students throughout their third and fourth years. Serves on standing committees that directly affect students, to include the Curriculum Committee, Student Promotions Committee, and Board on Review for Interservice Transfers.
Multiple Alternative Billets Available
There are multiple alternative billets available (or at least that is what I call them). Here is a list. The POC if you are interested in any of them would be your Detailer:
- BUMED Chief Medical Officer – O6 Only – NOV/DEC 2016 (position description here)
- Navy Recruiting Command – Millington, TN – Spring 2017 – You aid in medical waiver determinations for new accessions.
- Physical Evaluation Board – Washington, DC – Summer 2017
- Naval War College – O5/O6 with Joint Professional Military Education I only – Timing varied.
- Inter-American War College – Washington, DC – Summer 2017 – Must speak Spanish or Portuguese.
- Indonesian Naval Command and Staff College – O4 Only – Indonesia – Summer 2017
- BUMED Readiness and Health Action Officer – Falls Church, VA – Summer 2017
- Director, Defense Hearing Center of Excellence – O6 with Hearing Conservation Background – San Antonio, TX – Winter 2016
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