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Fleet Marine Forces Specialty Leader
The Medical Corps Chief’s Office is seeking a CDR or above with significant senior USMC operational leadership experience to guide policy and practice for Marine Corps assigned physicians. This Specialty Leader will liaise closely with both The Medical Officer of the Marine Corps (TMO) and the Corps Chief’s office. Applicants must be a privileged physician of any specialty with excellent organizational and leadership skills.
Please send all applications (CV, Bio, LOI, command endorsement, OSR, PSR and last 3 fitness reports) to CDR Wendy Arnold (MC Policy & Practice Officer, contact in the global) by 1 MAR 2021.
Navy Personnel Command Launching New Website; MyNavyHR.Navy.mil
This change tomorrow is probably going to jack up all of my links to the PERS website. I’ll slowly try to fix them, but if you find any that are broken feel free to contact me. Here’s the article:
https://www.dvidshub.net/news/388784/npc-launching-new-website-mynavyhrnavymil
Throwback Thursday Classic Post – Global Health Specialist Program Information Package
We have put out a lot of Global Health Engagement (GHE) opportunities. You can see all of them past and present at this link. Many officers are wondering how they can get the GHE additional qualification designator (AQD).
Here is a information package that explains the entire program, including how to get the AQD:
Medical Corps Career Development Board Assistant Program Manager – Application Deadline Extended!
Application deadline extended until 5 FEB 2021!
The Corps Chiefs office is soliciting applications for the CDB Assistant Program Manager, working closely with the CDB Program Manager and Medical Corps Career Planner to coordinate and compile CDB data and best practices from the enterprise. The successful candidate will be LCDR or above with excellent organizational abilities and significant enterprise experience in both hospital and operational settings. Interested candidates should submit a letter of intent, CV, BIO, Officer Summary Record (OSR), Performance Summary Record (PSR) and command endorsement to CAPT Miguel Gutierrez (contact in the global). Applications are due NLT 5 FEB 2021. The current program policy is here:
Rich Grandpa, Poor Grandpa
Unlike Robert Kiyosaki, I only have one Dad. I did have two grandfather’s though. One was rich and one was poor (or at least poorer that the rich one). What did they teach me?
My Poor(er) Grandpa
My poor(er) grandpa worked odd jobs his whole life. He never owned a business that I was aware of. I don’t think investing was his thing because he never had all that much money, but he did have Social Security.
Frankly, all he wanted to do was bowl, and he had a 300 game at least once, which I think was his crowning achievement in life.
Despite his lack of financial acumen or success, he never really wanted for anything. After his wife (my grandmother) developed dementia and moved into a nursing home, he lived independently right up until the end of his life in a small apartment that was near his children and the bowling alley.
He drove a perfectly fine car.
He went out for meals when he wanted, his favorite meal being well done steak at any local diner.
He had Medicare for his health insurance.
What’s the lesson here?
Poor Grandpa Lesson #1 – A modest lifestyle and low spending will make up for a less than impressive nest egg.
He lived into his nineties despite having severe heart and vascular disease, prostate cancer, and smoking nearly his whole life. He stayed mentally intact the entire time, and was bowling right up until the end. What was his secret? As he told me many times…
Poor Grandpa Lesson #2 – “Never drink anything but beer or coffee. Water will rust your insides.”
My Rich Grandpa
There are many things you can learn from his financial life.
He lived in a small town in Pennsylvania that had a population of 2,069 in the 2010 census. In that town, he ran a small business selling furniture and running a funeral parlor. As he once told me, the furniture makers made the coffins, so the businesses were linked in the old days. He and his brother worked for his father, who ran the business before them.
Running this small business allowed him to build a significant net worth by anyone’s definition.
Rich Grandpa Lesson #1 – The easiest way to become wealthy is to own a successful business.
He never owned more than one car while I knew him, although his business owned delivery trucks he could use.
He lived in the same house the entire time, which was a modest brick house on main street of his town. It was 2300 square feet, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, and sold for $185,000 in 2015 when he moved into a nursing home. According to Zillow it is now worth $228,044.
He had the same spouse, my grandmother, and never divorced.
Rich Grandpa Lesson #2 – The path to wealth = one spouse, one house.
During his life, he made periodic investments by purchasing stock in a local bank. Over the years and after twenty or so bank mergers, that local bank was now a subsidiary of a large international bank. Along came the 2008-2009 financial crisis…and that investment was worth only a small fraction of what it once was. A very small fraction.
Rich Grandpa Lesson #3 – Diversify to reduce your risk. Don’t put all your financial eggs in one basket.
There is one final lesson that I learned from my rich grandfather that I’ll never forget.
Rich Grandpa Lesson #4 – If you are a young boy and you want to see nudity for the first time, go on a furniture delivery with your grandpa who owns a furniture store. There just might be a Playboy calendar hanging above the kitchen table.
Health Security Cooperation Officer at NAVSOUTH (Mayport, FL)
The Global Health Engagement Office (GHEO) is looking for a motivated Medical Department Officer to fill the Health Security Cooperation Officer (HSCO) billet at US Naval Forces Southern Command (NAVSOUTH) located in Mayport, FL. The billet is an O5 Medical Corps billet, but all Corps and ranks can apply. The current PD is here:
Please submit questions and applications to CAPT Melanie Merrick, Director of GHEO, BUMED M52 (contact is in the global). There was no specific due date provided, so I’d inquire immediately/ASAP.
Throwback Thursday Classic Post – Day 1 Messages from the New SG, RADM Gillingham
Esteemed Shipmates,
I am honored and privileged to serve as your 39th Surgeon General of the Navy. Attached you will see an outline of my priorities, and the course that we will sail together. Take a moment to review and discuss this information with your Shipmates, reflecting on how YOUR actions contribute to maritime superiority. As a high reliability organization, your active engagement and feedback will be critically important to our continued success. More detailed guidance will be forthcoming. As always, thank you for everything you do for our warfighters and their families.
I look forward to seeing you in the fleet!
SG Sends
Here also is a video from the SG:
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