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77th Secretary of the Navy Sworn in Friday
Here’s a link to the Navy Times article:
77th Secretary of the Navy Sworn in Friday
Here’s a link to his first message:
SG Message – One Team One Fight
Esteemed Colleagues,
The stress and anxiety over COVID-19 remains significant throughout our country. Aside from the unknowns surrounding this contagion, the pandemic has introduced limitations to daily social life, forced individuals into lengthy periods of isolation, and spurred concerns over financial matters. For those who are beginning a ROM status, this state of stress can feel intensified.
As we continue to confront the challenges we face from COVID-19, we must all have the confidence that regardless of the setting, we never work alone, nor should we feel that we have to suffer in silence. No one is alone in this fight – our One Navy Medicine team must remain vigilant and help those most in need. This pandemic has touched each of us in one way or another. Many of us know someone directly affected by this virus, and emotions are difficult to process when you are restricted from being with them. Sadly, many have been laid to rest without their loved ones present –and this tragedy in itself is on a greater level for our Sailors and Marines.
We are all leaders no matter where we sit in the organization, and I expect each of you to reach out to your colleagues and shipmates to see how they are doing. In addition to our formal mechanisms of PDHA and PDHRA, I ask that we continue to engage and stay close to these individuals and provide them all the time and support needed as they transition back to their regular duties.
Throughout this fight against COVID-19, our mental health providers have taken on the onus of responsibility, and although their roles are often unsung, the work they do each day has been commendable. Whether at the MTF setting or with embedded mental health teams, our psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners, licensed clinical social workers, behavioral health technicians, and Navy Chaplains continue to leverage principles of high velocity learning to be resourceful and innovative while enhancing mission readiness. Below are a few examples I would like to share with you:
- Special Psychiatric Readiness Intervention Team (SPRINT). In early April, we mobilized a SPRINT to Guam to provide needed assistance to the TR Sailors in quarantine at the time. In collaboration with the 3rd Medical Battalion, Naval Hospital Guam and the Guam Chaplain Corps, this SPRINT used innovative methods to deliver remote Psychological First Aid. These very methods continue to be impactful and have been used at other commands since.
- Virtual Peer Support. Through its Caregiver Occupational Stress Control program, Naval Hospital Jacksonville pioneered a website enabling virtual peer support for those dealing with stress at the hospital. In addition, providers with Naval Medical Center San Diego developed a web tool to help personnel manage everyday stress.
- Telehealth. Throughout this fight, many of our providers have also begun to embrace telehealth and this has been especially true for mental health specialists. Telehealth continues to serve as a significant tool allowing for that provider-patient connection when there are movement restrictions. This capability is destined to grow more robust in this new normal.
In closing, please remember that there are many avenues to getting healthcare and counseling and there is NO WRONG WAY to access it! I can assure you that regardless of where you serve or what you do, NO ONE IS ALONE IN THIS FIGHT – you will always have the full force of Navy Medicine’s power with you. Together, our talent, knowledge, toughness, creativity, and teamwork will get us through all the challenges we face from COVID-19 and will emerge a stronger and even more capable organization.
In a time when the Fleet and Marine Corps have never needed us more, you are making a positive difference for them every day. Thank you!
With my continued respect and admiration,
SG Sends
V/R,
Bruce L. Gillingham, MD, CPE, AOA
RADM, MC, USN
Surgeon General, U.S. Navy
Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
On-Line Sessions for Students Interested in Dermatology
There are two sessions, one for HPSP and one for USUHS students:
HPSP Session (here is the flyer)
- WHEN: TUES/June 16 1800-1900 EST.
- WHAT: The Army, Navy, and Air Force Dermatology Program Directors/Consultants/Specialty Leaders are hosting a joint Dermatology interest meeting. Please join us for an overview of all tri-service dermatology programs, Program Director POCs, how/when to apply, and what the future of military dermatology looks like.
- DIAL-IN INFORMATION for Zoom call:
- Dial by your location
- +1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)
- +1 646 558 8656 US (New York)
- Meeting ID: 879 1582 1355
- Password: 080442
- Dial by your location
USUHS Session
- Dermatology Virtual Interest Group
- THURS/JUNE 4 1200-1300 EST
- Dial-in details: +1 505-738-3207 (PIN:729 126 110#)
- For Video: meet.google.com/oyx-euad-mnv
- Flyer with all the info is here
Finance Friday Articles
Here are my favorites this week:
When Your Income Becomes Your Enemy
Why is the Market Doing Well Lately?
Here are the rest of this week’s articles:
4 Financial Tips for DINKS (Dual Income No Kids)
5 Ways Investment Performance Measurements Can Be Fuzzy
6 simple ways to take action in your financial life without hurting your long-term goals
A One-of-a-Kind Market Environment
At Ease (Make Sure Your Life Insurance Beneficiaries are Up-To-Date)
Bubble Behavior During a Depression
From Medical Degree to Financially Free
Here Are the 2020-2021 Post-9/11 GI Bill Rates
How COVID-19 is Changing the Housing Market
How Much of the Bear Market Losses Have Been Recovered?
How Our Annual Spending Determines Our Retirement Needs
Physician in Transition: A Fast Track Guide to Financial Security
The Different Types of Real Estate Crowdfunding Deals
The Diversification Drag & The Management of Luck
The Top 10 Things Doctors Need to Know About Disability Insurance
Thoughts from a mom investing for college
To SBP, or Not to SBP? Evaluating Your Survivor Benefit Plan Option at Retirement
2 Medical Corps Hotfills
Here are the two positions:
- Branch Head, PERS-454 (Millington, TN) – O-6 is required with executive/senior operational experience desired. JUL/AUG report. (PERS-454 Branch Head Position Description)
- Member, Physical Evaluation Board (Washington, DC) – O-5/O-6. JUL/AUG report. There are 2 billets available. (PEB Medical Officer Position Description)
PDs are above for both, and include contact info. Interested parties should reach out to their Detailer by 12 JUN 2020.
Updated Guidance on COVID Travel Restrictions
Lots of info…
- Here is a Military Times article that summarizes it – DoD’s travel ban is lifting, with some restrictions still in place
- Here is a DoD press release with a video you can watch – DOD Officials Unveil COVID-Related Personnel, Move Guidance
- Here is a DoD press release that contains the actual memo and a fact sheet – Update to Personnel Movement and Travel Restrictions
- Here is the DoD release on Force Health Protection Guidance – Force Health Protection Guidance – Supplement 9
- Here is a release for those that work on the Pentagon or one of its affiliated sites (like me) – Pentagon Reservation Plan for Resilience and ‘Aligning With National Guidelines for Opening Up America Again’
Navy Blog Post – The Navy is Taking Some of the Stress out of PCS Moves with the New MyPCS Mobile
Here’s a link to this article if you are interested:
The Navy is Taking Some of the Stress out of PCS Moves with the New MyPCS Mobile
May Message from the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs
MHS Team:
The Department of Defense continues to deliver on Secretary Esper’s
priorities during the COVID-19 pandemic to protect our people, maintain
readiness, and support the national COVID-19 response. Together, Health
Affairs, the military services, the Joint Staff surgeon, the Defense Health
Agency, and the Uniformed Services University are rising to the challenge of
managing an aggressive response to the virus.
Here are updates on issues Health Affairs is tracking.
* Testing: Major General Lee Payne, Defense Health Agency Assistant
Director, Combat Support, has been designated by the Department’s COVID-19
Task Force as the DoD’s lead to implement the Department’s tiered approach
to increase diagnostic and surveillance testing for personnel tied to
critical mission requirements. Thanks to the hard work from your teams, we
are on track to meet the operational Tier 1 requirements. We’ve completed
more than 85,000 tests and tested nearly 1,000 DoD personnel supporting the
New York City response. As we work through Tier 2 and Tier 3 requirements,
we are also looking to support sentinel surveillance testing for Tier 4
requirements. Maj Gen Payne and his team are carrying out impressive work to
spearhead testing protocols, identifying and validating Service and
combatant command requirements, managing logistics, and finalizing reporting
requirements for this massive effort.
* Advancing Force Health Protection: Health Affairs subject matter experts
are deeply involved in developing Force Health Protection guidance for the
Department, including the most recent update, Supplement 8, for protecting
personnel in the workplace. We expect new and revised guidance to be issued
shortly on Clinical Laboratory Diagnostic Testing Services; Surveillance and
Screening with Testing; Risk-Based Lowering of Health Protection Condition
Levels; and Resuming Elective Surgical, Invasive, and Dental Procedures in
Military Medical and Dental Treatment Facilities.
* Vaccine & Antibody Therapeutics Acceleration Strategy: Military Medicine
has a long history of rapid innovation and medical advances. From a
battlefield evacuation system that became the foundation for a modern
Emergency Medical Services system to advances in damage control surgery and
trauma management that have informed nationwide trauma practice, our
commitment to continuous learning and evolution of medicine has always
placed the Military Health System at the forefront. Now, once again, DoD is
out in front leveraging our world-class research capabilities and
partnerships with the Department of Health and Human Services and others to
not only develop an effective COVID-19 vaccine, but to also ensure its rapid
mass production to support a rapid national vaccination effort. This effort,
known as Operation Warp Speed, and supported through funding from the CARES
Act, is streamlining multiple research efforts both in vaccines and
therapeutics and is producing developmental strategies for the manufacturing
and distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine and treatment therapies.
The pandemic response I’ve seen from our collective MHS team has reinforced
the significant roles you play and the historic difference you are making.
Thank you for joining the fight against COVID-19 and ensuring that the MHS
is not only supporting the DoD’s response to the pandemic, but also
supporting the whole-of-government effort to defeat the pandemic.
Every year at this time, cities and towns across the Nation gather to
remember the contributions and bravery of generations of men and women who
have made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. But this year will be
different. Observances for the holiday will not look like years past because
of the pandemic, and many of the traditional Memorial Day parades and events
we are accustomed to will not proceed. While we may not be able to gather in
person this year, that doesn’t mean we cannot pay our respects to our fallen
heroes. This Memorial Day, I encourage you to pursue other ways to honor the
brave men and women who sacrificed their lives to ensure our safety and
freedom.
Please stay safe and healthy!
Tom
Naval Postgraduate School Executive MBA NAVADMIN
I had previously posted the announcement, but since then we’ve had more emphasis placed on education in our fitreps, so here is the NAVADMIN:
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SUBJ/EXECUTIVE MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION DISTANCE LEARNING DEGREE
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RMKS/1. This NAVADMIN announces application procedures for the September 2020
Distance Learning Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) program.
2. Background:
a. The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) defense focused EMBA is a 24
month, fully-funded, part-time graduate program focused on financial
management. The program targets middle to senior grade active-duty officers,
lieutenant commander (select) and senior (lieutenant by waiver).
b. Classes are delivered via online technologies with synchronous, live
interaction between faculty and students. All students are required to have a
computer with internet access, a webcam and a microphone.
c. The EMBA program begins with a required one-week Temporary Duty (TDY)
in-residence session at NPS in Monterey, CA., that is currently scheduled for
21-25 September 2020. Pandemic restrictions on travel may result in
rescheduling the in-resident portion. The residency week includes an
orientation and a graduate-level course on the management of teams. A second
week of required TDY in-residence instruction will be scheduled during the
second year of the EMBA program. Other than these two visits to NPS Monterey,
students complete all instruction from their duty locations. The parent
command of the student will provide official travel orders and funding for
TDY travel. If command funding is not available, students may fund their own
travel and utilize no-cost TDY orders from their commands.
d. Active duty Naval officers accepted into the EMBA program are
integrated into cohorts with civilian students. Typically, a cohort is
comprised of approximately 25 students from which student teams are formed.
Cohorts take all classes together during the 24 months of instruction on one
day per week for approximately six to seven hours per day during regular
continental United States duty hours.
3. Criteria:
a. Eligibility requirements include an undergraduate degree from a
regionally accredited 4-year college or university, 2.6 grade point average
or higher on a 4 point scale, and at least one college-level mathematics
course. A commanding officer endorsement letter is required to participate in
the program. Department head or similar mid-level management experience and
strong potential for promotion are preferred. Participants must have a
projected rotation date no earlier than September 2022. The Graduate
Management Admission Test is not required.
b. Admission to the EMBA program is available to applicants in any
geographic location, regardless of the number of applicants in a location.
4. Application Process:
a. Officers interested in the EMBA program can visit the NPS EMBA home
page at www.nps.edu/emba for detailed eligibility and application process
information. Deadline for the application process is no later than 6 July
2020. Online instruction begins 29 September 2020.
5. Post Graduation:
a. Graduates will be awarded an EMBA graduate degree from NPS and the
Navy subspecialty code 3100P, Financial Management-Defense Focus.
Graduates working in acquisition billets will also earn Defense Acquisition
University Level II equivalencies for all program management functional
training.
b. As directed by reference (a), officers participating in this program
must agree to remain on active duty following completion of graduate studies
for a period of 3 years. This obligation is discharged concurrently with any
other service obligation already incurred. This agreement does not obligate
the Navy to retain the officer on active duty.
6. Point of contact:
a. NPS EMBA program office, at (831) 656- 2562/DSN 756, or via e-mail at
emba(at)nps.edu.
7. This message will remain in effect until superseded or 31 December 2020,
whichever occurs first.
8. Released by Vice Admiral S. B. Munsch, Deputy Chief on Naval Operations
for Warfighting Development (N7)//
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CO’s Can Permit Moonlighting Again
Here’s the memo about off-duty employment (ODE, moonlighting) that the SG signed. In brief, it says that CO’s can resume permitting ODE/moonlighting:
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