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Navy Surgeon General Pledges his Commitment to Readiness during Congressional Testimony

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Here’s a link to the article:

Navy Surgeon General Pledges his Commitment to Readiness during Congressional Testimony

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Military.com – Services Turn Focus to Warfighters as DHA Takes Over Military Hospitals

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Here’s a link to this Military.com article that discusses the recent congressional testimony by the various SGs and DHA:

Services Turn Focus to Warfighters as DHA Takes Over Military Hospitals

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Patient Care Will Remain Steadfast Despite Staff Cuts, DHA Director Says

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Patient Care Will Remain Steadfast Despite Staff Cuts, DHA Director Says

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Navy Surgeon General Testifies Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations

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Vice Adm. Forrest Faison, Navy surgeon general and chief, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, provided the following opening remarks to the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Defense, during a hearing April 3 on the Fiscal Year 2020 budget request for the Defense Health Program. Remarks as prepared by Vice Adm. Forrest Faison can be found at this link:

Navy Surgeon General Testifies Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations

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Military Times – How many medical personnel, and what kind, are needed in wartime? Military is still trying to figure that out

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How many medical personnel, and what kind, are needed in wartime? Military is still trying to figure that out

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Use Scalpel, Not Cleaver on Medical Billets, USUHS Chief Urges

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Use Scalpel, Not Cleaver on Medical Billets, USUHS Chief Urges

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US News & World Report: Pentagon Plans Massive Reorganization of Military Medicine

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Here’s a link to this recent and controversial article:

Pentagon Plans Massive Reorganization of Military Medicine

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The Navy is Not Going to Let You Retire Early

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There have been recent discussions about cuts in military medicine and POM20, and some people found this recently signed policy about early retirements. They put 2 and 2 together and figured that they might be able to retire early.

The message from BUMED is that this was merely the required periodic update of the existing early retirement policy. It was unfortunate timing and there are no plans to use it that they know of.

If that changes, you’ll hear it here as soon as I can get it out there.

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Military.com – More Than 17,000 Uniformed Medical Jobs Eyed for Elimination

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Here is an article about the cuts, also discussed in my POM20 post:

More Than 17,000 Uniformed Medical Jobs Eyed for Elimination

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Four Interesting Reads from Today’s Early Bird – Feres Doctrine and the Future of Navy Medicine

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Here are four articles from this morning’s Early Bird of particular interest to those in Navy Medicine:

DoD hopes medical realignment will help prepare for fight against global powers

Navy Medical Corps Worries Future Funding Cuts Will Result in Fewer Doctors

Petition Calling Congress To Change The Feres Doctrine Reaches 17,000 Signatures

Vice Adm. Forrest Faison Discusses the Future of Navy Medicine at AMSUS

 

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