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SUBJ/FY-06 MEDICAL SERVICE CORPS INSERVICE PROCUREMENT PROGRAM
/SELECTION BOARD//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  THE FY-06 MEDICAL SERVICE CORPS INSERVICE
PROCUREMENT PROGRAM SELECTION BOARD WILL CONVENE IN OCTOBER 2005.
THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES A PATHWAY FOR CAREER MOTIVATED ACTIVE DUTY
ENLISTED PERSONNEL WHO MEET ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA TO OBTAIN A
COMMISSION AS MEDICAL SERVICE CORPS OFFICER IN HEALTH CARE
ADMINISTRATION, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE,
ENTOMOLOGY, PHARMACY, OR AS A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT.  THIS PROGRAM
REFLECTS THE GOALS OF OUR HUMAN CAPITAL STRATEGY TO LEVERGE THE
STRENGTHS OF OUR TALENTED PERSONNEL AND PROVIDE THEM OPPORTUNITIES
FOR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT.
2.  THIS PROGRAM IS OPEN TO ACTIVE DUTY ENLISTED SAILORS, TO INCLUDE
FULL TIME SUPPORT AND ACTIVE DUTY RESERVE IN ANY RATING, IN
PAYGRADES E-5 THROUGH E-9 AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION.  RESERVISTS IN
THE INDIVIDUAL READY RESERVE, SERVING ON ACTIVE DUTY FOR SPECIAL
WORK, ACTIVE DUTY TRAINING, OR 1- TO 3-YEAR RECALLS ARE NOT
ELIGIBLE FOR THIS PROGRAM.  FOR FY-06, NO RADIATION HEALTH
APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED.
3.  APPLICATION PROCEDURES AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS ARE LOCATED IN
OPNAVINST 1420.1A (CHAPTERS 1, 2, AND 6).  APPLICANTS MUST NOT HAVE
REACHED THEIR 42ND BIRTHDAY BY TIME OF INITIAL APPOINTMENT AND
COMMISSIONING.  NO AGE WAIVERS WILL BE GRANTED.
4.  APPLICANTS FOR THE PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT PROGRAM MUST SUBMIT THEIR
OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS AND A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL SCHOOLS ATTENDED TO
NAVAL MEDICAL EDUCATION TRAINING COMMAND NO LATER THAN THAN 29 JULY
2005 IN ORDER TO DETERMINE ACADEMIC ELIGIBILITY BY THE DEGREE
GRANTING INSTITUTION PRIOR TO THE SUBMISSION OF THEIR APPLICATION.
APPLICANTS WILL BE NOTIFIED OF ELIGIBILITY WELL BEFORE THE
APPLICATION DEADLINE.
5.  APPLICATIONS MUST BE POSTMARKED NO LATER THAN 26 AUGUST 2005.
ADDITIONAL OR AMPLIFYING DOCUMENTS MUST BE POSTMARKED NO LATER THAN
16 SEPTEMBER 2005.  SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE TEST, AMERICAN COLLEGE TEST,
GRADUATE RECORD EXAMINATION, GRADUATE MANAGEMENT ADMISSION TEST,
PHARMACY COLLEGE ADMISSION TEST, OR OTHER SCORES MUST BE POSTMARKED
NO LATER THAN BOARD CONVENING DATE.  DETAILED APPLICATION
INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT HTTP:NSHS.MED.NAVY.MIL/MSCIPP/MSCIPP.HTM.
6.  POCS:
- MS. KEMP, (301) 319-4520/DSN 285 OR EMAIL AT
BKEMP@NMETC.MED.NAVY.MIL
- HMC MILLER AT (301) 295-0925/DSN 295 OR EMAIL AT
RMMILLER@NMETC.MED.NAVY.MIL.
7.  RELEASED BY VADM G. L. HOEWING, N1.//
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