awards… - U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps

PHS Commissioned Corps“Commissioned Corps Awards”LCDR Adriana Meyer-AlonzoCDR Jeff MurrayOffice of Commissioned Corps Operations1

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AWARDS…• Designed to provide formal recognition foroutstanding accomplishments and performanceto the mission of the PHS or other programs• Officers DO NOT compete against each other• There are no minimum or maximum numberof nominations• Open to all officers on active duty (RegularCorps and All Categories and Grades)4

TWO TYPES• HONOR AWARDS• SERVICE AWARDS5

ORDER OF PRECEDENCEIndividual Honor Awards• Distinguished Service Medal• Meritorious Service Medal• Surgeon General’s s Medallion• Surgeon Generals’ Exemplary ServiceMedal• Outstanding Service Medal6

ORDER OF PRESEDENCECONT…..Individual Honor Awards (cont.)• Commendation Medal• Achievement Medal• PHS CitationGroup Honor Awards• Outstanding Unit Citation• Unit Commendation7

INDIVIDUAL HONOR AWARDS• Distinguished Service Medal• Contributions to the mission of the PHS. Example:management of a major health program resulting in amajor impact on the health of the Nation.• Meritorious Service Medal• High level achievement.• Meritorious service of a single, particularly important achievement.ent.• Career notable for accomplishments in technical or professionalfields.• Unusually high qualify and initiative in leadership.8

INDIVIDUAL HONOR AWARDS• Surgeon General’s s Medallion & SGExemplary Service Medal• No nomination procedure exists for these since thedecision to confer is at the Surgeon General’s s (SG)discretion.• Outstanding Service Medal• Continuous, outstanding leadership in carrying outthe mission of PHS.• Performance of a single accomplishment which hashad a major effect on the health of the Nation.9

INDIVIDUAL HONOR AWARDS• Commendation Medal• Sustained high quality work performance inscientific, administrative, or other professionalfields.• Application of unique skill or creativeimagination to the approach of solution ofproblems.• Noteworthy technical and professionalcontributions that are significant to a limitedarea.10

INDIVIDUAL HONORAWARDS• Achievement Medal• Contribution toward the attainment of programobjectives.• Sustained above-average average performance of duty over arelatively short period of time.• PHS Citation• Noteworthy achievement generally for a short period oftime.• This could include contribution toward accomplishing aprogram objective or high quality achievement, but at asomewhat lesser level than is required for the AM.11

GROUP HONOR AWARDS• Outstanding Unit Citation• Awarded to Officers of a unit that exhibits superiorservice toward achieving the goals and objectives of thePHS.• Unit must provide exceptional service, often of nationalor international significance.• Unit Commendation• Outstanding accomplishment by a designatedorganizational unit within PHS.• Significant level of performance well above and beyondexpectations, but at a somewhat lesser level than for theOUC.12

SERVICE AND CAMPAIGNAWARDS• Hazardous Duty Service Award (HAD)• Foreign Duty Service Award (FDA)• Special Assignment Service Award (SAA)• Isolated Hardship Service Award (ISOHAR)• Crisis Response Service Award (CRSA)• Global Response Service Award (GRSA)• Response Service Award (RSA)• Recruitment Service Ribbon (RSR)• Bicentennial Unit Commendation (BUC)• Smallpox Eradication Campaign (SPEC)13

SERVICE AND CAMPAIGNAWARDS• Recruitment Service Ribbon (RSR)• Bicentennial Unit Commendation (BUC)• Smallpox Eradication Campaign (SPEC)• Global Health Campaign Medal (GHCM)• Global Health Initiative Service Medal(GHISM)14

SERVICE AND CAMPAIGNAWARDS (2 of 7)• Hazardous Duty Service Award Position requiring frequent and significant risk to anofficer safety. Full-time assignments Minimum of 6 months exposure to the risk factors.• Foreign Duty Service Award 30 consecutive days or 90 non-consecutive days inforeign posts. Temporary or permanent assignment15

SERVICE AND CAMPAIGNAWARDS (3 of 7)• Special Assignment Service Award Detailed 30 consecutive days or more to other federal orstate agency (exclude training and “blanket“ detailagreement). 30 non-consecutive days to the same agency for an on-going activity. Assignments to special initiatives of the SG, ASH, orSecretary including CPO or PAC member.• Bicentennial Unit Commendation1998 1998 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of thecreation of the USPHS.16

SERVICE AND CAMPAIGNAWARDS (4 of 7)• Response Service Award• Direct participation in a designated public healthneed or National Special Security Event.• Public health emergency or need as declared bythe President, Secretary, or ASH.• The event must not be designated as a CRSA orGRSA response.• For not less than 7 days.• Must meet the force readiness standards.17

SERVICE AND CAMPAIGNAWARDS (5 OF 7)• Crisis Response Service Award Direct participation in a domestic Corps deployment. For not less than 7 days. Must meet the force readiness standards.• Global Response Service Award Direct participation in a non-domestic or internationalresponse. Must meet the force readiness standards. Must be deployed for not less than 7 days.18

SERVICE AND CAMPAIGNAWARDS (6 of 7)• Recruitment Service RibbonFulfilling Fulfilling 3 consecutive years:In In a billet which recruitment is a primary dutyand responsibility; orMaintaining current status in the AssociateRecruiter Program (ARP)May earn additional award for meetingcriteria for each additional 3-year 3periodAwarded for recruitment service completedafter 3 April 200619

SERVICE AND CAMPAIGNAWARDS (7 of 7)• Isolated Hardship Service Award180 180 consecutive days or more in designatedISOHAR areaPermanently assigned to a ship classified as“Unusually Arduous Sea Duty”.• Smallpox Eradication CampaignServed Served 90 days or more cumulative service toCDC Bureau of Smallpox Eradication orSmallpox Laboratory from Jan.1, 1966 to Oct.26,1977.20

TRAINING, REGULAR CORPSBADGES AND INSIGNIA• Commissioned Corps Training Ribbon(CCTR)• Regular Corps Ribbon• Surgeon General Insignia (SGI)• Deputy Surgeon General Insignia (DSGI)• Officer-InIn-Charge Insignia (OICI)• Chief Professional Officer Insignia (CPOI)21

TRAINING, REGULAR CORPSBADGES AND INSIGNIA• Office of the Secretary of HHSIdentification Badge (OSIB)• Recruiter Badge (RB)• Associate Recruiter Lead Badge (ARLB)• Associate Recruiter Badge (ARB)• Field Medical Readiness Badge (FMRB)22

TRAINING RIBBONREGULAR CORPS RIBBON• Commissioned CorpsTraining Ribbon Awarded upon satisfactory completion ofCommissioned Officer Training Academyrequirements for the USPHS Officer Basic Course.• Regular Corps Ribbon Awarded for being assimilated into the Regular Corps23

BADGES and INSIGNIA (1 of 5)• Surgeon General Insignia (SGI)Restricted wear to the Surgeon General• Deputy Surgeon General Insignia (DSGI)Restricted wear to the Deputy SurgeonGeneral24

BADGES and INSIGNIA (2 of 5)• Officer-InIn-Charge Insignia (OICI)Restricted Restricted wear to the following positions Secretary; Deputy Secretary; Chief of Staff, ImmediateOffice of the Secretary (IOS), HHS Associate Deputy Secretaries, and Heads of OS operationaloffices, OS, HHS Assistant Secretaries, Deputy Assistant Secretaries, OS,HHS Chief officials and deputies in assistant secretarial levelSTAFFDIVS, OS, HHS HHS OPIDV Heads Chief Medical Officer and Dir. Of Health and Safety,USCG Medical Dir. and Assistant Dir. Health Services, BOP25

BADGES and INSIGNIA (3 of 5)• Chief Professional Officer Insignia(CPOI)Restricted Restricted wear to the CPOs with personnelorders of the 11 different ProfessionalCategories• Office of the Secretary of HHSIdentification BadgePermanent Assignment in OS for a minimum ofone year on/after 22 June 199926

BADGES and INSIGNIA (4 of 5)• Recruiter Badge Assignment in a Corps specific recruitment position• Associate Recruiter Lead Badge Meet eligibility criteria set forth in CC23.1.6 andapproved by CPO May wear only while maintaining status in ARP• Associate Recruiter Badge Meet eligibility criteria set forth in CC23.1.6 andapproved by CPO May wear only while maintaining status in ARP27

BADGES and INSIGNIA (5 of 5)• Field Medical Readiness Badge Meet readiness requirements. Pass the APFT with aminimum of Level II. Complete all training modules for FMRB Participate in one or more Corps deployments for aminimum of 7 days, days can be accumulated frompast three year deployments to date of application. Nomination by OFRD only.28

CASH AWARDS• PHS commissioned officersare NOT ELIGIBLE forperformance-basedcash awards.• They are ELIGIBLE to receive cashawards for suggestions, inventions, andscientific achievement outside the scopeof their duties.29

• DSM, MSM, OUC and those with ValorOPDIV OPDIV Approving Authority → OCCO →CCAB → SG OCCO• OSM, CM, UCSG → OCCO OPDIV Awards Board → OPDIV ApprovingAuthority → OCCO• AM, PHS CITPROCESSINGOPDIV Approving Authority → OCCO30

NOMINATION FORMS• PHS-63426342-1, , Unit Honor AwardNomination• PHS-63426342-2, , Individual Honor AwardNomination• HHS-171171, , Recommendation for CashAward31

SIGNATURES – CIT OR AM• Nominator – usually Supervisor• Endorsements (OPDIV-specific)Signature Signature Line of Authority• OPDIV Awards Coordinator OPDIV CC Awards Coordinator37

• Nominator• EndorsementsSIGNATURESOSM, CM, OR UCNominator – usually SupervisorSignature Signature Line of Authority• OPDIV Awards Board Chairperson• Approving AuthorityOPDIV OPDIV Head• OPDIV Awards CoordinatorOPDIV OPDIV CC Awards Coordinator**MSM, DSM, OUC and those with Valor – approved byCCAB and SG38

EXAMPLE FormatAgency Specific• Title(1 of 2)• BackgroundConditions that existed prior toaccomplishment• InterventionWhat was done and how was done39

Sample Format (2 of 2)• OutcomeImpact on Public Health, qualitative,quantitative data, support with statistics,examples tangible data – saved resources,money, personnel40

Additional Tips (1 of 3)• No typos or white out• 12 Time New Roman or Courier• Citations 180 characters or less• Members listed alphabeticallywith Commissioned CorpsMembers listed first41

Additional Tips (2 of 3)• Rank must accompany name• Two pages maximum for the narrative• Last sentence, award for civilians• Spell out all acronyms42

Additional Tips (3 of 3)• Career wrap-up All previous awards need to be addressedduring the time-period of the nomination in thebackground area Must have a significant accomplishment fromthe last honor award received that meets therequested proposed award• Part II B, awards history (not required byOCCO)43

Reasons Awards are not Endorsed• Officer nominated for incorrect award• Untimely award submission• Nomination forms filled out incorrectlyor have administrative errors• Award narratives are poorly writtenand do not meet the level of theproposed award44

Narrative Pitfalls (1 of 2)• Poorly written, unfocussed, unclear• Incorrect grammar, punctuation,abbreviations45

Narrative Pitfalls (2 of 2)• Accomplishment is not yetcompleted• Accomplishment was alreadyrecognized• Time period covered does not matchPHS 634246

LIMITATIONS…• New awards cannot be based on old awards;however can serve as part of a more senior awardbased on significantly greater achievement overa longer period of time.• May submit an individual award and a unit award,if the officer’s s achievement is significantly greaterthan, and differentiated from, the members of thegroup• Awards cannot be for an ongoing activity, , it mustbe completed to show impact47

RESOURCES…• http://dcp.psc.gov/coap.aspx• eCommissioned Corps Issuance System(eCCIS)http://dcp.psc.gov/eCCIS/CCISMain.aspx• CC 27.1.1 CC Awards Programhttp://dcp.psc.gov/eccis/documents/CCPM27_1_1.pdf• POM 08-003003; ; 31 March 200848

COMMISSIONED CORPSPOINTS OF CONTACTYOUR AGENCY AWARDSCOORDINATORTHEN (& ONLY THEN)LCDR Adriana Meyer-AlonzoOCCO Acting Awards Coordinator(240) 240-6039adriana.meyer-alonzo@hhs.govalonzo@hhs.gov49

PLEASE REMEMBER…...Reward all employees, CC andCS for their accomplishmentsTHIS IS WHY…...Increases moral, increases productivity, reduces turnoverThe cost of replacing an employee is high, often more thanthe annual salary of the person who must be replacedSAVE TIMESAVE MONEYLOST PRODUCTIVITY50

SUMMARY…Overview Awards ProcessDifferent CC AwardsRequired PaperworkWriting TipsResourcesPoint of Contacts51