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The HHS Indian Health Service and USPHS Commissioned Corps Unite to Increase Safe Drinking Water and Adequate Sanitation...

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Updates to the Uniforms and Appearance (i.e., Tattoo) and the Commissioned Service Obligation Policies.

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Officer Spotlight July 2024 - CAPT Elise Young

Learn more about our officer spotlight for this month - CAPT Elise Young

Officers help control spread of COVID-19

Commissioned Corps officers provide medical care to evacuees.

Officers called to duty to control spread of COVID-19

USPHS Commissioned Corps Officer comforted a young evacuee at Travis Air Force Base.

Officers greet American evacuees in Omaha

Officers are evaluating evacuees for symptoms of COVID-19 upon arrival.

USPHS officers in summer whites in front of Washington Monument.

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The Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service, or USPHS Commissioned Corps, works on the front lines of public health. Our medical, health and engineering professionals fight disease, conduct research, and care for patients in underserved communities across the nation and throughout the world.
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