DoD: More Public Health Service Officers Serving

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More Public Health Service Officers Serving at Defense Department

October 02, 2012 - In the past three years, the number of U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps officers detailed to the department of Defense has grown dramatically due in part to the expansion of psychological health initiatives at military treatment facilities and installations in the U.S. and abroad.

“We have psychological health social workers, mental health nurses, physicians, physicians’ assistants and traumatic brain injury support personnel, working alongside uniformed and civilian staff in Army, Navy and Air Force installations across the country and also a few stationed overseas,” Cmdr. Sophia Russell, the USPHS Commissioned Corps Liaison Officer for the defense health headquarters and TRICARE Management Activity, says. She adds that a number of PHS officers are assigned to headquarters to work with programs that support the larger military health system mission. read more>>>