USPHS Scientific and Training Symposium

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USPHS Scientific and Training Symposium 2009
BG Timothy Adams, Chief, Veterinary Corps
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Agenda

• Senior Leadership
• Missions
• Manpower
• Retention
• Future of the Corps
• Leader Development

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Chief, Veterinary Corps

• Brigadier General Cates
• 23rd Corps Chief
• (Sep 04 Nov 08)
• Commander, CHPMM
• Proponent for PM
• Uniformed Services Delegate to AVMA

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My Roles and Perspectives

• Assistant Surgeon General-Force Projection,
  Assigned Pentagon Army Surgeons Office
• Chief, U.S. Army Veterinary Corps and Senior
  Advisor to TSG on Veterinary Corps matters
• Uniformed Services Delegate to AVMA

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TSG Responsibility DODD 6400.4

• The Secretary of the Army shall
• Act as the DOD Executive Agent for DOD Veterinary
  Services to ensure uniform use of veterinary
  services throughout the Department of Defense
• Delegate authority to The Surgeon General, U.S.
  Army, to act on behalf of the DOD Executive Agent
  for assigned responsibilities, functions, and
  authorities of the DOD Veterinary Services Program

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Veterinary Senior Leadership

• DOD Veterinary Service Activity (NCR / SA)
• Director COL Gary Vroegindewey
• Deputy Directors COL Stevenson / LTC Honadel
• Corps Chiefs Office (San Antonio)
• Deputy Corps Chief / CSBPO COL Dana Scott
• Assistant Corps Chief for Reserve Affairs COL
  Marc Mattix
• Veterinary Command COL Dave Rolfe
• AMEDD CS COL Bob Walters
• HRC Veterinary Branch COL Mark Wolken

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Consultants
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Animal Medicine

• Military Working Animals
• Military Personnel Pets
• Zoonoses Control / Surveillance

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Food Safety and Defense

• Incidental and Intentional Contamination
• Installation and Deployed Settings
• Subsistence at Sources and Destination
• Production and Storage Facilities

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Diagnostics and Research

• Veterinary Diagnostic Capabilities
• Medical Research Support
• Medical Research

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Current Workload Statistics (08)
Current as of Mar 09

• MWDs 3,161
• VTFs 244
• Marine Mammals gt100
• Outpatient Visits 553,421
• Subsistence 6 Billion
• Audits gt 2000
• Countries 83
• Lab Animals gt 130,000
• Research Facilities 34

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Operational Support

• Mission Types
• Veterinary Detachment
• animal medicine food safety defense
• Provincial Reconstruction Teams
• Civil Affairs
• Agricultural Development Teams
• Humanitarian Assistance
• USNS Mercy

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Operational Support

• Current OIF/OEF/HOA deployments
• VCOs 34
• WOs3
• Enl95
• Current other (Kosovo, HA, exercises)
• VCOs2
• WOs0
• Enl2

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Veterinary Manpower
Current as of Dec 08

• 645 Military Veterinarians (439 Active)
• 85 Warrant Officers (72 Active)
• 2100 Enlisted (1415 Active)
• 575 Civilians

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Veterinary Manpower
64F Clinical Medicine
64E Comparative Medicine
64A Field Veterinary Service
64D Pathology
64C Laboratory Animal Medicine
64B Preventive Medicine
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Specialty AOCDistributable Inventory

• 64B (Preventive Medicine) 74 (54)
• 64C (Lab Animal Medicine) 45 (100)
• 64D (Vet Pathology) 32 (97)
• 64E (Comparative Medicine) 22 (110)
• 64F (Clinical Vet Medicine) 19 (83)

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Retention after Initial Obligation (ADSO 6
months)
64 Retention for 2008
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Retention Initiatives

• Health Profession Loan Repayment Program- Direct
  Accession -continue
• Accession Bonus- Direct Accession proposed
• Increase number of HPSP scholarships
• Critical Skill Retention Bonus at 4 years of
  service for 64A first term Accessions-
  Captain/Major - proposed
• Critical Skill Retention Bonus for 64B Preventive
  Medicine (currently lt70) - proposed
• Index Veterinary Special Pay to FY09 level from
  1950s 100 per month level - proposed

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Long Term Health Education
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69 Fill Overall
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Offered Positions
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Building Specialty AOCs

• LTHET creates VC Specialty AOCs
• Advanced educational opportunities
• Promotion assignment opportunities
• Board Specialty Pay
• Investment for the future

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Veterinary Corps Strategy Map
Build a highly skilled, adaptive and empowered
veterinary team to support full-spectrum
operations for the Department of Defense.
Mission
March 2009
Be Americas Leading Veterinary Medical Team
Fully Integrated with the Army, Navy and Air
Force Medical Teams to Save Lives and Foster
Healthy and Resilient People.
Vision
Excel today
Shape the future
Empower the workforce
Optimize communication
Strategic Themes

SUSTAIN PREPARE RESET TRANSFORM
Patient/Customer/ Stakeholder
ENDS
CS1.0 Improved customer satisfaction
CS3.0 Inspire trust in the Veterinary Corps
CS2.0 Effective leaders, managers professionals

IP4.0 Optimize communications
Internal Process
IP6.0 Build relationships and enhance partnerships
IP5.0 Actively seek and leverage technology and
acquisition
IP7.0 Recognize and implement best practices
WAYS
Feedback Adjusts Resourcing Decisions
LG8.0 Encourage and foster innovation
LG10.0 Improve recruiting and retain quality
people
Learning and Growth
LG9.0 Optimize knowledge management
LG11.0 Improve training and development
R12.0 Maximize human capital
R13.0 Optimize financial and technological
resources
Resource
MEANS
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Emerging/Growing Missions

• Stability Operations
• Food Defense
• Animal Medicine
• Combatant Command Support
• VETCEN Concept
• Public Health Command
• Inter-agency Partnership

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Emerging/Growing Missions

• Stability Operations- DODD3000.05
• G3/5/7 directed RAND Study outlined the key role
  of Army veterinarians in providing emergency
  relief, transforming economy and fostering
  sustainment.
• Current VCOs augment PRTs, ADTs, and CA teams.

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Emerging/Growing Missions

• Food Defense
• Transformation of VS to
• Increase military and civilian personnel to
  support
• Intentional vs Incidental health threat
• Increase government and industry partnerships
• Push the borders out to high risk OCONUS locations

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Emerging/Growing Missions

• VETCOM VETCEN Concept
• Veterinary Graduate Medical Education and Leader
  Development requires shift in current programs to
  ensure clinical and public health competency and
  effective leader development
• Current US veterinary curriculum not preparing
  entry level VCOs for one person duty sites.
• Requires significant increase in BES.

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Emerging/Growing Missions

• Public Health Command
• Commanders Intent The MEDCOM will reorganize
  MEDCOM public health capabilities in order to
• Enhance the health and wellness of Soldiers and
  military retirees, their Families, and DA
  Civilian employees
• Optimize public health support to the Army
• Create a single point of responsibility for
  public health within the MEDCOM
• Improve the planning and use of Army public
  health assets across the full spectrum of
  installations and activities
• Execute effective Veterinary Service programs
  across the DoD.

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Partnerships

• Government Coordinating Council on Food and Agro
  Terrorism
• FDA Food Defense missions, training, and
  information sharing
• Melamine and food recall response
• Special Events Food Defense
• Information Systems linkage
• Dept of Homeland Security
• FMD Exercises, Training, AI/PI Playbook
• Department State
• Provincial Reconstruction Team support

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Leader Development

• Military Education
• Long Term Health Education
• Assignments

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Leadership Opportunities

• Veterinary Corps-specific Commands (45)
• Veterinary Command
• 6 Regional
• 19 District
• 3 Directorates
• Forces Command, Europe, Korea
• 9 AC TOE
• 8 RC TOE
• Corps-immaterial Commands (9)
• Center for Health Promotion Preventive Medicine
  (3)
• Medical Research Material Command (2)
• Area Medical Laboratories (2)
• Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and
  Biological Defense (2)

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Senior Assignments

• Top Rung
• VETCOM Command
• Director, DODVSA
• Deputy Corps Chief
• AMEDD CS
• MRMC Institute Command
• Middle Rungs
• Europe and Pacific RVC Commands
• VETCOM Chief of Staff
• Consultants
• Other O5A Commands
• Lower Rungs
• Smaller RVC Commands
• Major Command Staff Positions

You need to build a ladder. - MG
Farmer, 2004
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