CPO Update

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CPO Update Tucson, AZ June 10, 2008
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CPO Update

• Highlights
• EHO Category Highlights
• State of Texas
• Billets
• Basic Readiness
• PY 2008
• COER
• USNS COMFORT Deployment

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EHO Detail Opportunity to the State of Texas

• Dr. Leakey, State Health Commissioner sent letter
  to ASH requesting USPHS support in filling five
  Sanitarian positions at several locations in
  Texas.
• Rural, remote, urban locations.
• Junior, O-2 and O-3s desired
• 2-4 year details.
• TX Sanitarian-In-Training program eliminated.
  Commissioner hopes to have it re-established.

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Highlights Combined Meeting, April 24, 2008

• Billets - CAPT Byron Bailey
• Problem current billet system tends to describe
  the officer and not the position so the Corps is
  unable to monitor vacancies and skill shortages
  and cant recruit effectively to meet mission.
  All of this leads to poor force management.
• Solution to create unique position-specific
  billets that describe positions not officers.
  The new billet system will begin with the
  approximately 4,400 category-specific positions.
  Multi-disciplinary billets will come later.
• Benefits clarity and specificity for officers
  for position-specific responsibilities,
  objectively graded billets, real-time vacancy
  monitoring capability, real-time identification
  of officers for positions and electronic referral
  system for qualified candidates.

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Highlights Combined MeetingApril 24, 2008

• Billets (cont.)
• Progress
• As a result of beta test learned that the Excel
  spreadsheets did not work well, billets completed
  inconsistently, grading was not uniform.
• Currently 275 standardized billets across all
  categories

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Highlights Combined MeetingApril 24, 2008

• Billets (cont.)
• Lewin developing user friendly software for
  officers to complete their billet. Comparison
  was made to Turbo-Tax. You answer questions,
  drop down selections, etc. then form is
  completed! Its being developed so it can be
  uploaded into People Soft/Direct Access (USCG).
• July is the target date for the new software.
  Officers will be required to login to CCMIS
  (like you do for the COER) then you will be
  guided on how to complete your billet.

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Highlights Combined MeetingApril 24, 2008

• Billets (cont.)
• Assurance will be made that there is equity for
  each category across all agencies. Categories
  will have to review/approve. (Agency Category
  OCCO for review).
• Multi-disciplinary billets will be initiated this
  Fall 2008.
• If the billet turns out to be O-4 and it was an
  O-5, it will grandfathered for 2 years as an O-5.
  After 2 years the billet will change to O-4.

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Highlights Combined Update Meeting, April 17,
2008

• RADM Rutstein reported readiness percentages for
  the top 4 categories
• VET 93.8
• EHO 92.4
• ENG 92.2
• DENT and Therapists 91.6

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EHO PY 2008
PG O-3, 2 successful
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Highlights Combined MeetingApril 24, 2008

• COERs RADM Canton
• 2009 Benchmarks will be posted within the next
  two weeks. No changes from 2008.
• COER Workshops took place on April 30, May 9 and
  May 14. Lewin Group sought input and direction
  on where the new COER should go.

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COER WorkshopMay 14, 2008

• A summary from the individual workgroups will be
  forwarded to the respective members for edit and
  additional comment.
• The collective conclusions and recommendations of
  the groups will be collated once the feedback has
  been received.

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USNS COMFORT TRAINING HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
MISSION June 15 October 15, 2008
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Hospital Ship Transit4 month deploymentJune 15
October 15, 2007
Norfolk, VA Depart 15 JUN Return 15 OCT
Belize City, BLZ 20 - 26 JUN
Port-Au-Prince, HTI 1 8 SEP
Colon, PAN 4 10 JUL
Pureta Barrios, GTM 26 JUN 2 JUL
Port of Spain, TTO 16 22 SEP
Panama City, PAN 11 15 JUL 29 AUG
Acajutla, SLV 25 JUL 1 AUG
Georgetown, GUY 23 SEP 1 OCT
Nieuwnickerie, SUR 1 7 OCT
Corinto, NIC 18 25 JUL
Wilemstead, ANT 10 14 SEP
Bahia Malaga, COL 22 28 AUG
120-day Deployment HA Port 83
days Under Way 26 days LOG/Port VST
11 days
Manta, ECU 15 21 AUG
Salaverry, PER 6 13 AUG
UNCLASSIFIED//FOUO
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Mission Statement

• Train U.S. military personnel to provide
  Humanitarian Assistance to the people of Partner
  Nations
• Send a strong message of U.S. compassion, support
  and commitment to the Caribbean and Latin America

With the deployment of the COMFORT and the work
of the military teams, were making it
absolutely clear to people that we care
(President George W. Bushs address to the US
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce on 5 March 2007)
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Breakdown of Personnel Onboard, (October 5, 2007)

• Partnering
• Providers worked with regional medical
  professionals from the Latin American and
  Caribbean countries visited by the Comfort.
• Gained valuable experience in the treatment of
  indigenous patients in resource poor environments
  experience that will be useful as they provide
  care to vulnerable populations back in the United
  States.

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USPHS Comfort Team 4

• 6 Medical Doctors
• 3 Family Practice/ER (DHS, HRSA, IHS)
• 1 Preventive Medicine Physician (CDC)
• 1 Infectious Disease Physician (CDC)
• 1 Internal Medicine Physician (IHS)
• 2 Dentists (DHS, FDA)

4 Dental Hygienists (2-BOP, 2-IHS) 1 Pharmacist
(FDA) 1 Veterinarian (EPA) 2 Medical/Surgical
Nurses (HRSA, OS) 1 Environmental Engineer
(EPA) 1 Environmental Health (DHS)
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TEAM 1
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Panama Canal August 30, 2007
Team 3
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TEAM 4
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CDR Stephen Johnson, USPHS Dentist extracting
tooth in Belize.
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USPHS Promotion Ceremony on USNS COMFORT July 3,
2007
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Livingston, Guatemala
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Colon, Panama
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Nicaragua
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Environmental Health Training, July 23,
2007 Nicaragua
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CAPT French, MD, USPHS July 19, 2007 Nicaragua
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CDR Jeff Lowell, USPHS Inactive Reserve, General
Surgeon (Team 2)
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El Salvador
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Food Service Training July 24th, El Salvador
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Veterinary Public Health August 10, 2007 Peru
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Ecuador
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Ecuador
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Columbia
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Columbia
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LT Jason Mangum, EHO (Industrial Hygienist) USNS
COMFORT Isolation Rooms September 1, 2007
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Haiti
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Haiti
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LT Jason Mangum, USPHS Environmental Health
Officer providing training in Haiti to primarily
nursing students and nurses on environmental
toxins in the environment.
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Haiti
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Left to Right CAPT Bruce Boynton CO, USNS
COMFORT RADM Kenneth Moritsugu, Acting Surgeon
General U.S. CAPT Craig Shepherd, OIC-USPHS, USNS
COMFORT Port of Spain, Trinidad
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Pharmacy Moulton Methodist Elementary
School Port of Spain, Trinidad Left to Right
LCDR Andrei Nabakowski - USPHS, CTSGT Gabriel
Castillo - AF and RADM Kenneth P. Mortisugu,
Acting Surgeon General U.S.
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RADM Kenneth P. Moritsugu, MD, MPH Acting Surgeon
General, U.S. Port of Spain, Trinidad
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RADM Moritsugu, Acting Surgeon General
U.S. Addressing USPHS Team 4 Officers on the USNS
COMFORT
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Diamond Grove - Guyana
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Highlights of mission include the following
statistics

• 98,658 patients treated
• 32,322 patients immunized
• 122,322 pharmaceuticals dispensed
• 24,242 pairs of glasses dispensed
• 1,170 surgeries performed
• 25,196 dental examinations
• 3,968 dental extractions
• 20,561 dental varnishes applied
• 7,042 dental sealants applied
• 17,772 veterinary encounters
• 386,217 Total patient encounters.

LCDR Gregg Langham, USPHS veterinarian vaccinating
pigs in a rural community of Peru.
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Superior doctors prevent the disease. Mediocre
doctors treat the disease before
evident. Inferior doctors treat the full blown
disease. Huang Dee Nai-Ching (2600 B.C., 1st
Chinese Medical Text)