FY-16 MEDICAL SERVICE CORPS IN-SERVICE PROCUREMENT PROGRAM SELECTION BOARD

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NARR/REF A IS OPNAVINST 1420.1B, ENLISTED TO OFFICER COMMISSIONING PROGRAMS 

APPLICATION MANUAL.  REFERENCE B IS BUMED P-117, MANUAL OF THE MEDICAL 

DEPARTMENT.  REFERENCE C IS 10 U.S.C. 6323, VOLUNTARY RETIREMENTOFFICERS:  20 

YEARS.

 

RMKS/1.  This NAVADMIN solicits applications for the FY-16 Medical Service 

Corps (MSC) In-Service Procurement Program (IPP) Selection Board.  The MSC 

IPP will convene in the Fall of 2015.  MSC IPP provides a path for qualified, 

career-motivated, enlisted personnel to obtain a commission as an MSC 

officer.  Applications will be accepted for the following specialties:  

Health Care Administration (HCA), Environmental Health, Industrial Hygiene, 

Pharmacy, Physician Assistant (PA), Occupational Therapy, Social Work, and 

Radiation Health.

 

2.  This program is open to active-duty enlisted Sailors, Marines, and Navy 

Full-Time Support (FTS) personnel of any rating in paygrades E-5 through E-9 

at the time of application.  Waivers for personnel in the paygrade of E-4 

will be considered on a case by case basis for PA applicants only.  

Reservists in an FTS status are eligible; reservists in any status other than 

FTS are not eligible.

 

3.  Application procedures and education requirements are outlined in 

reference (a), chapters 1, 2, and 6, and this NAVADMIN.

 

4.  Applicants must not have reached their 42nd birthday by the time of 

initial appointment and commissioning.  Age waivers will not be granted.

 

5.  Amplifying information for the FY-16 MSC IPP Board.

    a.  Applicants assigned to a nuclear training command or who hold a Navy 

Nuclear Enlisted Classification (335x, 336x, 338x, 339x) and are applying for 

the FY-16 MSC IPP Board must obtain conditional release from nuclear field 

duty prior to submitting their application for consideration for the FY-16 

board.  To obtain a conditional release, an applicant must submit a NAVPERS 

1306/7, (rev 01-03), Enlisted Personnel Action Request to the OPNAV Nuclear

Propulsion Program Management Branch (N133) via their detailer (Pers-403).  

The FY-16 MSC IPP Board will only consider nuclear enlisted candidates who 

have a conditional release included in their MSC IPP application.

    b.  For applicants not assigned to nuclear programs listed in paragraph 

5.a.:  applicants under obligated training require a conditional release from 

their enlisted community manager (ECM).  To obtain a conditional release, an 

applicant must submit a NAVPERS 1306/7, (rev 01-03) Enlisted Personnel Action 

Request to their ECM.  The FY-16 MSC IPP board will only consider enlisted 

candidates who have a conditional release included in their program 

application.

    c.  Physical standards.  Applicants must be worldwide assignable.  Per 

reference (a), chapter 6 paragraph 3.e., applicants must meet 

precommissioning/accession physical standards for appointment as an MSC 

officer prescribed in reference (b), chapter

 

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    d.  Test scores.  ACT, SAT, graduate record examination (GRE), graduate 

management aptitude test (GMAT), or applicable scores must be completed 

within five years of application due date.

    e.  College board (SAT or ACT) exam scores are required for all 

applicants requesting to complete a bachelor degree using military funding.  

The minimum acceptable SAT score is 1000 and the minimum ACT score is 42 

(combined math and English).  Application packages missing exam scores will 

not be considered by the board.

    f.  GRE or GMAT scores are required for all applicants requesting to 

complete a masters degree using military funding (excluding pharmacy).  For 

non-masters prepared applicants, a GRE score of 1000 (pre August 2012 exams) 

or 300 (post August 2012 exams) or a GMAT score of 500 is required.

Application packages missing exam scores will not be considered by the board.

    g.  For applicants applying to the PA program, only SAT scores will be 

accepted.  The minimum acceptable SAT score is 1000 (minimum math 460).  

Applications with an SAT math score below 460 will not be considered by the 

board.

    h.  Pharmacy applicants must submit pharmacy college admission test 

scores.

 

6.  For HCA applicants, MSC IPP is not offering full-time out service 

training option for this board.  Applicants will be screened for selection to 

attend full-time in-service training in either the Army-Baylor University 

graduate program in HCA, more information is available at

http://www.cahme.org;the Association to Advance Collegiate 

Schools of Business, more information is available at http://www.aacsb.edu; 

the Council on Education for Public Health, more information is available at 

http://www.ceph.org;National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and 

Administration, more information is available at http://www.cswe.org, 

with a completion date NLT June 2016. Candidates with strong clinical 

backgrounds are preferred, with preference given to those able to demonstrate 

experience and proficiency in diagnosis and treatment, trauma, post-traumatic 

stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury (TBI), and resiliency.  A 

licensed graduate social worker or equivalent is required for internship in 

states that license post-msw social workers.

 

11.  For Social Work (MSW + Internship) applicants, MSC IPP is not offering a 

full-time out-service training option for this board; however, applicants 

will be screened for selection to attend the full-time in-service training at 

the Army/Fayetteville State University Master of Social Work (MSW) Program. 

More information is available online (http://www.uncfsu.edu/sw/academic- 

programs/army-fsu-msw-program) or via phone at (210) 221-6158. Requirements 

for consideration into the Army/Fayetteville State University MSW Program 

include:  a completed Fayetteville State University Graduate School 

application for admission, an undergraduate grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 

or higher, an official Graduate Record Exam (GRE) score of 290 or higher

(completed within five years of program start date), a personal statement of 

no more than five typed, double-spaced  pages, and three letters of reference 

from professionals who can attest to the applicant's capabilities for 

successful performance in a graduate academic program, and three Fayetteville 

State University Recommendations for Graduate Studies forms.

 

12.  Per references (a) and ©, applicants are reminded that to be eligible 

for voluntary retirement, an applicant appointed as an officer is required to 

complete 20 years of active-duty service, with at least ten years of service 

as an active commissioned officer (unless waived to eight years).

 

13.  Applications must be postmarked NLT 1 September 2015 and mailed to:

     Commanding Officer, Navy Medicine Professional Development

     Center

     Attn:  Code 03C HMDT

     8955 Wood Road, Bldg. 1,

     Bethesda, MD 20889-5628

 

All required documentation must be received NLT 15 October 2015. Incomplete 

applications received after this date will not be reviewed by the board.  

Detailed application information can be found at 

http://www.med.navy.mil/sites/nmpdc/professional-

Development/sitepages/medical%20service%20corps%20program%20mscipp-pa.aspx.  

A MARADMIN will outline conditional release procedures for active-duty 

Marines who are selected to participate in the program.

 

14.  Points of Contact:

    a.  Ms. Kemp, Navy Medical Professional Development Center, Code O3C HMDT 

at (301) 319-4520/DSN 285, or via e-mail at beverly.d.kemp.civ(at)mail.mil.

    b.  HM2 Clark at (301) 295-0925/DSN 295 or via e-mail at 

benjamin.m.clark30(at)mail.mil.

 

15.  This message is canceled for record purposes on 30 September 2016.

 

16.  Released by Vice Admiral W. F. Moran, N1.//

 

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