FY-15 MEDICAL SERVICE CORPS IN-SERVICE PROCUREMENT PROGRAM SELECTION BOARD

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SUBJ/FY-15 MEDICAL SERVICE CORPS IN-SERVICE PROCUREMENT PROGRAM SELECTION 

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NAVADMIN 147/14

 

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REF/C/DOC/TITLE 10 U.S.C./03JAN12//

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

APPLICATION MANUAL.  REF B IS MANMED P-117, MANUAL OF THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.  

REF C IS TITLE 10 U.S.C., SECTION 6323, VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT - OFFICERS:  20 

YEARS.

 

RMKS/1.  THIS NAVADMIN SOLICITS APPLICATIONS FOR THE FY-15 MEDICAL SERVICE 

CORPS (MSC) IN-SERVICE PROCUREMENT PROGRAM (IPP) SELECTION BOARD.  THE MSC 

IPP WILL CONVENE IN THE FALL OF 2014.  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 E5 THROUGH E9 AT 

THE TIME OF APPLICATION.  WAIVERS FOR PERSONNEL IN THE PAYGRADE OF E4 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 REF 

(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-15 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-15 MSC IPP BOARD MUST OBTAIN CONDITIONAL RELEASE FROM NUCLEAR FIELD 

DUTY PRIOR TO SUBMITTING THEIR APPLICATION FOR CONSIDERATION FOR THE FY-15 

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-15 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-15 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 

REF (A), CHAPTER 6 PARAGRAPH 3.E., APPLICANTS MUST MEET 

PRECOMMISSIONING/ACCESSION PHYSICAL STANDARDS FOR APPOINTMENT AS AN MSC 

OFFICER PRESCRIBED IN REF (B), CHAPTER 15.

    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 MASTER*S DEGREE USING MILITARY FUNDING (EXCLUDING PHARMACY).  FOR 

NON-MASTER*S PREPARED APPLICANTS, A GRE SCORE OF

1000 (PRE AUGUST 2011 EXAMS) OR 300 (POST AUGUST 2011 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 AT 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.NASPAA.ORG.

 

8.  FOR PA APPLICANTS, TO DETERMINE AN APPLICANT*S ACADEMIC ELIGIBILITY BY 

THE DEGREE-GRANTING INSTITUTION, APPLICANTS MUST SUBMIT THEIR OFFICIAL 

TRANSCRIPTS AND A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL SCHOOLS ATTENDED TO THE NAVY MEDICINE 

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CENTER (NMPDC) , MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT 

HTTP://WWW.MED.NAVY.MIL/SITES/NAVMEDMPTE/NMTC/PAGES/IPAP.ASPX, NLT 25 JULY 

2014.  POINTS OF CONTACT FOR NMPDC ARE LISTED IN PARAGRAPH 12 OF THIS 

NAVADMIN.  NOTE THIS IS NOT THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF AN OFFICIAL MSC 

IPP APPLICATION, ONLY THE APPLICANT*S ACADEMIC HISTORY.  APPLICANTS WILL BE 

NOTIFIED OF THEIR ACADEMIC ELIGIBILITY WELL BEFORE THE OFFICIAL MSC IPP 

APPLICATION DEADLINE.

 

9.  APPLICANTS FOR THE OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY PROGRAM MUST HAVE AN ACCEPTANCE 

LETTER TO A MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAM IN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY THAT HAS BEEN 

ACCREDITED BY THE ACCREDITATION COUNCIL FOR OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY EDUCATION, 

VISIT HTTP://WWW.AOTA.ORG FOR MORE INFORMATION.

 

10.  APPLICANTS FOR THE 24 MONTH SOCIAL WORK INTERNSHIP MUST HAVE A MASTER'S 

DEGREE IN SOCIAL WORK FROM A GRADUATE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK ACCREDITED BY THE 

COUNCIL OF SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION AT HTTP://WWW.CSWE.ORG, WITH A COMPLETION 

DATE NLT JUNE 2015.  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.  APPLICANTS FOR THE 48 MONTH MASTER'S DEGREE AND INTERNSHIP MUST HAVE AN 

ACCEPTANCE LETTER TO A MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAM IN SOCIAL WORK THAT HAS BEEN 

ACCREDITED BY THE CSWE, MORE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.CSWE.ORG.  

CANDIDATES WITH STRONG CLINICAL BACKGROUNDS ARE PREFERRED, WITH PREFERENCE 

GIVEN TO THOSE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE EXPERIENCE IN DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT, 

TRAUMA, PTSD, TBI, AND RESILIENCY.

 

12.  PER REFS (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 2014 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 POSTMARKED NLT 31 OCTOBER 2014.

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.

 

15.  POINTS OF CONTACT ARE:

    A.  MS. BEVERLY KEMP AT (301) 319-4520/DSN 285 OR VIA E-MAIL AT 

BEVERLY.KEMP(AT)MED.NAVY.MIL.

    B.  HM1 ROSIE JONES AT (301) 295-0925/DSN 295 OR VIA E-MAIL AT 

ROSIE.JONES(AT)MED.NAVY.MIL.

 

15.  THIS MESSAGE IS CANCELED FOR RECORD PURPOSES ON 31 OCTOBER 2015.

 

16.  RELEASED BY VICE ADMIRAL W. F. MORAN, N1.//

 

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