USPHS Auxiliary

[floridacyclist]

You can read some on our team at http://www.floridaonedmat.com

I just received my formal job offer as a GS9 making about $35K/yr. Of course that is pro-rated down to whatever time we are activated, but we do get overtime for more than 40 hrs/wk and on a 2-week deployment that can add up at 12 hrs/day, 7 days/wk.

On top of that, as a state employee we come under a FL law that gives personnel covered by USERRA full pay for the first 30 days of a deployment. While none of us joined DMAT for the pay (I actually met them while deployed to New Orleans as a volunteer), I'm not stupid enough to turn the money down either.

[Dragoon]

I really like the OSD proposal - more real work  More funding.

Sure, it comes with more oversight, less "pretend military" stuff, less flying club mentality. 

But it's REAL.  Real service to our country.  What could be better?

Let's hope the new CAP leadership continues to pursue this idea.  Get a Congressman or two behind it, and we've got a winner!

[tribalelder]

In an earlier life, I worked for US EPA.  A small number of my co-workers were PHS officers detailed to EPA.  Most were engineers with backgrounds in water or waste treatment.  For a while, I was teamed w/an O-5 who made more than my boss's boss, after the assorted allowances.  The only time I saw him in Uniform was when he was headed to a DoD facility for medical care -- he said the base hospital wasn't sure what PHS was, but they knew what those gold stripes were.

[jimmydeanno]

Sandman,

Perhaps you have more information about this.  The basic requirements list "medically qualified."  Are these requirements the same as for regular service in the armed forces? 

For example, would someone, like myself, who has had a spine fusion be eligible?

I can't seem to be able to find actual "Medical requirements" anywhere.

I appreciate the info...

[sandman]

Sandman,

Perhaps you have more information about this.  The basic requirements list "medically qualified."  Are these requirements the same as for regular service in the armed forces? 

For example, would someone, like myself, who has had a spine fusion be eligible?

I can't seem to be able to find actual "Medical requirements" anywhere.

I appreciate the info...

jimmydeanno,
An applicant will need to meet the same basic medical requirements for the Commissioned Corps as those applying for a commission with the US Navy.
However there are medical waivers available and I would imagine it would depend on the extend of your surgery and which vertebrae were fused.
If you interested in signing up, PM me with you information, licenses, credentials (mini CV if you will) and describe your surgery with any limitations. I'll talk to my people at OCCO and get a reading on you eligibility!

v/r
LT

[ZigZag911]

The OSD proposal sounds very much like restoring CAP to something like its World War II status....an updated version, of course.

More missions, more money, more resources, more opportunities to serve....this sounds like an 'everybody wins' scenario!


Let's hope General Courter re-visits this subject with the OSD & CAP national leafership.

[JCW0312]

The OSD proposal sounds very much like restoring CAP to something like its World War II status....an updated version, of course.

More missions, more money, more resources, more opportunities to serve....this sounds like an 'everybody wins' scenario!


Let's hope General Courter re-visits this subject with the OSD & CAP national leafership.

I agree 110%! Couldn't have said it better myself.

[JCW0312]

And the Guys who think we should be doing paramedic work in the field, grow up

Most of the medic talk here was dealing with the USPHS topic. I believe most of us with an EMS background plan on doing no more than the absolute life saving neccessities in the field while in our CAP uniforms.