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The Public Health Service Isolated/Hardship Award is a decoration of the United States Public Health Service presented to members of the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. It recognizes service in remote areas or locations in which serving on a duty station imposed hardships on the awardee.
The Public Health Service Special Assignment Award is a decoration of the United States Public Health Service presented to members of the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. It recognizes service while assigned to special initiatives and activities that lie outside an officer's normal assigned duties.
The Public Health Service National Emergency Preparedness Award is a decoration of the United States Public Health Service presented to members of the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. It recognizes service to provide emergency medical or support services between 2006 and 2019.
Example of awards, special skills badge, and identification badges of the USPHS Commissioned Corps as worn on the service dress uniform of RADM Scott Giberson.. The United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (PHSCC), one of the eight uniformed services of the United States, has the authority to issue various awards, commendations, and other insignia to its members.
Although all officers of the unit are eligible to receive the award, the appropriateness of inclusion of each officer is considered individually; however, a nomination for the citation does not need to cite the specific role of each officer. [2] [3] The Unit Commendation is the third-highest unit award of the USPHS Commissioned Corps.
An urgent public health need as determined by the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services or the Assistant Secretary for Health; or; A National Special Security Event. [2] To meet the criteria for the Response Service Award the event must: Not be designated as a response making the officer eligible for a Public Health Service Crisis ...
The Public Health Service Hazardous Duty Award is a decoration of the United States Public Health Service presented to members of the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Officer Corps and to members of any other uniformed service of the United States. It recognizes service in which the awardee faced significant risk while carrying ...
The officer also must have completed his or her participation after 1 October 2004 to be eligible for the award. [2] [3] An officer may receive only one award of the Global Response Service Award for participation in the same crisis response regardless of the number of deployments he or she makes as part of the designated response. [2]