MEDICAL DEPARTMENT OFFICER DISTRIBUTION BRANCH

(PERS 4415)

Operational Medicine Orientation GMO/GME/Intern detailer

(901) 874-4045 (DSN: 882-4045)

NAVY PERSONNEL COMMAND

Our mission is to support the needs of the Navy &

Marine Corps by providing the Fleet with the right person in the right place at the right time.

2 My Mission: “Maximize training opportunities while meeting the operational requirements of the Navy and Marine Corps”

DETAILING BASICS

Detailer - • Officer’s advocate;

– ensure career and personal concerns are balanced with the needs of the Navy;

– advocate for all subspecialties; – career counseling; – career management/assignments.

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DETAILING BASICS

Duties of the Detailer: • Negotiate and write orders • Communicate with the Specialty Leaders • Counsel constituents before and after boards • Nominate members to sit on boards • Visit commands to speak with constituents

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DETAILING BASICS

• Key components are: – Needs of the Navy

• Valid billet (1 billet = 1 body) – Career needs of the Officer – Personal needs of the Officer

• Co-location • Exceptional Family Member

• Other considerations: – PCS rule structure – Fiscal considerations – Tour length requirements

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GME

• GME – BUMEDNOTE 1524

• GME timeline: – 15 July 2015: Web application activated – 15 September 2015: Deadline to submit Web application – 1 October 2015: Deadline to submit supporting

documentation – 1 December 2015: GMESB convenes – 16 December 2015: GMESB results released – 13 January 2015: Deadline for acceptance of training

• Contact GME office with questions – GME2@med.navy.mil – (301) 319-4516

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2015 Graduating Intern Class Stats

• 258 started internship 2014 – 110 accepted straight-thru residency (103 FTIS / 7 FTOS) – 9 Continuous Contracts (6 FM, 2 Psych, 1 Neuro Surg) – 60 accepted Flight Surgery training – 17 accepted UMO training – 62 assigned to GMO tours

• Size of 2016 graduating class is 258

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Assignment Factors

• Exceptional Family Member • Co-location with AD spouse • Member’s desires • PCS costs • Seniority

– Second tour GMOs get priority • First come, first served for GMO Assignments

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GMO Assignments • Expected GMO billets in 2015

– Marines • North Carolina (Camp Lejeune, Cherry Point) • California (Camp Pendleton, 29 Palms, Bridgeport) • Okinawa • Hawaii • South Carolina (Beaufort)

• Shipboard billets • California (San Diego) • Virginia (Norfolk, Little Creek) • Agnano, Guam

– Seabee billets • Gulfport, MS • Port Hueneme, CA

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GMO ASSIGNMENT

• Maximize your options – GME – Flight Surgery – Undersea Medicine Officer

• There are no bad assignments, downstream

will be provided for visibility of available billets

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GMO ASSIGNMENT • GMO assignments are made after GMESB results

are released on 16 DECEMBER. • Projected call-in date (s):

– 20 Dec 15 for non-selects – 04 / 05 Jan 16 for everyone else.

• Once you select a GMO assignment you are no longer eligible for Residency, Flight Surgery or Undersea Medicine Training.

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GMO ASSIGNMENT

• Be prepared to make your decision regarding GMO after GMESB results are released on 17 DECEMBER. – Info detailer on training acceptances and declinations. – Those desiring GMO orders should contact detailer immediately. – Consider risk on waiting for training offer from alternate list,

GMO opportunities will be shrinking. – Detailer cannot negotiate GMO orders until you have declined all

training offered. – Not eligible for any training offer after accepting GMO orders.

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FLIGHT SURGERY AND UNDERSEA MEDICINE

• If accepting Flight Surgery (FS) or Undersea Medicine Officer (UMO): – Rank class preferences

• FS: July, September, or November • UMO: July or January • Provide reasons for preferences!

– Requirement to level-load classes

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• Stash assignments awaiting FS/UMO

– Up to the member and their command – No orders from PERS for these assignments – Can go no cost TAD depending upon command needs

FLIGHT SURGERY AND UNDERSEA MEDICINE

Miscellaneous Items

• Delays in internship may limit options. – Cannot “hold” a billet indefinitely.

• No such thing as “one-year” billets. • Non-deployable billets do not exist! • Advancement deferment can be waived.

– Eligible persons should contact detailer in early January.

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