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  • May, June boards consider medical officers for command

    Medical officers will be considered for command when five medical corps boards convene in May and June, Air Force Personnel Center officials said.Although the first board is not scheduled until mid- to late-May, commander or equivalent-endorsed statements of intent must arrive at AFPC by April 26,

  • McClain takes the reins of AFPC

    Maj. Gen. K.C. McClain became the Air Force Personnel Center's 23rd commander during a change of command ceremony here today. The 30-year career Airman succeeds Maj. Gen. Anthony F. Przybyslawski. "Although the Air Force has changed tremendously in the past 30 years, the one thing that hasn't

  • Medical "C-code" not a deployment disqualifier

    Contrary to common belief, a medical assignment limitation code, commonly known as the "C-code," does not disqualify an Airman from deployment and it does not identify an Airman for medical discharge.According to Dr. (Lt. Col.) Keryl Green, Air Force Personnel Center Medical Retention Standards

  • Medical codes no longer prevent some deployments

    Air Force officials recently approved expanding the deployment opportunities for Airmen who typically had limited opportunities to deploy in support of air and space expeditionary force operations.Last month the 602nd Training Group (Provisional) at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., began accepting

  • Medical education, commissioning programs available

    Airmen have the opportunity to apply for Biomedical Sciences Corps training and commissioning programs for fiscal 2012, Air Force officials announced.Applicants interested in the following programs should be U.S. citizens, meet the minimum commissioning age requirements, meet fitness standards and

  • Medical missions honor life of late Air Force doctor

    When Mark Backlin decided to start a medical foundation in his wife's memory, he had no clue what he was about to get into. "I didn't know at all how foundations worked or how to raise money. I just decided that's what I was going to do no matter what anybody said," said Backlin, who is a managing

  • Medical squadron command candidates named

    More than 120 lieutenant colonels and lieutenant colonel-selects from five medical career fields were selected as squadron command candidates when the summer developmental team convened here in May and June. Candidates will be considered for 88 command opportunities projected between Jan. 1 and Dec.

  • Medical squadron command candidates named

    More than 100 officers were named to the medical squadron command candidate list during the 2012 summer developmental teams, Air Force Personnel Center officials said.Command matches are expected to be released in mid- to late-December, said Lt. Col. Mary Ann Behan, medical force management branch

  • Medical teams convene to consider applicants for command

    Medical corps development teams will convene in May and June to select eligible lieutenant colonels for squadron command candidacy for projected calendar year 2015 vacancies, Air Force Personnel Center officials announced. AFPC assignment officials will email eligible candidates, and those

  • Medical, medical service corps officers will not meet RIF board

    Air Force medical corps and medical service corps officers slated to meet the reduction in force board in October are no longer eligible for RIF consideration, Air Force Personnel Center officials said today.The fiscal year 2015 Force Management Reduction in Force Board scheduled to convene Oct. 1,

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