Public Health Service Response Service Award

The Public Health Service Response Service 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 deployments to meet a public health need or to support a National Special Security Event.

Public Health Service Response Service Award
TypeService award
Awarded forParticipation in a deployment for a public health need or National Special Security Event
CountryUnited States
Presented byUnited States Public Health Service
EligibilityMembers of the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps

Ribbon of the PHS Response Service Award
Precedence
Next (higher)Global Response Service Award[1]
Next (lower)National Emergency Preparedness Award[1]

Criteria

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The PHS Response Service Award is awarded to officers who participate directly in a USPHS Commissioned Corps deployment to a designated public health need or National Special Security Event. An officer may receive only one award of the Response Service Award for participation in the same response.[2][3]

To qualify for the award, an officer must participate in a USPHS Commissioned Corps deployment that is classified as one of the following:

To meet the criteria for the Response Service Award the event must:

To qualify for the award, an officer also must deploy in the designated PHS uniform, unless the Surgeon General exempts him or her from the uniform requirement, and be deployed for at least seven consecutive days.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Wear of Awards and Badges" (PDF). July 2, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service: Commissioned Officers’ Awards Program Types of Recognition & Awards Criteria Accessed 9 November 2022
  3. ^ "Commissioned Officers' Awards Program" (PDF). Commissioned Officer Corps of the US Public Health Service. July 28, 2020.