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Announcements

  • ACOA Members - Fifth Annual Anchor and Caduceus Dinner! has been SOLD OUT !!! Details about this event can be found at the events page.
      
  • ACOA 2011 Lunch and Learn Series - View the slides for ACOA's November 2011 Lunch and Learn:
    Topic: USPHS Commissioned Corps Promotions
    Speaker: CAPT April Shaw, CDC/CCPO
    Date/Time: Thursday, 3 November 2011, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
    Location: CDC, University Office Park, Williams Bldg, Conference Room 1802
      
  • View photos of the 2011 Promotion Ceremony at the photo library section.
      
  • ACOA 2011 Lunch and Learn Series - View the slides for ACOA's September 2011 Lunch and Learn:
    Topic: The 2011 COER
    Speaker: CAPT April Shaw, CDC/CCPO COERs Coordinator
    Date/Time: Wednesday, 14 September 2011, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
    Place: CDC, Chamblee Campus, Bldg 106, Conference Room 1B
      
  • ACOA 2011 Lunch and Learn Series - View the slides for ACOA's July 2011 Lunch and Learn on “Wear of the PHS Uniform” presented by CAPT Bruce Tierney, Monday July 11, 2011, 11:30am - 1:00pm.
      
  • Want to visit a museum…for FREE?? Details about this event can be found at the events page.
      
  • SAVE THE DATE!
    Atlanta-area USPHS Commissioned Corps Promotion Ceremony
    Date: Monday, July 18, 2011
    Time: 1:00pm 
    Place: CDC – Roybal campus, Bldg 19
      
  • Volunteer at the Atlanta Community Food Bank, Product Rescue Center. The Product Rescue Center provides quality food, beverages, and health products to over 800 non-profit partner agencies in Metro Atlanta and the North Georgia area. In turn, these partner agencies distribute these products to individuals and families in need. Volunteers make this possible by sorting, inspecting and packing donated items for these groups. The Product Rescue Center is a fun, hands-on project! Details about this event can be found at the events page.
      
  • View photos of the Fourth Annual Anchor and Caduceus Dinner at the photo library section.
      
  • ACOA 2011 Lunch and Learn Series
    TOPIC: Commissioned Officer Training Academy Courses: Thursday, Feb 17 2010, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm 
    Click on the pdf for more information. 
    Click on the following link for more information regarding the Commissioned Officer Training Academy Courses http://dcp.psc.gov/COTA/courses.aspx
      
  • View our new photo library of ACOA activities and events from 2006 to the present.
      
  • View the slides for ACOA's October 2010 Lunch and Learn on The Commissioned Corps Promotion Process presented by CAPT April Shaw, CDC/ATSDR Commissioned Corps Personnel Office (CCPO), Thursday, October 21, 2010, 11:30am - 1:00pm.
     
  • New Annual Physical Fitness Test (APFT) Training Guide is now available.
     
  • Atlanta Area United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps Promotion Ceremony. 23 July 2010, 1300 at CDC’s Roybal Campus.
     
  • Call for Physicians Professional Advisory Committee (PPAC) nominations. Deadline Date: 15 August 2010.
     
  • View the slides [PDF] and COER Rating Bench Marks document [PDF] for ACOA's June 2010 Lunch and Learn on The Revised Commissioned Officers' Effectiveness Report (COER) presented by CAPT Ravenell Brown, Director of the CDC Commissioned Corps Personnel Office.
    Videos of the presentation can be viewed here:
    ACOA Lunch and Learn June 2010 - Part 1
    ACOA Lunch and Learn June 2010 - Part 2
    ACOA Lunch and Learn June 2010 - Part 3
    ACOA Lunch and Learn June 2010 - Part 4
     
  • View slides [PPT] for ACOA's February 2010 Lunch and Learn on AWARDS presented by CDR Ross Spears.
     
  • View slides from ACOA's December 2009 Lunch and Learn, including the Year-End Report [PDF] by CDR Ross Spears and the GI Bill [PDF] by LT Weinburke.
     
  • View slides [PDF] from ACOA October 2009 Lunch and Learn on Promotions  in addition to two sets of slides about the eOPF [PDF] (set 1, set 2).
     
  • View UNIFORM ADVISORY [PDF] for information about a possible incorrect uniform component (Combination Cover cap band) from NavyNex.
     
  • View slides [PDF] from ACOA's August 2009 Lunch and Learn on COERS, presented by CAPT April Shaw and LT Matthew Weinburke, CDC CCPO.
     
  • View slides [PDF] from ACOA's  July 2009 Lunch and Learn on Uniforms, presented by CAPT Bruce Tierney.  [Note: the slides for this presentation have been updated effective July 8, 2010.]

About Us

The Commissioned Officers Association (COA) is a voluntary professional organization of Commissioned Officers of the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS). The mission of the Atlanta Branch of the Commissioned Officers Association (ACOA) is to advance the PHS Commissioned Corps by uniting and serving approximately 1,000 Atlanta-based Commissioned Officers and advocating for their interests through leadership and communication.  Led by the Executive Committee, the ACOA is working to:

  • Advance public health knowledge
  • Elevate the professional standards and efficiency of public health workers
  • Promote the interests of the USPHS and its officers
  • Strengthen the relationships between Atlanta area USPHS Commissioned Officers and other public health workers

"We will never know true 'homeland security' without a robust public health system."  

-- Madeline Drexler

More information about membership?

ACOA Meetings

All Atlanta-based Commissioned Officers are cordially invited to attend ACOA meetings! Atlanta Branch members are also urged to join subcommittees!

  • General membership meetings are held quarterly. The purpose of the general meetings is to provide information on topics of interest to the ACOA membership. Previous meeting topics have included: proper wear of the Commissioned Corps uniform, military customs and courtesies, Space-A, Assimilation and the role of PHS in bioterrorism preparedness and response, to name just a few. Please e-mail your suggestions for meeting topics to LT Jasen Kunz. Your ideas are always welcome! Go to our Events page to see a list of currently scheduled general meetings.
     
  • Executive Committee meetings are held monthly.  (Contact list of Executive Committee members and more information.)
     
 



This page last reviewed November 03, 2011.


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