Associations
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Commissioned Officers Association
COA The Commissioned Officers Association of the U.S. Public Health Service is dedicated to improving and protecting the public health of the United States by addressing unmet health needs and providing support for more than 7,000 members. COA protects the interests of the Commissioned Corps officers of the U.S. Public Health Service, who are leaders in the realms of public and global health. Recent achievements in legislative advocacy include the Senate passing of amendments that will fix the Survivor Benefit Plan and provide for concurrent receipt of military retiree pay and VA disability compensation. The association also provides educational opportunities such as the U.S. Public Health Service Professional Conference, held annually.
Reserve Officers Association
ROA The Reserve Officers Association is an approximately 65,000-member, professional association of officers, former officers, and spouses of all the uniformed services of the United States, primarily the Reserve and National Guard. It is a congressionally chartered Association that advises the Congress and the President on issues of national security on behalf of all members of the Reserve Component.[1]
Association of Military Surgeons of the United States
AMSUS The Association of Military Surgeons of the United States is comprised of professionals serving in the full spectrum of healthcare disciplines in the US Army, US Navy, US Air Force, US Public Health Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, US Army Reserve, US Navy Reserve, US Air Force Reserve, Army National Guard, Air National Guard, and the Coast Guard. More than 9,000 members count on AMSUS to provide them with up-to-date information and services.
AMSUS advances the knowledge of federal health care and increases the effectiveness and efficiency of its membership by mutual association and by the consideration of matters pertaining to constituent services both in peace and war. AMSUS is dedicated to the fulfillment of the following purposes:
- Improve the effectiveness, cohesiveness and esprit de corps of the federal health care services.
- Improve health care by providing a forum for discussion of ideas and problems whether on a local, national, or international level and by providing continuing education for its members.
- Contribute to the improvement of health care in the nation through policy study and recommendations.
- Represent the Association to the Executive and Legislative Branches, to national professional organizations and to the public.
