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KEEPING OUR FORCES HEALTHY
Caring for the health of our Airmen also means helping preclude illness before it can affect our community. Public Health Officers apply public health, preventive medicine, and medical entomology knowledge, techniques, and skills to promote health and reduce the incidence of communicable/zoonotic/vector-borne diseases, occupational and environmental illnesses and injuries, food-borne diseases, and disease and non-battle injuries while in-garrison and deployed. Public Health Officers constantly monitor conditions and potential health threats. These specialists promote public health through epidemiological surveillance of health and disease trends in populations, as well as monitoring food safety practices, and sanitation levels in public and food service facilities.
RequirementsYou must meet several requirements before joining the Air Force. These concern your background, overall health and other standards set by the Air Force, Department of Defense and federal law.Minimum Education
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM/VMD)
Master of Public Health degree (MPH/MSPH)
Note: all applicable degrees must be from accredited institutions and programs and applicants must have/maintain a 3.0 GPA or higher on a 4.0 scale for all applicable degrees.
QualificationsFor Public Health Officers, knowledge of basic epidemiology, microbiology, food technology and hygiene, communicable diseases, occupational and environmental health, and medical entomology.
Completion of the basic Public Health Officer (PHO) course and the Contingency Preventive Medicine (CPM) course
Completion of Officer Training School
Must be between the ages of 18 and have not reached your 42nd birthday
For Medical Entomologists, knowledge of medical entomology, arthropod biology, vertebrate and invertebrate hazards, and Integrated Pest Management principles.
Completion of the basic Public Health Officer (PHO) course and the Contingency Preventive Medicine (CPM) course
Completion of the Operational Entomology Course
Certification as a DoD Pesticide Applicator through a DoD-approved course
Completion of Officer Training School
Must be between the ages of 18 and have not reached your 42nd birthday
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Health Care Provider
Industries
Defense and Space Manufacturing
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Manages and performs public health activities and operations in support of the Aerospace Medicine Enterprise. Involved in an array of medical programs related to its two major elements - Community Health Management and Force Health Management.
How much does a Public Health Officer Air Force make in California? As of Aug 2, 2024, the average annual pay for a Public Health Officer Air Force in California is $101,810 a year. Just in case you need a simple salary calculator, that works out to be approximately $48.95 an hour.
Frequent deployment (a months-long temporary change of duty station) to assist support, logistic, or combat operations. Frequent travel on brief (objective-based) temporary duty assignments.
In the military, you would be required to attend Officer Training School or Officer Candidate Training. After becoming an officer, you would take the Public Affairs Officer Course (PAOC) through the Defense Information School at Fort Meade, Maryland.
According to 5 U.S.C. § 8331, service in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps after 30 June 1960, is considered military service for retirement purposes.
Get educated. You'll need at least a bachelor's degree to work in public health. You can go for an advanced degree right after your undergraduate program if you know you want a career that requires a master's or doctoral degree. Gain work experience and/or volunteer in public health settings.
The United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps uses the same commissioned officer rank structure as the United States Navy and Coast Guard: from ensign to admiral (O-1 through O-10).
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