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SUBJ/FY-10 NURSE CORPS (NC) MEDICAL ENLISTED COMMISSIONING 
PROGRAM (MECP) SELECTION BOARD//
RMKS/1.  THIS NAVADMIN ANNOUNCES THE FY-10 NURSE CORPS (NC) 
MEDICAL ENLISTED COMMISSIONING PROGRAM (MECP) SELECTION BOARD.  
MECP PROVIDES A PATH FOR ACTIVE DUTY ENLISTED SAILORS AND 
MARINES, INCLUDING FULL-TIME SUPPORT (FTS) AND ACTIVE DUTY 
RESERVE SAILORS IN ANY RATING OR MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL 
SPECIALTY WHO ALREADY HAVE SOME COLLEGE CREDIT, TO OBTAIN A 
BACCALAUREATE DEGREE IN NURSING AND A COMMISSION IN THE 
NURSE CORPS.  RESERVISTS IN THE INDIVIDUAL READY RESERVE (IRR) 
OR THOSE SERVING ON ACTIVE DUTY FOR SPECIAL WORK (ADSW), 
ACTIVE DUTY TRAINING (ADT), OR ONE TO THREE YEAR RECALLS ARE 
NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THIS PROGRAM.
2.  THE FY-10 MECP SELECTION BOARD WILL CONVENE IN NOVEMBER 2009.  
ALL APPLICATIONS MUST BE POSTMARKED BY 25 SEPTEMBER 2009.  
ADDITIONAL OR AMPLIFYING DOCUMENTS MUST BE POSTMARKED NO LATER 
THAN 20 OCTOBER 2009.  INCOMPLETE PACKAGES WILL NOT BE REVIEWED 
BY THE BOARD.
3.  APPLICATION REQUIRMENTS AND PROCEDURES ARE FOUND IN 
CHAPTERS 1, 2, AND 5 OF OPNAVINST 1420.1A AND SHOULD BE READ 
IN THEIR ENTIRETY.  ADDITIONAL APPLICATION INFORMATION CAN BE 
FOUND AT:  HTTP://WWW.MED.NAVY.MIL/SITES/NAVMEDMPTE/PAGES/
MEDICALENLISTEDCOMMISSIONINGPROGRAM.ASPX.  APPLICANTS MUST NOT 
HAVE REACHED THEIR 42ND BIRTHDAY BY THE TIME OF INITIAL COMMISSION.  
NO AGE WAIVERS WILL BE GRANTED.  A MARADMIN WILL OUTLINE 
CONDITIONAL RELEASE PROCEDURES FOR ACTIVE DUTY MARINES WHO ARE 
SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM.  
4.  POINTS OF CONTACT ARE MS. KEMP, NAVY MEDICAL EDUCATION AND 
TRAINING COMMAND (NMETC) (CODE OG3) AT (301) 319-4520/DSN 285 
OR EMAIL AT beverly.kemp@med.navy.mil OR HM2 HOLMAN AT 
(301) 295-0925/DSN 295 OR EMAIL AT todd.holman@med.navy.mil.
5.  RELEASED BY VADM MARK FERGUSON, N1.//
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