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SUBJ/FY08 NURSE CORPS (NC) MEDICAL ENLISTED COMMISSIONING PROGRAM (MECP) 
SELECTION BOARD//
RMKS/1.  THIS NAVADMIN ANNOUNCES THE FY08 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 1-3 
YEAR RECALLS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THIS PROGRAM.
2.  THE FY08 MECP SELECTION BOARD WILL CONVENE ON 13 NOVEMBER 2007.
APPLICATIONS MUST BE POSTMARKED BY 1 OCTOBER 2007.  ADDITIONAL 
DOCUMENTS TO MEET PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY MUST BE POSTMARKED BY 1 NOVEMBER 
2007.
3.  APPLICATION PROCEDURES ARE FOUND IN CHAPTERS 1, 2, AND 5 OF 
OPNAVINST 1420.1A.  ADDITIONAL APPLICATION INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT 
HTTP:/NAVMEDMPTE.MED.NAVY.MIL/MECP/MECP.HTM.  APPLICANTS MUST NOT HAVE 
REACHED THEIR 42ND BIRTHDAY BY THE TIME OF INITIAL COMMISSION.  NO AGE 
WAIVERS WILL BE GRANTED.
4.  POCS ARE MS. KEMP, NAVAL MEDICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING COMMAND
(NMETC) (CODE OG3) AT (301) 319-4520/DSN 285, E-MAIL:
mecp@nmetc.med.navy.mil OR HM1 CLARENCE SHIPP AT (301) 295-0925/ DSN 
295.
5.  RELEASED BY VADM J. C. HARVEY, JR., N1.// 


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