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NAVADMIN 115/06
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SUBJ/FY-07 MEDICAL ENLISTED COMMISSIONING PROGRAM (MECP) SELECTION
/BOARD//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  THE MEDICAL ENLISTED COMMISSIONING PROGRAM (MECP)
PROVIDES A PATH FOR ACTIVE DUTY ENLISTED SAILORS AND MARINES TO
OBTAIN A BACCALAUREATE DEGREE IN NURSING AND A COMMISSION IN THE
NURSE CORPS.  MECP IS OPEN TO ALL RATINGS OR MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL
SPECIALTIES (MOS) TO INCLUDE FULL-TIME SUPPORT (FTS) AND ACTIVE DUTY
RESERVISTS WHO ALREADY HAVE SOME COLLEGE CREDIT.  RESERVISTS IN THE
INDIVIDUAL READY RESERVE (IRR) OR 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 FY-07 MECP SELECTION BOARD WILL CONVENE 13 NOVEMBER 2006.
APPLICATIONS MUST BE POSTMARKED NOT LATER THAN 1 OCTOBER 2006.
ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS TO MEET PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY MUST BE POSTMARKED
NOT LATER THAN 20 OCTOBER 2006.
3.  APPLICATION PROCEDURES ARE FOUND IN CHAPTERS 1, 2, AND 5 OF
OPNAVINST 1420.1A.  ADDITIONAL APPLICATION INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND
AT HTTP:(SLASH-SLASH)NSHS.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:
- MS. KEMP AT (301) 319-4520/DSN 285, OR E-MAIL AT
MECP@NMETC.MED.NAVY.MIL.
- HM1(FMF) PATRICK WILEY AT (301) 295-0925/DSN 295.
5.  RELEASED BY VADM J. C. HARVEY, JR., N1/NT.//
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