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SUBJ/FY-17 NURSE CORPS MEDICAL ENLISTED COMMISSIONING PROGRAM SELECTION 
BOARD//

REF/A/DOC/OPNAV/14DEC09//

AMPN/REFERENCE A IS OPNAVINST 1420.1B, ENLISTED TO OFFICER COMMISSIONING 
PROGRAMS APPLICATION ADMINISTRATIVE MANUAL.//

RMKS/1.  This NAVADMIN solicits applications for the FY-17 Nurse Corps 
Medical Enlisted Commissioning Program (MECP) Selection Board. The FY-17 MECP 
selection board will convene in November 2016.  All applications must be 
postmarked by 15 September 2016.  MECP provides a path for active-duty and 
Full-Time Support (FTS) enlisted Sailors and Marines, 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 a FTS status are eligible; reservists in any status other than 
FTS are not eligible.

2.  Applications must be postmarked no later than 15 September 2016 and 
mailed to:
Commanding Officer
Navy Medicine Professional Development Center
8955 Wood Road
Bldg 1 16TH Floor, Rms 16141, 16148
Bethesda, MD 20889-5628

Additional or amplifying documents must be received no later than 3 October 
2016.  Incomplete packages will not be reviewed by the board.

3.  Reference (a) provides application procedures and requirements. Chapters 
1, 2, and 5 should be read in their entirety.  Additional application 
information can be found at:
http://www.med.navy.mil/sites/nmpdc/professional-
development/SitePages/Enlisted%20Commissioning%20Programs.aspx. Applicants 
must not have reached their 42nd birthday by the time of initial commission.  
Age waivers will not 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:
    a.  Ms. Kemp, Navy Medical Professional Development Center, Code O3C HMDT 
at (301) 319-4520/DSN 285, or via e-mail at beverly.d.kemp.civ@mail.mil.
    b.  HM2 Polage at (301) 295-0925/DSN 285 or via e-mail at 
ian.m.polage.mil@mail.mil.

5.  This message is canceled for record purposes on 30 September 2017.

6.  Released by Vice Admiral W. F. Moran, N1.//

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