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SUBJ/FY-16 NURSE CORPS MEDICAL ENLISTED COMMISSIONING PROGRAM SELECTION 
BOARD//

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

RMKS/1.  This NAVADMIN solicits applications for the FY-16 Nurse Corps 
Medical Enlisted Commissioning Program (MECP) Selection Board. The FY-16 MECP 
selection board will convene in November 2015.  All applications must be 
postmarked by 15 September 2015.  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.  Send applications via mail to:
Commanding Officer, Navy Medicine Professional Development Center
ATTN:  Code O3C HMDT
8955 Wood Road
Bethesda, MD 20889-5628
Additional or amplifying documents must be received NLT 20 October
2015.  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 Clark at (301) 295-0925/DSN 295 or via e-mail at
benjamin.m.clark30.mil@mail.mil.

5.  This message is canceled for record purposes on 30 September 2016.

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

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