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NAVADMIN 177/12
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SUBJ/FY13 NURSE CORPS MEDICAL ENLISTED COMMISSIONING PROGRAM 
SELECTION BOARD//

RMKS/1.  THIS NAVADMIN ANNOUNCES THE FY13 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 FOR TRAINING (ADT), OR 1-3 YEAR RECALLS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THIS 
PROGRAM.

2.  THE FY13 MECP SELECTION BOARD WILL CONVENE IN OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER 2012.  
ALL APPLICATIONS MUST BE POSTMARKED BY 1 SEPTEMBER 2012 AND MAILED TO:  NAVMED 
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CENTER, ATTN:  CODE O3C HMDT, 8901 WISCONSIN AVE, 
BETHESDA MD 20889-5611.  ADDITIONAL OR AMPLIFYING DOCUMENTS MUST BE POSTMARKED 
NO LATER THAN 15 SEPTEMBER 2012.  INCOMPLETE PACKAGES WILL NOT BE REVIEWED BY 
THE BOARD.

3.  APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURES ARE FOUND IN CHAPTERS 1, 2, AND 5 
OF OPNAVINST 1420.1B 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.  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 MS. KEMP, NAVY MEDICAL PROFFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 
CENTER CODE O3C HMDT, AT (301) 319-4520/DSN 285 OR VIA E-MAIL AT 
beverly.kemp@med.navy.mil AND HM2 SOUCY AT (301) 295-0925/DSN 295 OR VIA E-
MAIL AT allyson.soucy@med.navy.mil.

5.  RELEASED BY VICE ADMIRAL S. R. VAN BUSKIRK, N1.//

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