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United States Public Health Service. Clare Helminiak, MD, MPH Rear Admiral, USPHS
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United States Public Health Service
Clare Helminiak, MD, MPHRear Admiral, USPHS Chief Medical Officer, USPHSDeputy Director for Medical SurgeOffice of Preparedness and Emergency OperationsOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and ResponseDepartment of Health and Human Services U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE COMMISSIONED CORPS A Vision for Leadership for Women USPHS Officers
Seven Uniformed Services of the United States DOD Armed Military Non-DOD (DHS) Armed Military (HHS) (DOC) Non-DOD Non-Armed Can Be Militarized
A Proud History 1798 Marine Hospital Fund… 1889 Commissioned Corps PROTECTING PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY... …FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS
Officership “A platoon leader doesn’t get his platoon to go by getting up and shouting and saying, ‘I am smarter. I am the leader’. He gets them to go along with him because they want to do it for him and they believe in him”. -Dwight D. Eisenhower
Officership • Broaden your skill set at every opportunity • Volunteer • Accept unique/challenging/unusual assignments • Avoid a rut, plow a new furrow instead • Be willing to accept risk • Assist other officers on your way up
F-111 Aardvark Don't ever be the first, don't ever be the last, and don't ever volunteer for anything- USNavy
CH-47 Chinook 'The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.' -Unknown Author-
C-130 Hercules Having lost sight of our objectives we need to redouble our efforts.
Communication-Being the Loudest Hallelujah in the Choir-Speaking Truth to Power-Active Listening
B-52 Bomber Cluster bombing from B-52s is very, very accurate. The bombs always hit the ground- US Air Force
USS Theodore Roosevelt 'Any ship can be a minesweeper. Once.' - Naval Ops Manual
F-18 Hornet Don't draw fire, it irritates the people around you- advice to new guy
Family and Career “Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children. Now I have six children and no theories”. -John Wilmot (Earl of Rochester)
“He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.” -Goethe
B1B -Lancer We are not retreating, we are advancing in another direction.
Leadership Leaders are called to stand in that lonely place between the no longer and the not yet and intentionally make decisions that will bind, forge, move and create history. We are not called to be popular, we are not called to be safe, we are not called to follow, we are the ones called to take risks, we are the ones called to change attitudes, to risk displeasures, we are the ones called to gamble our lives, For a better world. Mary Lou Anderson, April 1970
“The task of medicine is to cure sometimes, relieve often, and to comfort always.” -Ambrose Pare