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The commissioned corps is often called upon by other federal, state, and local agencies to aid and augment in times when those agencies' resources are overwhelmed. These responses are designated as deployments by the Commissioned Corps, if the deployment is outside of the officer's normal duties, and coordinated through the Commissioned Corps's Readiness and Deployment Branch (RDB) in Commissioned Corps Headquarters (CCHQ).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.usphs.gov/newsroom/features/recent/deployments.aspx|title=Commisisoned Corps Deployments: Public Health Emergency Responders|date=19 September 2014|website=Usphs.gov|access-date=2016-11-06}}</ref> Deployments may be for technical needs in standard settings, or in the event of disasters, in austere environments. | The commissioned corps is often called upon by other federal, state, and local agencies to aid and augment in times when those agencies' resources are overwhelmed. These responses are designated as deployments by the Commissioned Corps, if the deployment is outside of the officer's normal duties, and coordinated through the Commissioned Corps's Readiness and Deployment Branch (RDB) in Commissioned Corps Headquarters (CCHQ).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.usphs.gov/newsroom/features/recent/deployments.aspx|title=Commisisoned Corps Deployments: Public Health Emergency Responders|date=19 September 2014|website=Usphs.gov|access-date=2016-11-06}}</ref> Deployments may be for technical needs in standard settings, or in the event of disasters, in austere environments. | ||
The commissioned corps may be militarized by an [[act of Congress]] or by [[executive order]] by the President of the United States, not only in time of war, but also in "an emergency involving the national defense proclaimed by the President." . {{USC|42|217}} states:<blockquote><poem>In time of war, or of emergency involving the national defense proclaimed by the President, he may by Executive order declare the commissioned corps of the Service to be a military service. Upon such declaration, and during the period of such war or such emergency or such part thereof as the President shall prescribe, the commissioned corps (a) shall constitute a branch of the land and naval forces of the United States, (b) shall, to the extent prescribed by regulations of the President, be subject to the [[Uniform Code of Military Justice]], {{USC|10|801}} et seq., and (c) shall continue to operate as part of the Service except to the extent that the President may direct as Commander in Chief.</poem></blockquote> Major militarization of the Commissioned Corps occurred during [[World War II]] (1941–1945) and the | The commissioned corps may be militarized by an [[act of Congress]] or by [[executive order]] by the President of the United States, not only in time of war, but also in "an emergency involving the national defense proclaimed by the President." . {{USC|42|217}} states:<blockquote><poem>In time of war, or of emergency involving the national defense proclaimed by the President, he may by Executive order declare the commissioned corps of the Service to be a military service. Upon such declaration, and during the period of such war or such emergency or such part thereof as the President shall prescribe, the commissioned corps (a) shall constitute a branch of the land and naval forces of the United States, (b) shall, to the extent prescribed by regulations of the President, be subject to the [[Uniform Code of Military Justice]], {{USC|10|801}} et seq., and (c) shall continue to operate as part of the Service except to the extent that the President may direct as Commander in Chief.</poem></blockquote> Major militarization of the Commissioned Corps occurred during [[World War II]] (1941–1945) and the Korean War (1950–1953).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dcp.psc.gov/ccbulletin/PDF_docs/Oct01ccb.pdf|title=DCP.PSC.gov|website=Dcp.psc.gov|access-date=2 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051110005939/http://dcp.psc.gov/ccbulletin/PDF_docs/Oct01ccb.pdf|archive-date=10 November 2005|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Should it be called into active duty again, it would constitute a seventh branch of the [[United States Armed Forces]].<ref name="crs">{{Cite web |url=https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF10550 |title=Defense Primer: The Military Departments |date=2023-01-09 |accessdate=2024-07-04 |language=en-US |publisher=[[Congressional Research Service]] |first=Alan |last=Ott}}</ref> | ||
==Deployments== | ==Deployments== | ||