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| battles = [[Spanish–American War]]<ref name="History">{{cite web|url=http://www.coausphs.org/phhistory.cfm|title=Home – Commissioned Officers Association|website=www.coausphs.org|access-date=2 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091128061307/http://www.coausphs.org/phhistory.cfm|archive-date=28 November 2009|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br /> | | battles = [[Spanish–American War]]<ref name="History">{{cite web|url=http://www.coausphs.org/phhistory.cfm|title=Home – Commissioned Officers Association|website=www.coausphs.org|access-date=2 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091128061307/http://www.coausphs.org/phhistory.cfm|archive-date=28 November 2009|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br />World War I<ref name="History"/><br />[[World War II]]<ref name="History"/><br />[[War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)|War in Afghanistan]]<br />[[Iraq War]] | ||
| anniversaries = Centennial, 1989 | | anniversaries = Centennial, 1989 | ||
| decorations = [[File:USPH Presidential Unit Citation.svg|23px|border]] [[Presidential Unit Citation (United States)|Presidential Unit Citation]] (2015 & 2021) | | decorations = [[File:USPH Presidential Unit Citation.svg|23px|border]] [[Presidential Unit Citation (United States)|Presidential Unit Citation]] (2015 & 2021) | ||
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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== | ||
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* 2012 – [[Hurricane Sandy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usphs.gov/newsroom/features/hurricane-sandy-response-inside-look.aspx|title=USPHS: Error occurred!|website=www.usphs.gov|access-date=2 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130318043649/http://www.usphs.gov/newsroom/features/hurricane-sandy-response-inside-look.aspx|archive-date=18 March 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> | * 2012 – [[Hurricane Sandy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usphs.gov/newsroom/features/hurricane-sandy-response-inside-look.aspx|title=USPHS: Error occurred!|website=www.usphs.gov|access-date=2 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130318043649/http://www.usphs.gov/newsroom/features/hurricane-sandy-response-inside-look.aspx|archive-date=18 March 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> | ||
* 2014 – [[2014 American immigration crisis]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2014/06/20/fact-sheet-unaccompanied-children-central-america|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|title=FACT SHEET: Unaccompanied Children from Central America|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|date=20 June 2014}}</ref> of Unaccompanied Minor Children. | * 2014 – [[2014 American immigration crisis]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2014/06/20/fact-sheet-unaccompanied-children-central-america|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|title=FACT SHEET: Unaccompanied Children from Central America|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|date=20 June 2014}}</ref> of Unaccompanied Minor Children. | ||
* 2014–2015 – [[West African Ebola virus epidemic|Ebola outbreak]] response<ref>{{cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2014/09/16/fact-sheet-us-response-ebola-epidemic-west-africa|title=FACT SHEET: U.S. Response to the Ebola Epidemic in West Africa|date=16 September 2014|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|access-date=2 November 2017}}</ref> including [[Ebola virus epidemic in Liberia]]—Ebola field hospital for health workers at [[Harbel]] near [[Monrovia]]<ref name="NYT110514">[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/06/world/africa/treating-those-treating-ebola-in-liberia.html "Treating Those Treating Ebola in Liberia]" article by Sheri Fink in '' | * 2014–2015 – [[West African Ebola virus epidemic|Ebola outbreak]] response<ref>{{cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2014/09/16/fact-sheet-us-response-ebola-epidemic-west-africa|title=FACT SHEET: U.S. Response to the Ebola Epidemic in West Africa|date=16 September 2014|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|access-date=2 November 2017}}</ref> including [[Ebola virus epidemic in Liberia]]—Ebola field hospital for health workers at [[Harbel]] near [[Monrovia]]<ref name="NYT110514">[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/06/world/africa/treating-those-treating-ebola-in-liberia.html "Treating Those Treating Ebola in Liberia]" article by Sheri Fink in ''The New York Times'', 5 November 2014</ref> | ||
* 2016–present – [[Great Plains]] region of the [[Indian Health Service]]. | * 2016–present – [[Great Plains]] region of the [[Indian Health Service]]. | ||
* 2017–present – [[Hurricane Maria]], [[Hurricane Irma]], and [[Hurricane Harvey]] | * 2017–present – [[Hurricane Maria]], [[Hurricane Irma]], and [[Hurricane Harvey]] | ||