{"id":153,"date":"2024-05-17T19:36:54","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T19:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/arotc1\/?page_id=153"},"modified":"2026-05-05T23:28:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T23:28:39","slug":"medicalservice","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/arotc1\/medicalservice\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical Service Corps Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<ul class=\"is-style-compact-list wp-block-list\">\n<li>Officer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Active Duty<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Army Reserve<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>National Guard<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Entry Level<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"205\" height=\"99\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/arotc1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/05\/MS.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-154 size-full\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Medical service corps officers command the medical service corps that treats and helps the Soldiers and their families in a variety of areas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"is-style-compact-list wp-block-list\">\n<li>Behavioral sciences \u2013 social workers, clinical psychologists and counseling psychologists<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Health administration services<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Laboratory sciences \u2013 biochemists, clinical laboratory officers, microbiologists and research psychologists<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Optometry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pharmacy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Podiatry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Preventive medicine sciences \u2013 medical science officers, entomologists, audiologists and environmental science\/engineering officers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Job Duties<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"is-style-compact-list wp-block-list\">\n<li>Command\/control the medical service corps units during emergency and nonemergency medical situations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coordinate employment of medical service corps Soldiers at all levels of command<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Training<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Job training for medical service corps officers includes completing an Officer Basic Leadership Course, which introduces you to the Army Health Care system, Army doctrine and basic Soldier\/leader skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"is-style-compact-list wp-block-list\"><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Helpful Skill<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"is-style-compact-list wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ability to make accurate, immediate decisions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Perform under stress<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Apply critical technical and thinking skills<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tremendous concentration<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview Medical service corps officers command the medical service corps that treats and helps the Soldiers and their families in a variety of areas: Job Duties Training Job training for medical service corps officers includes completing an Officer Basic Leadership Course, which introduces you to the Army Health Care system, Army doctrine and basic Soldier\/leader [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-153","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/arotc1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/arotc1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/arotc1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/arotc1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/arotc1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/arotc1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":682,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/arotc1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/153\/revisions\/682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/arotc1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}