Fact Sheets

A NEW OPTION FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS AGES 43-60.

Health care professionals who are aged 43-60 and work in certain critical specialties are now eligible for a two-year service contract. The Officer Accession Pilot Program (OAPP) provides the opportunity to serve your country as an Officer in the active Army or Army Reserve.

When you become a health care Officer through the OAPP, you’ll have no further obligation after your two-year contract. You can, however, seek to extend your term of service. In order to become an Officer on the U.S. Army Health Care Team, you must meet the following requirements:

• Be a U.S. citizen for the active Army, or be a permanent resident for the Army Reserve 

• Ability to obtain a security clearance

• Good moral character

• Demonstrated proficiency in the English language

• Completion of all educational/specialty requirements as prescribed by The Surgeon General and applicable law, regulation, and policy

• Professional qualifications, credentials, licenses, and certificates, as applicable, in the specific field in which you seek appointment
    
• Ability to complete the full two-year service obligation before to your 62nd birthday

The OAPP is open to professionals specializing in the following fields:

• Aerospace Medicine (Residency Trained)

• Anesthesiology

• Clinical Psychology

• Community Health Nursing

• Comprehensive Dentistry

• Diagnostic Radiology

• Dietetics

• Emergency Medicine

• Endodontics

• Family Medicine

• General Dentistry

• General Surgery

• Internal Medicine

• Medical-Surgical Nursing

• Neurosurgery

• Nuclear Medicine Science

• Nurse Practitioner

• Nursing Anesthesia

• Obstetric-Gynecologic Nursing

• Obstetrics/Gynecology

• Occupational Health

• Ophthalmology

• Optometry

• Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

• Orthopedic Surgery

• Otolaryngology

• Pediatrics

• Perioperative Nursing

• Peripheral Vascular Surgery

• Pharmacy

• Physical Therapy

• Physician Assistants

• Podiatry

• Preventive medicine

• Prosthodontics

• Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing

• Psychiatry

• Pulmonary Medicine

• Social Work

• Urology

Depending on your specialty, you may be eligible to receive pay incentives for Board Certification.

As an Officer on the U.S. Army Health Care Team, you’ll be part of one of the world’s largest and most advanced health care systems. You’ll work alongside talented professionals who share your passion for caring for our Soldiers and their Families.

Perhaps most importantly, you can focus on caring for your patients, instead of maintaining a practice. Thanks to the Army’s unique structure, you’ll have fewer concerns about common private-practice issues such as finding patients, securing insurance reimbursement, paying malpractice insurance premiums and maintaining equipment.

In addition to a competitive salary, you’ll receive a comprehensive benefits package. Active Army Officers receive low- or no-cost medical, dental and life insurance, a contributory retirement plan and 30 days of paid vacation earned annually. You’ll also have access to on-post recreation facilities, as well as shopping privileges at the commissary and Post Exchange.

To learn how you can become an Officer, visit healthcare.goarmy.com or call
1-800-USA-ARMY.