United States Public Health Service

Clare Helminiak, MD, MPH Rear Admiral, USPHS Chief Medical Officer, USPHS Deputy Director for Medical Surge Office of Preparedness and Emergency Operations Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response Department 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 Non-Armed Can Be Militarized Non-DOD (DHS) Armed Military (HHS) (DOC)

A Proud History 1798 Marine Hospital Fund… 1889 Commissioned Corps 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

Don't ever be the first, don't ever be the last, and don't ever volunteer for anything- USNavy Don't ever be the first, don't ever be the last, and don't ever volunteer for anything- USNavy F-111 Aardvark

'The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.' -Unknown Author- CH-47 Chinook

Have a Mentor/Be a Mentor Have a Mentor/Be a Mentor

The Club

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

Don't draw fire, it irritates the people around you- advice to new guy F-18 Hornet

Leverage the Power of the White Coat

Juggling Priorities

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

Bloom where you are planted

We are not retreating, we are advancing in another direction. B1B -Lancer

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

Live Long and Prosper