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United States Department Of Health And Human Services Five of these compose the , to which they are subject when militarized by executive order or while detailed to any component of the armed forces.''UCMJ S 802. Art. 2. Subs. (a). Para. (8) http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode10/usc_sec_10_00000802 000-.html'' ARMED FORCES The United States Armed Forces comprise five of the seven uniformed services. Title 10, U.S. Code, Section 101(a)(4), states: The term “armed forces” means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard. Section 101(a)(5) defines the uniformed services as:
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Commissioned officers of NOAA and PHS wear Uniform s that are derived from Navy uniforms, except that the commissioning devices, buttons, and insignia reflect their specific service. Uniformed services officers of NOAA and PHS are paid on the same scale as members of the armed services with respective rank and time-in-grade. Additionally, PHS Officers are covered by the Uniformed Services Employment And Reemployment Act and the Service Members Civil Relief Act (former the Soldiers And Sailors Civil Relief Act ). Both uniformed service consist only of Commissioned Officer s and have no enlisted ranks, although the Public Health Service will be introducing Warrant Officer s later in 2006. (Public Health Services has historically had a Warrant Officer Corps. The Warrant Officer Corps is derived from Title 42 Of The United States Code .) Commissioned officers of the Public Health Service and of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration can be militarized by the President of the United States. Statutory authorization to militarize the Public Health Service is under Title 42 U.S.C. (Based on rank, commissioned officers of the Public Health Service (USPHS) and NOAA can be classified as Category III, IV, and V under the Geneva Convention). The U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (a predecessor to NOAA) originally began commissioning its officers so that if captured while engaged in battlefield surveying, they could not legally be tried as Spies . The Public Health Service (PHS) traces its origins to a system of marine hospitals created "for the relief of sick and disabled seamen" by the U.S. Congress in 1798 and they adopted a military model of organization in 1871. '' United States Code . Title 5. Part III. Chapter 21. S 2101''. http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/history Today the PHS Commissioned Corps assigns its officers to the United States Coast Guard ; in this capacity, PHS Commissioned Officers wear Coast Guard uniforms (with destinctive PHS Corps Devices) and work alongside Coast Guard enlisted personnel and officers. SEE ALSO
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