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Question: What rank does the operational head of the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps hold and in what circumstance can a member of the corps outrank the operational head?
Winner will be first response with correct explanation received at or before 4 P.M. Oct. 21, 2021, eastern US time. Winner must include the rank of the operational head and the explanation of when another member of the corps can outrank the operational head. If no accurate response is received, the first response to both parts (rank and outranking possibility) of the question will win. My decision of winner will be final.
The rank of the operational head is vice admiral.
Still working on the second part.
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My try for the second part: if the appointee for Assistant Secretary for Health is also a member of the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, he/she also gets appointed to admiral.
As with its parent division, the Public Health Service, the commissioned corps is under the direction of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. The commissioned corps is led by the surgeon general, who holds the rank of vice admiral. The surgeon general reports directly to the Department of Health and Human Services assistant secretary for health. The assistant secretary for health may be appointed to the rank of admiral if he or she is also a serving uniformed officer of the commissioned corps.
They say "Pecunia non olet", but I know better...
Status changed to Solved(Coinman48, 20 Oct 2021, 14:09)
I declare smvdbrink the official winner, as his entry includes the explanation that the surgeon general reports to the Assistant Secretary for Health. I will also send Giobruno a prize as his answer could be considered accurate although not making the link between the 2 officers clear. So let them both celebrate! This is such fun giving away my stamps.
