[omega4412]

This sounds like the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, which has a medical mission, not a police one. (During the Reagan administration C Everett Koop was Surgeon General and sometimes made public appearances in uniform. That was his USPHSCC uniform. The Surgeon General is an O-9, equivalent to vice admiral or lieutenant general.)

http://www.usphs.gov/aboutus/questions.aspx#whatis

[Thank You Rush]

“”This sounds like the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, which has a medical mission, not a police one.””

It IS immediately below the section on nurses training etc. I can’t make any sense of it and believe me, I’ve tried. It is not explained well at all but that’s not surprising. It immediately talks about Commissioned Regular Corps and Ready Reserve Corps but no lead-in to explain the category whatsoever. What the heck it means is anyone’s guess.

[ASOC]

Thanks for the post - too many folks getting waaaayyy too much exercise jumping to conclusions.

[Wilson Dawson]

If it were a medical corps I doubt Obama would want to personally appoint the officers.