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Welcome to the Military Section!

The Military Section is an official section of the Health Physics Society. The members of the Military Section include representatives from the Department of Defense (DoD) and organizations that support the DoD (e.g., regulatory agencies, contracting agencies). It was established in January 2008.

LtCol Peace

LtCol Christina Peace

President

Current position

christina.peace.mil@health.mil

Mikulski

Mr. Tim Mikulski

President Elect

U.S. Army Radiation Safety Officer

timothy.h.mikulski.civ@army.mil

CAPT Fairchild

CAPT Greg Fairchild

Past President

Director, Radiological Controls and Health Branch

gregory.r.fairchild.mil@us.navy.mil



Mission

The primary objectives of the Section are to:
  1. Disseminate information related to military health physics (which is health physics performed in the service of the Department of Defense and/or the Public Health Service),
  2. Provide a forum for military health physicists,
  3. Promote professional development among military health physicists,
  4. Promote the mutual interests of Society and Section members in military health physics,
  5. Nominate Section members for Society elective offices and awards, and
  6. Provide for open lines of communication between Section members, as provided for in the section charter.

Specific interests include: structure and content of military health physics programs, professional development of Section members, development of and support for mentor/protégé relations between senior and junior Section members, and public education and outreach.

Officers

Christina Peace, President ('24)
H Timothy Mikulski, President-Elect ('25)
Gregory R Fairchild, Past President ('23)
Jeff Caudill, Secretary/Treasurer ('24)
Caleb Tracy, Board Member ('24)
Benjamin McComb, Board Member ('24)
Daniel Mannis, Board Member ('25)
Michael Bak, Board Member ('25)
James Frey, Board Member ('26)
James Dant, Board Member ('26)
Jama Vanhorne-Sealy, Director Liaison


How to Join

When you join or renew your membership in the Health Physics Society (http://www.hps.org), simply specify the Military Section and add $6 to your membership fee. To join the Military Section at any other time, contact the executive secretary (hps@burkinc.com) of the society.