OPNAVINST 1120.8A — APPOINTMENT OF REGULAR AND RESERVE OFFICERS IN THE MEDICAL SERVICE CORPS OF THE NAVY
OPNAVINST 1120.8A is listed as currentCurrent in the DON Issuances (DONI) catalog as of our last index refresh (2026-08-23). Status is mirrored from that catalog, re-checked weekly — every change is logged. Note: its publication date is 2011-10-03 — 14.9 years old — so check for newer interim changes before citing it.
This instruction provides for entry grade credit to be awarded to individuals being appointed in the MSC from the effective date of this instruction. There shall be no retroactive changes as a result of this instruction to the entry grade credit granted to officers appointed in the MSC prior to the date of this instruction.
This instruction applies to all individuals appointed as Regular and Reserve officers in the MSC, including officers transferred from another uniformed service, Reserve officers transferred into the Regular component, Reserve officers recalled voluntarily to the active duty list (ADL), and officers transferred from the line community or another staff corps into the MSC.
Publications that cite OPNAVINST 1120.8A
OPNAVINST 1110.1B — ADMINISTRATION OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS ACCESSION PROGRAMS Current1 mention
OPNAVINST 1120.3C — NAVY RESERVE DIRECT APPOINTMENT PROGRAM Current1 mention
If OPNAVINST 1120.8A changes, these are the documents that point at it. Extracted from the publications' own text, so it reflects what we have read, not a complete dependency map. Every publishing office validates its own document; nobody validates the seams between them.
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OPNAVINST 1120.5B — APPOINTMENT OF REGULAR AND RESERVE OFFICERS IN THE DENTAL COPRS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY Current
OPNAVINST 1120.6A — APPOINTMENT OF REGULAR AND RESERVE OFFICERS IN THE SUPPLY CORPS OF THE NAVY Current
OPNAVINST 1120.7A — APPOINTMENT OF REGULAR AND RESERVE OFFICERS IN THE NURSE CORPS OF THE NAVY Current
OPNAVINST 1120.9B — APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS IN THE CHAPLAIN CORPS OF THE NAVY Current
OPNAVINST 11230.2C — INSPECTION, CERTIFICATION AND AUDIT OF NAVY SPECIALIZED INFRASTRUCTURE Current
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