Is there opportunity for mobility through a change in geographical location?
There are many opportunities for serving in the Commissioned Corps throughout the Nation. Officers may choose to work within the same agency or program or they may choose to transfer to other agencies or programs across the country. The Corps supports an officer's pursuit of diverse work experiences and career advancement. Geographic mobility may allow officers to achieve this. An officer may move frequently throughout his/her career but a minimum assignment of 2 years at each duty station is expected.
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How do I find out which agencies/programs are currently available in a specific location?
You may access the list of job vacancies in the jobs database.
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What does Home of Record mean? Will I pay State taxes to my Home of Record?
The Home of Record (HOR) has nothing to do with State taxes. The main purpose of the HOR is to determine an officer's travel and transportation needs, and shipment of household goods (HHG) entitlements. When officers are called to duty, they are asked to provide the city and State they consider their "permanent home" or HOR. This must be a location in which they have lived or owned property before to their call to duty, but it does not have to be the same location from which they are called to duty.
Upon call to active duty, an officer's HHG may be shipped from either the city and State from which they travel or from their HOR. After serving a minimum of 2 years of active duty (and meeting any other obligations, such as those resulting from training or special pay contracts), officers are entitled to travel and shipment of HHG from the duty station back to either the location from which they were called to duty or to their HOR (or to a point of equal or lesser distance) upon inactivation or termination (in the case of retirement, an officer travel and ship HHG to a "home of selection").
The State to which an officer pays taxes is called the "State of Legal Residence" and is declared after the call to active duty.
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