They are doctors and other medical health professionals who are in a chain of command under the Surgeon General. They wear military style uniforms and rank.
I first saw them when I had my first contract with the FDA and spent large amounts of time in the buildings on C street. It took me a few days to ask who the heck they were since parts of their uniforms did not match the Services that I had spent 30 years serving.
You gotta be pulling my leg. Doctors in a chain of command under the Surgeon General who wear uniforms? Bizarre. Absolutley bizarre. For days I have been wondering just how someone could tell me they have a right to the skill and knowledge I have spent a lifetime acquiring and know I know. They will just DRAFT all of us into the new Health Corps. THis ride just gets better and better.