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Promotions are something that everyone in the military looks forward to. Promotions mean different job opportunities, increased pay, and the ability to make positive changes to improve things within the Army. This past week I had the chance to attend 2 promotion ceremonies for two dental officers becoming Colonels. In the Dental Corps promotions can come every 6 years if both military and dental professional tracks are done in proper time/sequence. The person who is...read more
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As with many jobs in the Army, there is a natural progression towards leadership roles throughout your career. To help prepare for this, the Dental Corps offers a Dental Management Development Course for both Sergeants and Officers that will be in charge of dental clinics. This past week the course was offered in San Antonio at a hotel near the Alamo. This is a monument that sits just outside the walls of the Alamo The course was a great one, and I walked away...read more
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Wow, what a journey. I think its Tuesday but I am not quite sure. Leaving Friday from Fort Benning, traveling 22 hours to Kuwait, sleeping overnight at Ali Al Salem airbase, flying on a C 17 to Bagram and spending the night. I then choppered out the next afternoon to Kabul and convoyed into Camp Phoenix. A long journey, but at times, very interesting and exciting. The only negatives were not knowing when your next flight would be (due to sand storms) and carrying...read more
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For me 9-11 was about more than a single day…that whole week was a blur. I remember being in the ICU of the hospital where I worked, rounding on the postsurgical patients, weary after a long 12+ hour day in surgery, and being up the night with my 2 month old son. So I was in the ICU, a big circular room in the middle of a dozen patient rooms, some of the patients were sedated and on ventilators, most were just being monitored very closely after heart surgery. I was a Surgical PA for a...read more
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For the past three weeks I have had the pleasure of being a part of the organization known as the Wounded Warrior Program as a patient. While I have not been injured in battle, I sustained what they call a Non-Battle Injury while stationed at my FOB in Afghanistan. While running I injured my right knee, and was sent out of the country as it is not safe to be there in my current condition. I was transferred to the country of Qatar, where I have been for three weeks awaiting my MRI to...read more
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Never jump into a hole where your head sticks out more than your butt
September 16, 2011
By: Lieutenant Colonel Dore Gilbert
Today was 0 day. I left my wonderful family in the O.C. and headed to Fort Benning, Georgia. My wife and kids dropped me off at the airport at 05:30 with hugs and kisses and it was downhill from there. The lady in the check in line argued for 15 minutes about paying for extra weight for her bag. Normally I would side with the lady but it took two people to lift her bag onto the conveyor belt. My first flight was uneventful; however, the next flight was,...read more
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The day is finally starting to wind down and I'm getting caught up. This morning we had our diagnostic PT test, with about 15 individuals. Everyone did good - we had a few PT studs scoring between 290-295. Record PT test will be in about a month. Recently had a chance to do an esthetic case and I worked closely with our Prosthodontist MAJ Ross. Although I have done many esthetic cases in the past, I learned a lot more this time by working with him - hopefully...read more
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Recently a friend was going to have an implant placed through our clinic. He had a baby tooth that was still in his mouth even though he was in his 40's. The tooth had been crowned and served him about as long as it could. An implant was the next step. In the Army many locations have an implant board made up of several different specialties that consider patients and make selections on who implants will be done on. Here Major Wilson can be seen drilling...read more
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Every year around September 11th you will hear people begin to talk about the tragedy and change that occurred within our country. This year in particular being the 10th anniversary it has received even more attention. I have been happy to see that as the years have gone by, people haven't forgotten what happened - even turning it into a day of service for others. For me September 11th wasn't the stimulus that made me join the military - that had happened 6 years...read more
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As our nation observes the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of 11 September, 2001, I have a question: has anyone forgotten? I understand that for some, the memory has faded, a dark time in America has started to heal, only to be brought back to the forefront of our minds as the media covers people's decade-long reactions to this attack not only the American people, but the very ideology offered by the American Dream. The sites targeted by those unprovoked...read more
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