Commanding OfficerCAPT F. R. Leal Executive OfficerCAPT P. A. Ruocco Command Master ChiefHMCM C. J.

Dingler
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The Dental dispatch

The CO , HM2 Locklear & his family on the day of his deployment.

2D D ENT AL B AT T AL ION / N AV AL D ENT AL C ENT E R 2 D M AR I N E L O G I ST I C S G R O U P, C AM P L E J EU N E, N C KEEPING YOU - THE FAMILIES, INFORMED! Our Battalion Mission: Dental force protection of Marines and Sailors of II Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, MCAS New River and tenant commands.

A Message from the Commanding Officer

Spring Greetings Everyone! Hard to imagine that spring is going to be here in a matter of weeks. It seems just like yesterday that we were celebrating Thanksgiving, Christmas and the New Year. Even with the time off from the multiple holidays, everyone continues to make great strides towards process improvements, and I am immensely proud of our accomplishments. As you will have certainly noticed, there has been a modification to the amount of time off during a holiday weekends. As we align with what is being done in other parts of the Marine Corps, we should not view this as a negative, but rather as we are getting back to basics. So, when planning your family events during these long weekends, please the schedule on the length of the liberty hours. As we have all been following in the news, our Nation is facing fiscal uncertainty. This looming fiscal uncertainty will no doubt potentially affect us all. Being a good steward of our taxpayers funds is not

acceptable anymore. We all must be Ultra Excellent with the funds we are given to manage; to be able to deliver the worlds finest quality dental services to our Nations Warriors. I would hasten to say that we have been excelCOMMANDING OFFICER continued on page 12

From the Command Master Chief

This March marks one year as your Command Master Chief here with 2d Dental Battalion/Naval Dental Center. I look back at everything that has happen in the past year and wonder how it all went by so fast. Anita and I had just realized only last week that it had been a year. Your accomplishments have been remarkable. We have deployed many of our personnel on various deployments in support of multiple operations and will continue to do so over the next few months. With that written we have a lot more to do. March represents the start of the Permanent Change of Station (PCS) season. We will see Sailors who have been with
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Whats Happened in the Battalion

Commanding OfficerCAPT F. R. Leal Executive OfficerCAPT P. A. Ruocco Command Master ChiefHMCM C. J. Dingler

Directors & LCPOs

Director of Clinical ServicesCAPT N. Hariri Director for AdministrationLT M. Mosteller & HMC R. Constant Cherry PointCDR T. Jordan & HMCS T. Hellman French CreekCDR D. Jones & HMC T. McDonald New RiverCDR K. Bell & HMC S. Matthews MainsideCDR D. Sampson & HMC C. Matthai OsborneCDR J. DeHoogh & HMC D. Cousins Navy & Marine Corps Achievement Medal
HM3 Shaundes Wilcox HN Marcel Buckley LT Brian Gillen The Achievement Medal is awarded for outstanding achievement or meritorious service not of a nature that would otherwise warrant awarding the Commendation Medal.

Leadership is a contact sport; up close and personal.

Navy & Marine Corps Commendation Medal

HM1 Billy Fuson The Commendation Medal is a mid-level United States military award decoration which is presented for sustained acts of heroism or meritorious service.

Good Conduct Medal (Navy)

HM2 Veronica Barlow HM2 Ethelynn Reyna HM2 Owen Shaw HM3 Carlo Cruz HM3 Earl Gillum HM3 Jay Labrador HM3 Charles Parks HM3 Jonathan Short HN Joshua Bowman The Good Conduct Medal is awarded to any active-duty enlisted member of the United States military who completes three consecutive years of "honorable and faithful service". Such service implies that a standard enlistment was completed without any non-judicial punishments, disciplinary infractions, or court martial offenses.

Whats Happened in the Battalion

Navy Enlisted FMF Marine Force Warfare Specialist Logistics Combat Element (LCE)
HMCM C. Dingler HMCS J. Speranza HMC M. Jones HMC S. Matthews HM2 E. Abrams HM2 D. Nash HM2 D. Navarro HM3 S. Anikindick HM3 C. Feliciano HM3 E. Gillum HM3 G. Higgins HM3 R. Keys HM3 D. Nagley HM3 T. Taylor HN J. Garcia HN C. Gonzalez

FMF Fleet Marine Force Warfare Officer

LT Clifford Moore LT Nathan Martzke

The Fleet Marine Force Warfare Officer (FMFWO) Insignia is earned by Navy Officers assigned to the Fleet Marine Force of the U.S. Marine Corps who have successfully completed the necessary requirements including serving for one year in a Marine Corps Command, passing the Marine PFT, and an oral board conducted by FMF Warfare Officers. This formal designation as a FMFWO is a significant milestone and recognizes the individuals commitment and professional qualification of the Navy Officer serving with the Fleet Marine Forces.

The Fleet Marine Force (FMF) Enlisted Warfare Specialist Device is a qualification insignia of the United States Navy earned by Navy enlisted members assigned to the Fleet Marine Force of the U.S. Marine Corps who have successfully completed the necessary requirements of the Enlisted Fleet Marine Force Warfare Specialist (EFMFWS) Program per OPNAV Instruction 1414.4C. This involves serving one year with a Marine Corps Unit (two years for reserves), a written test, demonstrating skills used in service with the Marines such as weapon breakdown and familiarization, land navigation, combat communications and an oral examination by senior enlisted sailors who are FMF qualified.

Re-enlistments
HMC HMC HM1 HM2 HM2 HM2 HM2 HM2 HM3 HM3 HM3 HM3 HM3 HM3 TERRY MCDONALD EDGAR RIVASRODRIGUEZ MEAGEN FAHEY ASHLEY DOMENECH ETHELYNN REYNA MICKEY ROBBINS JUAN ESTEVEZ ALEXIS SANDOVAL CHARLEY HUBBARD CESAR OREGON LOUIE PIOL JESSICA REEVES JOSUE RIVERAROBLES WINSOTN WINSLETT

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Bravo Zulu to the following:

HM1 Julita Walker for her selection as theBattalion Senior Sailor of the Quarter (Sea) 1st Qtr

HM2 Meredith Johnson for her selection as the Battalion Junior Sailor of the Quarter (Sea) 1st Qtr

HM3 Erin Clark for her selection as the Battalion Junior Sailor of the Quarter (Shore) 1st Qtr

HN Drew Nagley for his selection as theBlue Jacket of the Quarter 1st Qtr

HN Marcel Buckley for his selection as theBattalion Sailor of the Year

For each of these selections, the person must be nominated based on a number of things ranging from uniform appearance, off duty education, awards received to overall exemplarily performance. The nominees are screened before a board of senior military personnel who ask a myriad of questions about the performance of their jobs, anything pertaining to current events and military history just to name a few. In other words, its not easy!

The Safety Clinical Award for 1st Qtr 2013 was given to BDC New River. The Safety Administrative Award for 1st Qtr 2013 was given to Headquarters.

Whats Happened in the Battalion

Great job to LCDR Brian Gillan (from BDC Mainside) who was selected as the recipient of the Command's Annual Award for Clinical Excellence for Officers 2012. This award is presented to a Dentists in the pay grades O-3/O-4 and recognizes clinical excellence.

HM3 Shaundes Wilcox was se-

lected as the recipient of the Command's Annual Award for Enlisted Clinical Excellence for 2012. This Award is presented annually to a Dental technician in the pay grades E-1 through E-6 and recognizes clinical expertise.

Great job to LCDR John Neal (from BDC Osborne) who has been selected as the recipient of the Commanding Officer's Award for Professional Excellence for 1st Quarter FY 2013.

Congratulations to Everyone!
New Parents
Mrs. & Mr. Henriquez Baby Boy LT & LT McGuireBaby Girl HM3 & Mrs. LabradorBaby Boy HMC & Mrs. McDonaldBaby Boy HM2 & SSgt ZambitoBaby

CONGRATULATIONS!
HN Joshua Bowman is the 2d Dental Battalion Single Marine Program Representative Joshua.Bowman@med.navy.mil
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Our Childrens Holiday party was held this year at Mikes Farm. Our guests roasted hot dogs and made smores, visited with Santa and got to enjoy the Mike Farm Christmas light extravaganza. www.MikesFarm.com

Photo Gallery

Photo Gallery

Photo Gallery
On these two pages: photos from December, January and February Re-enlistments/Awards ceremonies; Saying good bye to our deployers who are embedded as corpsmen with Marine Engineers, going out as part of the Anti-terrorism Team, and our deployers who are providing dental services for the Camp Leatherneck area.

Want to see pictures of our Sailors & Marines? Subscribe to our eMarine.org page. Dont know how? Send the FRO an email and Shell walk you thru the process. www.emarine.org

News You Can Use From Your FRO

Greetings Dental Battalion Family & Friends!
As families living in a military town there are certain things that happen like clockwork; one of them is the multitude of homes that go on the market to be sold or rented. It seems like ornamental yard figures, spruced up flower beds, trimmed trees and for sale/rent signs are the staples for spring yards. For some people, these signs (no pun intended) are huge stressors in their lives whether they are moving or not. For the family staying put these are the types of questions we generally ask ourselves: Who will the new neighbors be and will they have children? Will we like them and will they like us? Will they keep their yards nice and neat? I wonder if they are going to have loud parties and so on. While we shouldnt worry about things we cannot change, it is inevitable that we will still fret over losing that which we are comfortable with our current neighbors. If it is our turn to move and we own the home we are living in, the
Mission of the Family Readiness Officer includes conducting official communication to service and family members on behalf of the unit's commanding officer; providing information and referrals; assisting with readiness and deployment support; and managing the family readiness volunteers.

stressors are ramped up even higher. (Actually they are pretty intense regardless of whether you are a military family or not!) We are trying to sell or rent our home in a matter of months (usually 4-6 months), ensuring we getting the right price and then prepping for the next duty station is very common place. And if our military member is deployed, then we, as the spouse at home, accomplish these tasks alone. Luckily, there are tons of resources for these situations! Each Marine Corps Community Services (MCCS) has a program called Relocation Assistance. They offer classes on home buying and selling, workshops on making a smooth move, tips for helping your kids adjust the area and much more. If you are new to the area and need to borrow household items such as an iron, dishes, baby high chairs, sweepers, coffee pots and etc, then you may take advantage of the

Loan Locker. They even have a sponsorship class specifically for your children (ages 6-18) entitled, Kids in touch with Kids and if you want to know more about your next duty station, they have resources for that too. Lastly and this is probably the best part all of these services are FREE!! If you would like more information on the Relocation Assistance Program or any of the other MCCS opportunities, you can contact me and Ill be happy to help guide you to the best resource for you. In the meantime, enjoy the blooming flowers and trees, longer days, warmer weather and the anticipation of summer! ~Kara

QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS
The FRO is always available to talk to or to answer your questions. Please feel free to contact me:
Kara Collins Family Readiness Officer (FRO) 2d Dental Battalion Office 910-450-2208 ext 217 Blackberry: 910-467-4109

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Valuable Resources For the Families

MCCS Tidbits & Good Information!
Want to know more about events taking place at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune? Go to the Marine Corps Community Services (MCCS) website: http://www.mccslejeune.com Dont forget the air stations have MCCS websites too! Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point http://www.mccscherrypoint.com Marine Corps Air Station New River http://www.mccsnr.com You can also subscribe to their Google calendars. This way each time they post an event or update one, youll know automatically!

DID YOU KNOW THAT MCCS LEJEUNE HAD THESE CLASSES?

MARRIAGE ENRICHMENT WORKSHOP
Fighting For Your Marriage: Reigniting Your Passion - Couples learn how to protect their intimacy and reignite their passion for one another. This popular class helps couples learn the power of the floor and how it will transform the way they communicate. Couples learn how to reduce the normal emotional and physical distance that can happen over time.

ALL MCCS facilities/events are available to Active Duty, Retired, Reservists on Active Duty, Dependents, MCCS Employees, and Department of Defense Employees. Proper identification required.
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News You Can Use From Your FRO

When you are the anvil, be patient. When you are the hammer, strike."
-Arabian Proverb COMMANDING OFFICER continued from page 1
lent stewards of the tax payers dollars. Our contributions have assisted us in accomplishing this obligation. Examples of how the Command has been contributing toward being excellent stewards are: We are a highly productive command, providing superior dental services to our Nation's Warriors
Our primary mission of operational dental readiness has been greatly improved gaining a higher state of dental readiness throughout the MEF and Marine Corps Installations-East We have improved our clinical efficiencies and improved our access to care for the Warriors We have recaptured workload that was once leaking out to the dental network avoiding those expenditures Our TAD process has been GREATLY curtailed and CE TAD has undergone scrutiny I can go on and on about our Command and all of the good we have achieved. I would ask everyone to understand the current fiscal uncertainty facing our Nation, and its impacts. Each Service Member, GS/WG/Contract Employee is a VALUABLE Team Member of 2d Dental Battalion/Naval Dental Center and without our dedication to these services we deliver, we would likely not have been able to achieve the mission goals set by the Command and our Leaders. Lastly, there are a number of holidays on the horizon and I ask that you continue to be safe, vigilant and to take care of each other. Ann Marie and I hope that you are able to spend time with loved ones, family and friends. Thank you for your continued support of our Command!!! CAPT Leal, Ann Marie, Andrew & John

Camp Lejeune Tax Center Bldg 50 Phone: 910-451-3030

http://www.marines.mil/unit/mcieast/sja/Pages/tax-center/ default.aspx

Marine Corps Air Station New River Tax Center 2nd Floor AS-216 (Joint Law Center) Phone: 910-449-4891
http://www.marines.mil/unit/mcasnewriver/jlc/Pages/Tax% 20Center.aspx

Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Tax Center Bldg 229 *Opened until 18 April 2011* Phone: 252-466-2311
http://www.marines.mil/unit/mcascherrypoint/Pages/Tax/Tax.aspx

Did you know this fact

FOULED ANCHOR- The foul anchor as a naval insignia got its start as the seal of the Lord Howard of Effingham. He was the Lord Admiral of England at the time of the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588. During this period their personal seal of the great officer of state was adopted as the seal of his office. The fouled anchor still remains the official seal of the Lord High Admiral of Great Britain. When this office became part of the present Board of Admiralty, the seal was retained on buttons, official seals, and cap badges. The Navys adoption of this symbol and many other customs can be directly attributed to the influence of the British Naval tradition. The fouled anchor is among one of them. 12

Valuable Resources For the Families

This day in Marine Corps History
16 January 1991: Operation Desert Shield became Operation Desert Storm.

This day in Naval History

1 January 1962 - Navy SEAL (Sea, Air and Land) teams established.

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the Battalion move on to bigger and greater challenges at new duty stations. Some will take on new roles and responsibilities all while progressing through their careers. Some will decide to stay here in the Camp Lejeune area and others will see the end of service from either completing their obligated service or retirement. In turn we will gain a new group of Sailors and staff to our command and at the very least we will be busy. With spring and summer just around the corner our minds will turn to leave, cookouts, and time with friends and family. Safety will again be emphasized as we transition into a very active time of year. As we continue doing our jobs here in the Battalion I need each of you to remember these three things: Leadership Development, Good Order and Discipline, and Controlling What We Own. With the uncertainty over our budget and the continued threats to the nation we protect we have to stay focused on the mission at hand. Just doing your job is not going to be enough. In addition to your responsibilities you have to remain firm to the Navys Core Values of Honor, Courage, and Commitment. I trust that each of you will do just that. Trust is built upon two factors, character and competence. To have trust there has to be a balance between character and competence. Ethics theory states that character is Doing the Right Thing while competence is Getting the Right Things Done and stewardship is A Job with Trust A great book to read about trust and the impact it has is The Speed of Trust, by Stephen M.R. Covey. This book covers those principles that help build and sustain trust. Without trust we will fail. HMCM Christopher Dingler Command Master Chief

Jargon and Acronyms

Head: Toilet or bathroom. In the Army and Air Force the term would be "latrine" Tweet: Term used to describe sailors in the electronics field. Electronics Technician (ET) or Aviation Electronics Technician (AT) Gundeck(ing): To do a sloppy job of work Deck: Floor PAX: Passengers METL: Mission Essential Task List

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Epilogue...
Favorite Recipes (If you have a recipe youd like to share, please send it to me!)
A Recipe from our cookbook, Dental Bites. This one is courtesy of HN Nicole Cruz

Chocolate Cherry Cake

Ingredients
1 1 1 1 1 1 box dark chocolate fudge cake mix bag frozen cherries bag chocolate chips container dark chocolate icing small container heavy whipping cream can cherries

This cake is pretty easy, and tastes amazing. First, mix the cake mix per box instructions. Add canned cherries (to taste) and add the juice (to taste) but save some for the whipped cream middle. When the cake is baked, set aside to cool. Use the heavy whipping cream and beat until you get stiff peaks of whipped cream. Slowly add in the rest of the cherry juice, but make sure it stays firm. You may need to refrigerate it to stiffen it. When the cake is completely cooled, spread the whip cream between the two layers and then ice the rest of the cake with the dark chocolate icing. Top the cake with the chocolate chips, and there you have a semi homemade, yummy cake!! Enjoy!

Puzzle Corner

Spring Has Sprung

S A B B E C W R B S Y Y W A Q O Z A S Y B I K I S F A R L B Q Y R N O U I E F R A L L W O U R U U L B O S E Y L C J N B S I O L B J M F E U F G O I O N E E R G N X S O Y G T W B B P S F N A Y E Y D A F V L E M R H O I I N E G R Y D Y B A X B O F X E I A D R G D A G M F N D H N B Z G S H D R N M D U M A L S M Q W F J Q O C J T B I F G A Z R I F V N Z Y W Q N G N I N E D R A G F L S L Q J F H J J Y M A R I G O L D Z L W G F I V H L O D Q Y Z W C E W A R I I C N P V E V I Y T B O F D Y T F E E O S N I V P Z I V K X X X B M H F C S E I S L N X W M U G C R D A R D O O W G O D U E E I E Z Y Z P C G Z M D S W K S Z T S M K V A O P V J H U E I O R C H I D V W V A R Z E S G S H G L E X R V H B H G E E W T O Q A J K Z O B U T T E R F L I E S A N J K X Q F G X P E A E D E Y C V T I Y J E U M A B Z O

AMARYLLIS AWAKENINGS BLOOMING BLUEBIRD BULBS BUTTERFLIES DAFFODIL DAISY DOGWOOD FRAGRANCES

FREESIA GARDENING GREEN HYCINTH LILLIES MAGNOLIA MARIGOLD ORCHID PEA

PEONY ROSE SWEET TULIP WARMTH ZINNIA

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