As providers, the future is bright for our mission with additional programs in place to support the dental care of our Service Members. These programs, First Term Dental Readiness, Dental Demob Reset, and the Army Selective Reserve Dental Readiness System should help us achieve the Army-wide goal of a 95% deployable force. The dental footprint that we leave is found, not only on our shores, but those of our neighbors and allies. Thank you for the pride you take in serving and a job well done.
To help remind us where we started and to recognize where we are in our Dental Readiness mission, I will share with you the new version of " The Ode to Dental Readiness". Enjoy!
I hope that I will never see, another Soldier who is CL3. It seems no matter what we do, we never make them a CL2. But, we now have some options, if they are CL3. We can fix them on alert, or at AIT. And they cannot leave our shore, if they are a CL4. So every year we must check their mouths and all their teeth north and south. We also will not let them go without a digital pano. Finally, they will not pass unless they're entered into Denclass. And when their mission is over with a job well done. We want them all to leave Demob as a category ONE!
V/r,
Jason
Jason E. Showman COL, DC NGB-ARS
Chief Dental Officer
111 South George Mason Drive
Arlington, VA 22204
COM 703-607-7145
