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Fardosa Nur, left, a dental hygienist and a Los Angeles native, and Lt. Caleb J. Noordsman, right, a general dentist with 13th Dental Company, 1st Dental Battalion and a Traverse City, Mich., native, fill a Marine’s cavity aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Feb. 1. The MCAS Miramar Dental Clinic provides cleanings, exams, oral surgery and prosthodontics for approximately 9,000 service members and their families. This year, the Navy Dental Corps will celebrate its 100th year of service to those serving in the Navy and Marine Corps.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Erica Disalvo

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Dental Corps celebrates 100 years of service

31 Jan 2012 | Lance Cpl. Erica DiSalvo Marine Corps Air Station Miramar-EMS

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MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. -- This year, the Navy Dental Corps will celebrate 100 years of service to the Navy and Marine Corps.

Since the Dental Corps’ establishment on Aug. 22, 1912, after the 62nd Congress passed an act later signed by President Taft, it has maintained its mission of “providing oral healthcare for war fighters and maintaining operational readiness.”

“It is our job to prevent cavities, promote good oral hygiene and to boost morale by preventing oral complications of those in the armed forces,” said Petty Officer 2nd Class Sterling G. Perkins, a hospital corpsman with 13th Dental Company, 1st Dental Battalion, and a McGehee, Ark., native. “We are here to make them look and feel better.”

The Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Dental Clinic provides cleanings, exams, oral surgery and prosthodontics for approximately 9,000 service members and their families aboard the air station.

Each day the clinic services more than 200 patients for everything from cleanings to tooth removal and replacement, explained Petty Officer 3rd Class Sam Saleh, a hospital corpsman with 13th Dental Company, 1st Dental Battalion and a San Francisco native.

More than 10 dentists and approximately 50 dental technicians from the air station will celebrate the centennial during the annual Birthday Ball scheduled to be held near San Diego’s historic waterfront in August.

The event will be hosted by 1st Dental Battalion, based aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton and will also include dentists and dental technicians from Naval Medical Center San Diego.

For more information on location, volunteer opportunities or to donate, contact Cmdr. Laura McFarland, the MCB Camp Pendleton Margarita Dental Clinic director with 1st Dental Battalion, at 760-725-3417.


POLICY

The most important starting point for an EMS* is the development of an environmental policy. ISO14001 requires local governments to implement their own environmental policy. The environmental policy acts as a basis for the environmental management system.

PLANNING

ISO14001 requires that an environmental management system is planned properly. It requires the organization to consider the following carefully: Environmental Aspects; Legal and Other Aspects; Objectives and Targets; and an Environmental Management Program.

IMPLEMENTATION

The two requirements for implementation of an EMS is to define, document, and communicate roles, responsibilities and authorities, and to allocate the resources needed to implement and control the EMS.

CHECKING

The key requirement in this EMS step is to regularly monitor and measure key characteristics of activities and operations that could have a significant impact on the environment. Changes to EMS procedures may become necessary in order to deal with nonconformances with the EMS, with mitigating environmental impacts, or corrective and preventive action.

REVIEW

The management review process ensure that information is collected to enable management to carry out proper review. Top management review the need for changes to policy, objectives and targets, and ensure that a commitment to continual improvement is being demonstrated.

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