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JAX AIR NEWS, NAS JACKSONVILLE, Thursday, November 29, 2007 5 By Lt. Allen Langston HS-5 PAO T he “Nightdippers” of HS-5 recently returned from a short detachment on board USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69), in which they provided continuous search and rescue support during a week-long fleet carrier qualification exercise. HS-5 departed NAS Jacksonville Nov. 2 with 75 Sailors and four aircraft, two SH-60F and HH-60H each, to Norfolk, Va. to meet the ship. Upon leaving Naval Base Norfolk, Eisenhower and HS-5 began working to help qualify pilots from various fleet replacement squadrons (FRS) and fleet squadrons. The squadrons included: VFA-106, VFA- 122 and VFA-103, VAW- 125 and VRC-40. During the week long event off the coasts of Virginia and North Carolina, pilots from the FRS dominated the major- ity of evolutions as they were there obtaining their initial carrier qualifications in the F/A-18 Hornet. In addition to providing the primary SAR asset, HS-5 took advantage of their time on board USS Eisenhower, completing various levels of SAR, anti- See DEPLOY, Page 12 By MC2 Ron Kuzlik, Naval Media Center P hysical fitness is but one com- ponent of total fitness. Some others are weight control, diet and nutrition, stress management, spiritual and ethical fitness and den- tal health. “You can’t fight if you can’t bite.” It might sound like some old, worn- out slogan. Actually, it dates back to the Revolutionary War when rifle- men had to use their teeth to rip open packets of gunpowder when loading their muskets. If the rifleman’s teeth were damaged, missing or otherwise impaired, it would prevent him from being able to properly load and fire his musket. During the first Gulf War rough- ly 35 to 40 percent of all National Guard and Reserve Component (RC) Soldiers, Sailors and Airman mobi- lized to the gulf needed dental work before they could be ready to deploy outside the continental United States (OUTCONUS). Coupled with the fact that dental emergencies can account for 10 to 20 percent of the total casualties in a given operation led the Department of Defense to mandate that 95 percent of Armed Forces personnel must be in a dental ready-to-deploy status. Since dental readiness continues to be an important measure of mobi- lization readiness, the Department of Defense and the Navy has taken steps to bolster overall readiness of the Armed Forces by employing lead- ing edge technology and training for the 21st Century. “I prefer the motto, ‘We put the bite in your fight,” said Deputy Chief of the Navy Dental Corps Rear Adm. Edward Reidy. “The modern technol- ogy of the digital age and the train- ing and skills our Sailors possess have made our Navy swift, agile and lethal.” “Our primary responsibility as RC Sailors is to be ready to answer the call to active duty,” he continued. “The vast majority of dental disease is preventable through good home care and regular exams. Early detection and treatment is the key.” Daily care, including periodic brushing and flossing is encouraged. Examinations and cleanings at least once a year, or once every six months, are recommended. Being dentally healthy and ready means that all of your dental treat- ment needs are complete, not just those that could potentially cause emergency treatments. When Sailors are forward deployed under challenging operational condi- tions, dental health can rapidly dete- riorate and access to dental care may be limited. Good oral hygiene habits along with optimum dental health can help Sailors stay focused and stay in the fight. Emergency evacuation of a Sailor could compromise mission effective- ness and safety. To be considered ready to deploy Sailors must be categorized as either Class 1 (no dental treatment needed) or Class 2 (minor dental treatment needed). Those in Class 3 (urgent or emergency care needed) or Class 4 (unknown dental condition or require a periodic dental examination) are not able to deploy OUTCONUS. To ensure that RC Sailors are ready to deploy, there are 225 dental officers serving in a variety of billets. Each Operational Health Support Unit has about 10 dental officers, the Fourth Dental Battalion supports the Marine Forces Reserve, and there is a dental officer assigned to each of the Navy’s 12 RC Naval Construction Battalions. This includes 195 general or compre- hensive dentists and another 30 spe- cialists, oral surgeons, endodontists, periodontists and prosthodontists. They provide the vast majority of dental exams during drill weekends. The Annual Training policy of the Dental Corps provides periodic and predictable support to clinics at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Parris Island and Great Lakes. “We continue to provide the best services available to our Sailors to keep them ready, for mobilization, and for their overall dental health as well,” said Cmdr. Carmen Blois, a dentist with Navy Operational Support Center Bronx, N.Y. RC Sailors can also see their civil- ian dentist for treatment and assess- ment and have their classification documented on DD Form 2813. After completion, the form should be added to the member’s dental records. RC members must continue to be just as ready as their active component counterparts. U.S. Rep. Gene Taylor of Mississippi summarized the situation, saying, “The insurgents in Iraq don’t differentiate between reserve soldiers and active duty soldiers.” Since dental readiness continues to be an important measure of over- all mobilization readiness, rapid and periodic treatment can prevent small and minor dental problems from becoming problems that require major or emergency treatment. Photo by MC1(SW) Bruce Cummins Commander Navy Region Southwest Asia/Commanding Officer NSA Bahrain Capt. John Oberst talks with IS1 Winfree Woodard, an individual augmentee on tempo- rary additional duty at NSA Bahrain from Commander Patrol Reconnaissance Wing 11 during the NSA Bahrain Morale, Welfare and Recreation-sponsored Thanksgiving dinner Nov. 22 in the dining area of the Freedom Souq. More than 2,000 Bahrain service members, Department of Defense civilians and their invited guests attended the traditional Thanksgiving dinner that included turkey and all the trimmings. Thanksgiving in Bahrain You can’t fight if you can’t bite HS-5 back from detachment aboard USS Eisenhower
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JAX AIR NEWS, NAS JACKSONVILLE, Thursday, November 29, 2007 5
ByLt.AllenLangstonHS-5PAO
The “Nightdippers” o f HS-5 recent ly re turned f rom a
short detachment on board USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69), in which they provided continuous search and rescue support during a week-long fleet carrier qualification exercise.
HS-5 departed NAS
Jacksonville Nov. 2 with 75 Sailors and four aircraft, two SH-60F and HH-60H each, to Norfolk, Va. to meet the ship.
Upon leaving Naval Base Norfolk, Eisenhower and HS-5 began working to help qualify pilots from various fleet replacement squadrons (FRS) and fleet squadrons. The squadrons included: VFA-106, VFA-
122 and VFA-103, VAW-125 and VRC-40. During the week long event off the coasts of Virginia and North Carolina, pilots from the FRS dominated the major-ity of evolutions as they were there obtaining their initial carrier qualifications in the F/A-18 Hornet.
In addition to providing the primary SAR asset, HS-5 took advantage of
their time on board USS Eisenhower, completing various levels of SAR, anti-
SeeDEPLOY,Page12
ByMC2RonKuzlik,NavalMediaCenter
Physical fitness is but one com-ponent of total fitness. Some others are weight control, diet
and nutrition, stress management, spiritual and ethical fitness and den-tal health.
“You can’t fight if you can’t bite.” It might sound like some old, worn-out slogan. Actually, it dates back to the Revolutionary War when rifle-men had to use their teeth to rip open packets of gunpowder when loading their muskets. If the rifleman’s teeth were damaged, missing or otherwise impaired, it would prevent him from being able to properly load and fire his musket.
During the first Gulf War rough-ly 35 to 40 percent of all National Guard and Reserve Component (RC) Soldiers, Sailors and Airman mobi-lized to the gulf needed dental work before they could be ready to deploy outside the continental United States (OUTCONUS).
Coupled with the fact that dental emergencies can account for 10 to 20 percent of the total casualties in a given operation led the Department of Defense to mandate that 95 percent of Armed Forces personnel must be in a dental ready-to-deploy status.
Since dental readiness continues to be an important measure of mobi-lization readiness, the Department of Defense and the Navy has taken steps to bolster overall readiness of the Armed Forces by employing lead-ing edge technology and training for the 21st Century.
“I prefer the motto, ‘We put the bite in your fight,” said Deputy Chief of
the Navy Dental Corps Rear Adm. Edward Reidy. “The modern technol-ogy of the digital age and the train-ing and skills our Sailors possess have made our Navy swift, agile and lethal.”
“Our primary responsibility as RC Sailors is to be ready to answer the call to active duty,” he continued. “The vast majority of dental disease is preventable through good home care and regular exams. Early detection and treatment is the key.”
Daily care, including periodic brushing and flossing is encouraged. Examinations and cleanings at least once a year, or once every six months, are recommended.
Being dentally healthy and ready means that all of your dental treat-ment needs are complete, not just those that could potentially cause emergency treatments.
When Sailors are forward deployed under challenging operational condi-tions, dental health can rapidly dete-riorate and access to dental care may be limited. Good oral hygiene habits along with optimum dental health can help Sailors stay focused and stay in the fight.
Emergency evacuation of a Sailor could compromise mission effective-ness and safety.
To be considered ready to deploy Sailors must be categorized as either Class 1 (no dental treatment needed) or Class 2 (minor dental treatment needed). Those in Class 3 (urgent or emergency care needed) or Class 4 (unknown dental condition or require a periodic dental examination) are not able to deploy OUTCONUS.
To ensure that RC Sailors are ready to deploy, there are 225 dental officers
serving in a variety of billets. Each Operational Health Support Unit has about 10 dental officers, the Fourth Dental Battalion supports the Marine Forces Reserve, and there is a dental officer assigned to each of the Navy’s 12 RC Naval Construction Battalions. This includes 195 general or compre-hensive dentists and another 30 spe-cialists, oral surgeons, endodontists, periodontists and prosthodontists.
They provide the vast majority of dental exams during drill weekends. The Annual Training policy of the Dental Corps provides periodic and predictable support to clinics at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Parris Island and Great Lakes.
“We continue to provide the best services available to our Sailors to keep them ready, for mobilization, and for their overall dental health as well,” said Cmdr. Carmen Blois, a dentist with Navy Operational Support Center Bronx, N.Y.
RC Sailors can also see their civil-ian dentist for treatment and assess-ment and have their classification documented on DD Form 2813. After completion, the form should be added to the member’s dental records.
RC members must continue to be just as ready as their active component counterparts. U.S. Rep. Gene Taylor of Mississippi summarized the situation, saying, “The insurgents in Iraq don’t differentiate between reserve soldiers and active duty soldiers.”
Since dental readiness continues to be an important measure of over-all mobilization readiness, rapid and periodic treatment can prevent small and minor dental problems from becoming problems that require major or emergency treatment.
PhotobyMC1(SW)BruceCumminsCommanderNavyRegion SouthwestAsia/CommandingOfficerNSABahrainCapt. JohnOberst talkswith IS1WinfreeWoodard, an individual augmentee on tempo-rary additional duty atNSABahrain fromCommanderPatrolReconnaissanceWing11during theNSABahrainMorale,Welfare andRecreation-sponsoredThanksgivingdinnerNov.22 in thediningareaof theFreedomSouq.More than2,000Bahrain servicemembers,DepartmentofDefenseciviliansandtheirinvitedguestsattendedthetraditionalThanksgivingdinner that included turkeyandallthetrimmings.
Thanksgivingin Bahrain
You can’t fight if you can’t bite
HS-5 back from detachment aboard USS Eisenhower
