- The Camp Lejeune, NC, Dental Officer Mission has now concluded. Over the last 4 months, 21 dental officers deployed
to support the needs of the Marines and sailors of the Second Marine Expeditionary Force deploying from Camp Lejeune to Iraq.
- Tropical Storm Irene. In August, 18 officers were ready to deploy on a SERT (Secretary’s Emergency Response Team). The team
stood down since no action was required for the storm.
- The Raven Wedge Exercise was held in rural Maryland at Camp Fretterd, 8 through 17 August 2005. An officer of the Commissioned
Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service (Corps) was the Operations Commander of the exercise, and 27 other Corps officers worked
alongside state Air Guard units, the U.S. Army, and the U.S. Air Force. The event featured 6 days of intense training followed by a
3-day field exercise complete with a state of the art field medical unit, patient simulators, and a telemedicine component.
Readiness
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As we approach the 1 October 2005 deadline for our report to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), please take a moment to be sure your
Office of Force Readiness and Deployment (OFRD) information is current - http://ccrf.hhs.gov/ccrf/. Requirements such as Basic Life
Support certification, professional licensure, fitness, 10 years tetanus/diphtheria, PPD (TB test), and 5-year physical need to be
updated on a routine basis. It is very important that we are able to maximize our readiness status report for OMB, so please make
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Training
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- OFRD will hold a Response Leadership Training (RLT) course for 30 officers who have previously deployed with OFRD. This
premier course will train officers how to be effective leaders while on a field deployment. These officers will be utilized as
leaders for future deployments.
- OFRD will send five officers to the Medical Management of Chemical and Biological Casualties (MMCBC) course at Ft. Detrick, MD,
and Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD. This course will train officers on how to effectively treat and manage chemical and biological
casualties in an austere field environment.
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