News | April 3, 2011

940th AMDS dentist promotes during mission

Capt. Vincent Chiappone, 940th Aerospace Medicine Squadron dental officer, was selected for promotion to major while on humanitarian deployment to Belize, Mar. 30. Chiappone and two other 940 AMDS Reservists, Major Michael Dailey and Staff Sgt. Karie Covey, are part of a medical team that deployed Mar. 25 from the 459th Aerospace Medicine Squadron, Joint Base Andrews, Md . The medical readiness training mission, MEDRETE 2011, is offering dental, medical and optometry services to nearly 500 patients a day in rural villages in Belize. (Courtesy photo)