1st Dental Battalion

Mission

1st Dental Battalion ensures operational readiness by providing quality dental healthcare to warfighters on a global level.

Vision

We will be the most modern, integrated, trained, and fully-ready expeditionary Dental Battalion; employing the skills of a highly capable staff providing quality, technologically innovative care while maximizing partnerships to achieve high-reliability in ensuring Operational Readiness and Dental Health for our beneficiaries.

1st Dental Battalion Leaders

Commanding Officer 1st Dental Battalion

CAPT Gregory L. Koontz

Captain Koontz, a native of Elk Grove Village, IL, attended Jacksonville University on a Navy ROTC scholarship, graduating in 1990 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mathematics. Commissioned as an Ensign in the Navy Supply Corps, he reported to the USS SCOTT (DDG-995) homeported in Norfolk, VA...

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Command Senior Chief 1st Dental Battalion

CMDCS Zachary D. Hough

Command Senior Chief Zachary D. Hough, a native of Mannford, Oklahoma, enlisted in the Navy under the Delayed Entry Program in April of 1999. After attending basic training in Great Lakes, Illinois, he reported to Gunners Mate “A” school in Great Lakes, Illinois.Senior Chief Hough’s first tour was...

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