{"id":336333,"date":"2024-12-18T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=336333"},"modified":"2024-12-21T09:32:22","modified_gmt":"2024-12-21T09:32:22","slug":"military-medical-merit-inductee-is-1st-from-maine-guard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=336333","title":{"rendered":"Military Medical Merit Inductee is 1st From Maine Guard"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Left to Right: Col. Frederick Looper, commander of the Medical Readiness Unit, Maine Army National Guard; 1st Sgt. Jayme Saucier, first sergeant of the MRU; Lt. Col. Joel Dunn, deputy state surgeon, MEARNG; Col. George Horsley, state surgeon general, Massachusetts Army National Guard; as Dunn becomes the first person in the Maine Army National Guard to be inducted into the Order of Military Medical Merit Dec. 8, 2024 in Bangor, Maine. The order was founded by the commanding general of the U.S. Army Health Services Command in 1982 to recognize excellence and promote fellowship and esprit de corps among Army Medical Department personnel.
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BANGOR, Maine – A small group of Maine Army National Guard members and guests gathered at the Regional Training Institute Dec. 8 to witness Lt. Col. Joel Dunn become the first Maine National Guard member inducted into the Order of Military Medical Merit.<\/p>\n

The order is a private organization founded by the U.S. Army Health Services Command commanding general\u00a0in 1982 to\u00a0recognize\u00a0excellence and promote\u00a0fellowship and esprit de corps among Army Medical Department personnel. Nominees must have a minimum of 15 years of service in the medical field.<\/p>\n

Col. George Horsley, state surgeon general, Massachusetts Army National Guard, and a member of the order, bestowed the honor upon Dunn.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s one of my mentors. I\u2019m proud as a fellow physician\u2019s assistant, fellow state surgeon general and New Englander to come up here and \u2014 not only to be the one to nominate him \u2014 but give him the official order as well.\u201d Horsley said.<\/p>\n

Dunn\u2019s 33 years in the military includes 21 years with the Army Medical Department.<\/p>\n

Dunn has consistently improved the organization and operations of the Maine Army National Guard\u2019s Medical Readiness Unit. He implemented processes that improved medical readiness rates and the capability of the MRU to react efficiently to support training and operations in Maine. Dunn also advocated and influenced the transformation of the MRU. His recruitment, retention and mentorship of highly qualified medical professionals into the organization established a medical team poised to provide a medically ready force to the MEARNG.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt feels good to be recognized.\u201d Dunn said, \u201cWhen I was looking at the requirements, I thought the contributions to the medical field I and the unit was making were comparable to what the order looks for.\u201d<\/p>\n

Horsley said it\u2019s difficult for a member of the National Guard to be inducted because the requirements are typically met while serving in an active-duty capacity.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen it comes to New England, Dunn is a leader in the AMEDD field, and his influence extends to the national level. I think it\u2019s important he be recognized, especially since all he does may not be apparent to everyone,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Left to Right: Col. Frederick Looper, commander of the Medical Readiness Unit, Maine Army National Guard; 1st Sgt. Jayme Saucier, first sergeant of the MRU; Lt. Col. Joel Dunn, deputy state surgeon, MEARNG; Col. George Horsley, state surgeon general, Massachusetts Army National Guard; as Dunn becomes the first person in the Maine Army National Guard […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":528,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-336333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=336333"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":336334,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336333\/revisions\/336334"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=336333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=336333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=336333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}