Executive Officer

 

 

Captain Robin Bennett hails from Milwaukee, Wisconsin and stayed close to her hometown while attending the University of Wisconsin – Parkside (Kenosha, WI) with a major in biology and minor in chemistry and while completing professional education at Marquette University School of Dentistry (Milwaukee, WI).  During dental school, she entered naval service as a recipient of the Health Professions Scholarship and was commissioned upon graduation in May of 2006.
 
To begin her career, she reported to what was then Naval Health Center, Great Lakes, Illinois to complete an Advanced Education in General Dentistry Program before accepting her first Department Head tour at sea, onboard USS CARTER HALL (LSD-50) in July 2007.  As ship’s company, she participated in an anti-piracy deployment off the Horn of Africa and another deployment to provide oil platform defense in the Northern Arabian Gulf.  Two years later she became the Oral Diagnosis Department Head at Sewell’s Point, Branch Dental Clinic, Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia.  In 2011, she was selected as an Individual Augmentee and Dental Department Head in Camp Buehring as a part of Expeditionary Medical Facility, Kuwait.  Upon return to Naval Station Norfolk, 11 months later, she resumed her role as Department Head and was awarded Junior Dental Officer of the Year for Naval Medical Center Portsmouth. 
 
In 2013, she returned to the fleet as Dental Department Head onboard USS WASP (LHD-1) which was then the test platform for Joint Strike Fighter Operations.  In 2015 she received orders to United States Naval Hospital Naples, Italy and was selected to be Department Head of General Dentistry.  Captain Bennett transferred to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Great Lakes where she led restorative services on Recruit Training Command at USS OSBORNE Branch Dental Clinic and was later appointed Department Head, Fisher Branch Dental Clinic on Naval Station Great Lakes. 

Captain Bennett reported for a Milestone position as Chief Dental Officer and Director, Dental Services at Naval Medicine Readiness and Training Command, Lemoore.  She was selected for a unique opportunity to remain in Lemoore and is now excited to expand her leadership influence as the Command’s Executive Officer.
 
Captain Bennett is Surface Warfare Medical Department Officer Qualified.  Her military decorations and awards include the Meritorious Service Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with three gold stars, and Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal.