Carol I. Turner

Carol I. Turner
Rear Admiral Carol I. Turner, DC USN (Retired)
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Navy
Years of service	1977-2008
Rank	Rear Admiral (RADM)
Commands held	12th Dental Company, 2nd Dental Battalion, 2nd Force Service Support Group, Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, North Carolina; 1st Dental Battalion, 1st Force Service Support Group/Naval Dental Center, Camp Pendleton, California; National Naval Dental Center in Bethesda, Maryland; Naval Medical Education and Training Command, Bethesda, Maryland
Awards	Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal

Rear Admiral Carol I. Turner served as the Chief of the United States Navy Dental Corps from 2003 to 2007. She served as the commanding officer of the National Naval Dental Center at Bethesda, Maryland.

Rear Admiral Carol Turner graduated, with distinction, from both Purdue University and Indiana University School of Dentistry (1975). Upon completion of dental school, she practiced in Jacksonville, North Carolina until 1977. In September of that year, she was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Navy Dental Corps.

Her first duty assignment was at Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina In May 1979, she was transferred to the USS Vulcan (AR-5), home-ported at Norfolk, Virginia. She served as an assistant dental officer and subsequently as the division officer for the ship’s dental department. Rear Adm. Turner transferred to Naval Dental Center Norfolk in June 1981.

In 1984, she was selected for training and assigned to Naval Postgraduate Dental School, Bethesda, Md., where she completed a residency program in advanced clinical dentistry and the requirements for a master of arts in oral biology. Her next assignment was as Officer-In-Charge of Branch Dental Clinic, Bermuda. Rear Adm. Turner began a tour as a staff officer under the Chief, Navy Dental Corps, in 1988. During her tour at the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, she served as Head of Manpower Resources and subsequently Head of the Logistics Division. In July 1991, she transferred to the Naval War College, Newport, R.I., as a student in the College of Naval Warfare, where she completed a master of arts in national security and strategic studies. After graduation, Rear Adm. Turner reported to Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, as the Commanding Officer of 12th Dental Company, 2nd Dental Battalion, 2nd Force Service Support Group. In 1994, she assumed duties as the Executive Officer of Naval Dental Center Newport, R.I.