Photo By Spc. Charles Thompson | Maj. Michael R. Mansell, D.D., assigned to the 561st Medical Company in Grafenwoehr,...... read more read more
MIHAIL KOGALNICEANU, Romania — An East Amherst, N.Y., native in the U.S. Army is spending his summer in Romania and Bulgaria as a dentist helping Romanian and Bulgarian citizens as part of a Department of Defense-funded humanitarian civil assistance project.
U.S. Army Maj. Michael R. Mansell, D.D., 34, an Army comprehensive dentist assigned to the 561st Medical Company in Grafenwoehr, Germany, is on a two-month tour in Eastern Europe providing dental screenings and referrals to Romanian and Bulgarian locals in a number of villages.
"The Romanians have been very interested in how we do our dental work, said Mansell. "The exchange of knowledge has been beneficial on both parts."
Mansell is taking part of operations related to Joint Task Force-East, a bi-lateral (U.S.-Romanian and U.S.-Bulgarian) U.S. Army Europe mission where U.S. forces are training side-by-side with their host-nation military partners. This HCA mission is a part of the operations in these two countries designed to build relations and facilitate regional theater security cooperation.
The HCA team, consisting of Romanian (and Bulgarian when they are in Bulgaria) military and civilian and U.S. service members, are providing medical, dental and optometry screenings, health education classes, and community health assessments for 18 small villages in Romania and Bulgaria between now and October. As a dentist, Mansell provides dental screenings and referrals for treatment to local Romanian citizens.
Mansell is a 1992 graduate of Williamsville North High School, in Williamsville, N.Y., a 1996 graduate of West Point Military Academy and a 2005 graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine. His parents, Roy and Carolyn Mansell and other extended family members still reside in the East Amherst area.
| Date Taken: | 09.08.2009 |
| Date Posted: | 09.08.2009 04:03 |
| Story ID: | 38448 |
| Location: | MIHAIL KOGALNICEANU, RO |
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