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Each year, thousands of teens and young people get hurt on the sports field, the basketball court, or while skateboarding, biking, weightlifting. Blows to the face in nearly every sport can injure your teeth, lips, cheeks and tongue.
A properly fitted mouth guard, or mouth protector, is an important piece of athletic gear that can protect your teeth and smile. You may have seen them used in contact sports, such as football, boxing, ice hockey, lacrosse and women’s field hockey.

The Food and Drug Administration is urging consumers to carefully read the labels of liquid acetaminophen marketed for infants to avoid giving the wrong dose to their children.
A less concentrated form of the popular medication is now available, and giving the wrong dose of acetaminophen can cause the medication to be ineffective if too little is given or cause serious side effects and, possibly, death if too much is given.
In an attempt to reduce the confusion over different strengths that have been blamed for past overdoses, some manufacturers are voluntarily offering only the less concentrated version for all children.

For a sense of what’s ahead for combat rations, check out offerings at one of the many sit-down chain restaurants that have sprung up like mushrooms around the country and outside many military bases.
Food scientists at the Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center near Boston look to Applebee’s, TGI Friday’s and other popular chain eateries for inspiration in their quest to provide warfighters the kind of food they’d seek out at home if they weren’t deployed, explained Jeremy Whitsitt, technology integration analyst for the center’s Department of Defense combat feeding directorate.

University of Kansas Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little — the university’s first woman and first African-American chancellor — will deliver the keynote speech at Fort Leavenworth’s Black History Month luncheon Feb. 9.
This year’s theme is Black Women in American Culture and History.

Non-Department of Defense personnel who require a DoD Common Access Card must be sponsored by a Contractor Verification System trusted agent under new rules being implemented DoD-wide.

Retired Army Chaplain (Col.) James Shaw speaks about the importance of prayer during the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth National Prayer Breakfast Jan. 31 at the Frontier Chapel. The prayer breakfast was sponsored by the 15th Military Police Brigade Unit Ministry Team. Shaw was asked by his son, Combined Arms Center Command Chaplain (Col.) Jonathan Shaw, to speak about his experiences with prayer during his 35 years of federal service, including 24 years on active duty as a U.S. Army chaplain and his 11 years in Washington, D.C., as the endorsing agent to the Department of Defense for the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.

All-hands meetings for all Installation Management Command personnel are at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Feb. 7 at the Frontier Conference Center. Personnel only need to attend one session.
Shuttle bus services will be provided from the Adjutant General building at 861 McClellan Ave., the Directorate of Logistics and Public Works vehicle maintenance building at 811 McClellan Ave., the Garrison Headquarters at 290 Grant Ave., and the Transportation Office/Resiliency Center at 450 Pope Ave.
For the morning session, buses will depart AG at 9:05 and 9:30 a.m.; Vehicle Maintenance at 9:10 and 9:35a.m.; the Garrison Headquarters at 9:15 and 9:40 a.m.; and Transportation at 9:20 and 9:50 a.m.
For the afternoon session, buses will depart AG at 12:35 and 1 p.m.; Vehicle Maintenance at 12:40 and 1:20 p.m.; the Garrison Headquarters at 12:45 and 1:15 p.m.; and Transportation at 12:50 and 1:20 p.m.
Buses will make return trips following the meetings.

An Army report released in December concluded that the Master Resilience Training aspect of Comprehensive Soldier Fitness is working.
Now, Comprehensive Soldier Fitness Director Brig. Gen. Jim Pasquarette is trying to get the word out about how important and effective the training is.
Pasquarette spoke to Soldiers and spouses attending the Pre-Command Course at the School for Command Preparation at Fort Leavenworth Jan. 26. PCC is a preparation course for brigade- and battalion-level commanders and command sergeants major. Pasquarette said he was trying to help them understand what CSF is and what MRT can do for them.

The $50 billion military health system will plan for its future by slowing the growth rate of health care costs, strengthening partnerships and focusing on prevention, primary care and chronic disease management, the Defense Department’s top health official said this morning.
Dr. Jonathan Woodson, assistant secretary of Defense for Health Affairs and director of the TRICARE Management Activity, addressed some of the 3,000 attendees at the 2012 Military Health System Conference here.

The Defense Department and the Army said goodbye Jan. 31 to a general known for his leadership and his innovation, but who may be best remembered for his focus on advancing brain injury treatment and mental health care.
Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, were among hundreds who gathered Jan. 31 at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall’s Summerall Field to celebrate the career of Army Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli, Army vice chief of staff, as he retired following 40 years of service.

Bees are very social creatures that depend on each other for survival, said beekeeper Paula Owen, and humans can learn a lot from them.
“One-third of everything we eat is directly related to honeybees, so they’re pretty important,” she told students at Eisenhower Elementary School.
Owen and hundreds of other presenters visited Eisenhower Jan. 27 for Kansas Day. The day, which celebrates the day that Kansas was founded as a state on Jan. 29, is organized each year by school counselor Debbie Sack. Sack gets help from local organizations, farmers and parent volunteers who work to make the day a special learning experience for the children.

Dr. Bridget Cantrell likes to begin her seminars about mental health surrounding deployments with a quote from David O. McKay: “The greatest battles of life are fought out daily in the silent chambers of the soul.”
Cantrell, a licensed therapist in the state of Washington, has written several books on recovery from post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury. Her most recent book is “Souls Under Siege: The Effects of Multiple Troop Deployments — and How to Weather the Storm.” Cantrell has a doctorate of philosophy in clinical psychology, works as a private mental health provider and also runs a nonprofit group, Hearts Toward Home International. Through her nonprofit, Cantrell conducts mental health awareness seminars throughout the military.

The 40th Military Police Internment and Resettlement Battalion welcomed a new commander Jan. 26.
Lt. Col. Bob Willis Jr. replaced Lt. Col. Erica Nelson, who recently returned from a yearlong Iraq deployment with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 40th MP I/R Battalion. Nelson has been battalion commander for two and a half years, beginning when it was stood up in 2009. The battalion’s stateside mission is care and custody of inmates and operations of the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks.

Wayne Grigsby Jr. said the story of him becoming a general officer in the Army isn’t just about himself.
It’s the story of two Soldiers who approached him after a 100-hour firefight during Operation Desert Storm, thanking him for his leadership. It’s the story of his wife, Cynthia, a Panama City native who barely spoke English when they met, but supported him through 27 years of marriage. It’s the story of Spc. Kyle Little and Sgt. Blake Stephens, killed in Iraq in 2007 by an improvised explosive device while escorting Grigsby through Salman Pak, 18 miles south of Baghdad. It’s also the story of Grigsby’s faith.

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