Pak looks forward to continue providing service to the wonderful community of Turlock and the surrounding areas in the field of oral & maxillofacial surgery. He is married to Meiluen and together they have a daughter, Monique, and son, Tai Yong. Pak has been in private practice in Turlock. Commander Pak separated from the Navy with an honorable discharge from the Navy after serving 12 wonderful years. Pak’s last tour was at Naval Dental Center Southwest, in San Diego as Department Head and Command Consultant of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. This included support in Operation Enduring Freedom (air operations in Afghanistan), Operation Southern Watch (enforcing the no-fly zone in Iraq), and Operation Iraqi Freedom (Iraqi war). Pak served as the oral & maxillofacial surgeon for the Abraham Lincoln battle group which included seven ships. SAN DIEGO The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group departed on a regularly scheduled deployment Monday in support of global maritime security operations. After nine months of training and practice, the USS Abraham Lincoln left NAS North. In 2001 Lieutenant Commander Pak graduated and was called to serve as the ship’s oral and maxillofacial surgeon and Assistant Dental Department Head on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln CVN 72 based out of Everett Washington. The Lincoln is the centerpiece for the strike group, which comprises six ships and 75,000 Sailors and Marines. His scope of training included dentoalveolar surgery, implants, orthognathic surgery, pathology, trauma, reconstruction, and cosmetics. Pak entered residency in oral and maxillofacial surgery at Balboa Naval Hospital, San Diego in 1997. After commissioning the ship in Pascagoula Mississippi, he along with the crew of 1400 sailed through the Panama Canal to homeport in San Diego. Pak had the privileged to be the first Dental Officer and Department Head to the brand new amphibious ship USS Boxer LHD 4. The first assignment after residency, Dr. After learning how to salute and march Lieutenant Pak went into residency in Advanced Education in General Dentistry in San Diego and graduated in 1994.
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