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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jan Michael Cancio, 81st Dental Squadron dental lab flight chief, briefs Col. Billy Pope, 81st Training Wing commander, on dental lab equipment during the 81st Medical Group Immersion Tour inside the Keesler Medical Center at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, April 3, 2023. The 81st DS is home to approximately 11 dental officers who undergo training in either a one-year Advanced Education in General Dentistry, General Practice Residency, 2-year Endodontic residency program, or Fellowship program in implant dentistry. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Andre' Askew) Dentures False Teeth

U.S. Air Force Maj. Michael Struthers, 81st Dental Squadron dental residency program deputy director, briefs Col. Billy Pope, 81st Training Wing commander, on dental lab equipment during the 81st Medical Group Immersion Tour inside the Keesler Medical Center at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, April 3, 2023. The 81st DS provides complete dental care for all active-duty military personnel assigned to Keesler and is a major referral and consultant center for active-duty personnel assigned to other military organizations in the local area with all dental specialties represented. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Andre' Askew)

U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Michelle Mickens, 81st Surgical Operations Squadron flight chief, gives a pair of surgical scrubs to Col. Billy Pope, 81st Training Wing commander, during the 81st Medical Group Immersion Tour inside the Keesler Medical Center at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, April 3, 2023. The 81st SGCS is one of seven squadrons under the 81st Medical Group and boasts the motto medicari cum scalpro, meaning "to be treated with scalpel". (U.S. Air Force Photo by Andre' Askew)

High Temperature Heating Element U.S. Air Force Col. Billy Pope, 81st Training Wing commander, operates the Da Vinci Xi during the 81st Medical Group Immersion Tour inside the Keesler Medical Center at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, April 3, 2023. The machine is used in robotic surgery as a part of Keesler's InDORSE program, which has trained military surgical teams across the Department of Defense and Department of Veteran Affairs since March of 2017. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Andre' Askew)