Gigi Theocharides:  

Life After high school I attended Norfolk State University where I majored in Business Administration with an emphasis in Marketing. I got married at 26 and before divorcing reached a maximum weight of 265. After divorcing, I lost 90 pounds and entered the US Army. You know it�s weird; I would have never thought I would be the one to join the Army but I did. I only planned to stay in a few years and pay off school loans but it turns out, it was fun and I liked the travel and working with patients in a hospital setting. To find out more, check out my other pages. Military I enlisted in the United States Army in October of 1994 and completed my basic training at Ft. Jackson, SC. I then went on to attain the AMEDD designation of 91E, dental specialist, at Ft. Sam Houston in February of 1995. My first duty station was USA DENTAC, Landstuhl, Germany where I served as a preventive dentistry specialist. During my tour, I deployed to Camp Doha, Kuwait in 1997 were I provided preventive dentistry and oral hygiene instruction to a patient base of over 13,000 Soldiers sailors, air force and marines as well as civilians and third country nationals. Additionally, I served as the Kaiserslautern BOSS president as well as a member of the color guard, singing the American and German National Anthems at official functions. I competed in the 1999-2000 Battle of the Bands where I won Best of Show and Female Vocalist of the Year as well as performing at the International Jazz Festival at Sea and toured with the Ron Ringwood Singers and featuring with the Jazz quartet, Softnote. I also competed and won two soldier of the quarter competitions and, NCO of the quarter and NCO of the Year, 2001 for the Landstuhl DENTAC. I then went on to USA DENTAC, Ft. Bragg, NC where I served as ANCOIC of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Service and Supply NCO and in May of 2002, I volunteered and deployed to Camp Doha, Kuwait in support of Operation Enduring Freedom were I further deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan for medical support missions. I served as NCOIC of preventive dentistry and sang at various official functio...Expand for more