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Douglas Perez was born April 9th 1969 in Manhattan, New York City. In June of 1987 he graduated from Paul VI High school and enlisted in the Navy attending boot camp in San Diego California. For the next ten years he served on a ship and two shore commands where he became interested in the equipment side of the medical field. In January of 1997 he graduated from Dental Equipment Repair school and transferred to Norfolk, Virginia where he performed installation and maintenance of medical and dental equipment to include x-ray for 10 health facilities and numerous medical and dental departments located on naval vessels. In October of 2000 he transferred to Field Medical Service School Camp Johnson NC. Upon graduating from FMSS he transferred to 2nd FSSG, Camp Lejeune North Carolina, where he advanced to the rank of Chief. There he managed the budget and daily activities of running an equipment repair department. In March 2003 he was transferred to Naval Hospital Bethesda MD. There he served as the Chief of the Repair, Facilities and Supply department, where he managed a 3.5 million dollar budget for a major military dental facility to include 11 clinics, staffed with over 350 personnel, providing equipment repair support, supervising 6 repairman, servicing 11 military health facilities. On October of 2004 he was offered a Staff position at the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Providing technical support for the procurement, delivery and installation of medical and dental equipment on all major health facilities constructed Navy-wide. In the fall of 2006 Chief Perez completed his Bachelors of Science degree at Excelsior College in Albany New York and in 2007, after 7 duty stations, 1 ship, 1 Fleet Marine Force, and 3 Schools, he completed his twenty year Naval career.