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Deyanira Cabrera (b. 1968), of Aguadulce, Panama, served as a dental assistant with the United States Army from 1996-2002. Deyanira Cabrera was born 7 June 1968 in Aguadulce, Panama. She went to college at Panama University and earned a degree in Architectural Drawing. She married and moved to the United States. Cabrera's first encounter with the military was with the American Red Cross. At the time Cabrera was back in Panama on Fort Clayton, as her husban, who was in the U.S. Army, had a permanent change of station to Panama, and she took courses with American Red Cross for Dental Assistants. While finishing this course she applied to the U.S army to be a dental assistant. Cabrera went to basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri and was then assigned to Fort Bragg, North Carolina in 1996. While Cabrera was at Fort Bragg, she worked with DENTAC as a dental assistant where she was responsible for dental readiness and exams for service members to ready them for combat assignments. Later Cabrera got a promotion to corporal and became an assistant to the officer in charge where she would help run reports. While doing this she got a special duty assignment for two weeks in Puerto Rico with the 3rd Special Forces Group. In Puerto Rico she helped with translating for doctors and providing dental care. In 2002 Cabrera left the army and continued with her education. While in the military she went to Fayetteville Technical Community College and earned and associate degree in general education. Then she went to Campbell University to pursue a major in Applied Science with a minor in Criminal Justice, finishing the degree after her army stint. After finishing her Bachelor's Degree, Cabrera also earned a Masters Degree in Management leadership and another degree with Humans Resources Development at Webster University.