[2] Turner's first duty assignment was at Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

[2] In 1984, Turner was selected for training and assigned to Naval Postgraduate Dental School, Bethesda, Maryland, where she completed a residency program in advanced clinical dentistry and the requirements for a master of arts in oral biology.

In 1994, she assumed duties as the executive officer of Naval Dental Center Newport, Rhode Island.

She was assigned to the Naval Postgraduate Dental School, Bethesda, Maryland., where she completed a residency program in advanced clinical dentistry and the requirements for a master of arts in oral biology.

[2] ^Note 1 : Elaine C. Wagner, the 36th Chief of the United States Navy Dental Corps, is also an alumnus of the Indiana University School of Dentistry.