Our simulation programs for DoD and VA dental teams have benefitted numerous dental professionals across the country. These simulation programs provide a framework for the prevention, assessment, and management of medical emergencies and adverse events. Training dental teams to not only prepare for and prevent these situations but also how to handle them if they do occur, creates a comprehensive culture of safety. It allows dental professionals to safely practice critical decision making in high stress, low resource settings. The curriculum includes training teams in systems probing, process evaluation, and identification and mitigation of latent safety threats. Learners are trained by an interprofessional team, learning skills such as roles and resource allocation, closed loop communication, and debriefing. DoD and VA team members who train together gain valuable insights into each others’ roles and organizations. They teach each other about the unique rewards and challenges of providing healthcare to military service members and veterans. Active duty and reservists learn about the VA and realize that the VA is ready to welcome them as veteran patients and colleagues when they retire from their military service. VA staff gain a better understanding of the veteran patients they serve when they train alongside their military colleagues. Joint training in each other’s clinical environments allows for sharing of best practices. It teaches dental teams to better serve and communicate with patients and staff across the DoD and VA to create new partnerships and opportunities for personal and professional growth. Sustainment of these programs hinges on inspiring learners to become dental simulation educators at their clinical facilities who can continue to provide simulation experiences to their team and further develop local collaborations. Increasing DoD and VA collaboration through joint emergency preparedness training programs for dental teams has many benefits. It improves the readiness of dental professionals and enhances the safe delivery of patient care across DoD and VA sites. This helps us build a ready medical force and leads to increased staff engagement in maintaining the readiness of our own teams. Providing in house simulation training and developing our own dental staff as simulation educators saves the DoD and VA time and money because they do not have to pay for their dental staff to obtain continuing education outside of our healthcare systems. Furthermore, these programs are designed to specifically meet the unique needs of our teams, the environments in which we serve, and the patients whom we treat.