JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Feb. 5, 2025) - The Army Nurse Corps held its annual Senior Leader Forum at Joint Base San Antonio on Jan. 28-31, 2025. Senior nurse executives from across Army ...

The U.S. Army Nurse Corps established by Congress in1901, has a long history of excellence and commitment in caring for America’s heroes. To learn more about the Army Nurse Corps visit https ...

Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who battled racial discrimination in a barrier-breaking career as a military nurse, serving as the first African American in the regular Army Nurse Corps and later caring ...

LC State also works with the Air Force‘s Nurse Enlisted Commissioning Program and the Navy’s Medical Enlisted Commissioning Program, giving those enlisted personnel the same opportunities as the ...

Nancy Leftenant-Colon, the first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s, has died at the age of 104. She passed away earlier this month at a ...

(AP) — The first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s has died. She was 104. Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who retired as a major and died ...

Leftenant-Colon joined the U.S. Army Nurse Corps in February 1948 ... not allowed to eat in whites-only restaurants, even in her uniform. When she was traveling through one Southern city, a ...

Nancy Leftenant-Colon, the first Black woman in the US Army Nurse Corps post-desegregation, broke racial barriers through military service, inspiring others with humility and a legacy of leadership.

The process began Friday when a small convoy with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers surveyed a swath of charred properties along the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu. Debris cleanup for the roughly ...

In 1945, she was accepted into the Army Nurse Corps as a reservist with the rank of second lieutenant. She rose to the rank of first lieutenant in just 11 months. In 1946, she was assigned to the ...

and forced disappearances—perceive military uniforms negatively. “Such attire does not foster a conducive environment in the People’s Parliament. Moreover, representatives of the army in ...