With her Family’s support, Absher applied for and was selected for a direct commission into the Army Nurse Corps. Returning to BJACH in uniform gave her the opportunity to continue serving a ...

Officer candidates of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps start off their day with a calisthenics drill wearing fatigue uniforms at Fort Des Moines on Aug. 8, 1942. (AP) Perspective by Einav ...

In 1948, she became the first Black woman in the regular Army Nurse Corps. ... standing proud in her starched white uniform, ...

About 7,000 U.S. women served overseas as nurses during the Vietnam War. These veterans are working to ensure their contributions are honored on Veterans Day 2024.

A bespoke military tailor based at Sandhurst Academy, says UK supply chains in the textile industry are becoming ...

In 1940, under growing social and political pressure, President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized the enlistment of Black aviators in the Army Air Corps. From 1941 until 1946, about 1,000 men were ...

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Now 102, Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who later switched from the Army to the newly formed U.S. Air Force, attaining the rank of major, was the first Black nurse to be commissioned into the regular U.S ...

There are approximately 16,000 soldiers a year who need maternity uniform items, the Army said in a 2021 statement. ... and a nursing T-shirt are available in limited quantities.

The Nurse Honor Guard, part of the National Nurses Honor Guard Coalition, has over 250 chapters across the country. Tampa Bay’s chapter, founded in 2020, consists of volunteers who are active ...