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Psychiatric and mental health nurses in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps employing groundbreaking protocols and treatments in psychiatric issues to address the unique challenges that our service men and women face, [1] more commonly post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injuries. [2]
Lozano was one of the first Puerto Rican women to become a United States Army officer. [2] [6] According to retired Lt. Col. Marilla Cushman of the Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation, "She is certainly a pioneer for Puerto Rican women, one of the first 13 to be commissioned into the Army Nurse Corps.
While on scholarship, the financial expenses of tuition, certain academic fees, a monthly taxable stipend of ~$2,500, mandatory books and equipment, certain licensing exam fees (e.g., the USMLE Step 1), and a laptop rental [4] are paid by the student's sponsoring service. A $20,000 taxable signing bonus is also offered by each branch.
A History of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps (U of Pennsylvania Press, 1999), the standard scholarly history; Threat, Charissa J. Nursing Civil Rights: Gender and Race in the Army Nurse Corps. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2015. Tomblin, Barbara Brooks. G.I. Nightingales: The Army Nurse Corps in World War II (2004) 272 pages excerpt and ...
As of Wednesday, 143 women have graduated from the US Army Ranger Course, also called Ranger School, since the first women graduated in 2015, the Army told CNN.
The school underwent various name changes and restructuring over the years; incorporating the diverse medical functional areas of the Army Medical Department (AMEDD) along the way. One significant change was on 10 December 1972, when the Secretary of the Army, Robert F. Froehlke re-designated the school to the Academy of Health Sciences.
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The United States Army began a systematic, 16-week program to train individual Soldiers when it entered World War I in 1917. [8] The Army established more than 30 training camps to prepare state troops and new recruits. [9] Due to the urgent need to aid France, training was more focused on mobilization than combat training. [10]