Army Nurse Corps

GPTKB entity

Statements (44)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military nursing organization
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:ANC
gptkbp:approvedBy gptkb:U.S._Congress
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Bronze_Star_Medal
gptkb:Distinguished_Service_Medal
gptkb:Legion_of_Merit
gptkb:Army_Commendation_Medal
gptkbp:commissionedOfficers yes
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:established 1901
gptkbp:firstAfricanAmericanChief gptkb:Hazel_W._Johnson-Brown
gptkbp:firstChiefJustice gptkb:Dita_H._Kinney
gptkbp:firstFemaleBrigadierGeneral gptkb:Anna_Mae_Hays
gptkbp:gender women and men
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Falls_Church,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Army Nurse Corps
gptkbp:motto Embrace the past – Engage the present – Envision the future
gptkbp:notableEvent first women to receive permanent military rank in U.S. Army
first male nurses commissioned in 1955
integration of African American nurses during WWII
nurses served on the front lines in multiple wars
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Anna_Mae_Hays
gptkb:Hazel_W._Johnson-Brown
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:U.S._Army_Medical_Department
gptkb:U.S._Army_Medical_Department_(AMEDD)
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:primaryMission provide nursing care to soldiers and their families
gptkbp:relatedOrganization gptkb:Navy_Nurse_Corps
gptkb:Air_Force_Nurse_Corps
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Gulf_War
gptkb:Iraq_War
gptkb:Korean_War
gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Afghanistan_War
gptkbp:symbol gold caduceus with the letter N
gptkbp:trainer gptkb:Madigan_Army_Medical_Center
gptkb:Walter_Reed_Army_Medical_Center
gptkb:Brooke_Army_Medical_Center
gptkbp:type gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:website https://armynursecorps.amedd.army.mil/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Navy_Nurse_Corps
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4