Navy Nurses

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military nursing corps
gptkbp:admitMen 1965
gptkbp:admitWomen 1908
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Navy_Nurse_Corps
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Distinguished_Service_Medal
gptkb:Legion_of_Merit
gptkb:Navy_Cross
gptkb:Purple_Heart
gptkb:Bronze_Star
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:employs nurse anesthetists
nurse practitioners
registered nurses
nurse midwives
gptkbp:established 1908
gptkbp:firstAfricanAmericanMember gptkb:Edith_DeVoe
gptkbp:firstAsianAmericanMember gptkb:Rose_Franco
gptkbp:firstMaleMember gptkb:George_M._Silver
gptkbp:firstSuperintendent gptkb:Esther_Voorhees_Hasson
gptkbp:gender originally all female
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Bethesda,_Maryland
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Navy Nurses
gptkbp:motto Caring for America's Heroes
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Edith_DeVoe
gptkb:Lenah_Higbee
gptkb:Ann_Agnes_Bernatitus
gptkbp:numberOfMembers over 4,000 (as of 2020)
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Bureau_of_Medicine_and_Surgery
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:role provide medical care to Navy personnel
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:serveOn aircraft carriers
hospital ships
field hospitals
combat support hospitals
naval hospitals
submarines (since 2022)
gptkbp:symbol oak leaf insignia
gptkbp:trainer gptkb:Naval_Medical_Center_Portsmouth
gptkb:Naval_Medical_Center_San_Diego
gptkb:Walter_Reed_National_Military_Medical_Center
gptkbp:uniform distinctive white uniform
gptkbp:website https://www.navy.com/careers/nurse
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:U.S._Navy_Nurse_Corps
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6