Navy Cmdr. Glenn Pete Bradford s COVID-19 vaccination mission exemplifies the Navy s unofficial mottos of Always courageous and Not for self but for country.
As a nurse, Bradford serves with Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Jacksonville and Naval Hospital Jacksonville, Florida, and is one of 139 service members assigned to Task Force Southeast - Jacksonville. The task force is the primary Department of Defense support organization for the Federal Emergency Management Agency s response to COVID-19 in the region. He is the assistant officer in charge of the mission.
The vaccination hub – chosen by FEMA and the state because it is a medically underserved area – is in the parking lot of a mall in northern Jacksonville, Bradford said.
Military nursing is an ever-evolving profession. Since the 1700s there have been nurses in the United States military, tending to the injured and providing comfort to those in their care.
Within the Nurse Corps, responsibilities can range from serving as a practicing clinician to a health care administrator. Nurses are often asked to handle a wide variety of non-nursing tasks while still maintaining their clinical skills.
For Army Col. Vince Myers, an Army nurse serving as the chief of staff for the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, this diversity and flexibility is what makes nurses a critical element of the medical team.
VSU 2021 Graduates say goodbye to VSU
May 5, 2021
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Yet another class of graduating seniors will be crossing the stage at Bazemore-Hyder Stadium to receive their degrees on May 7 and 8. Here are just a few out of the many graduates.
Jenna Becton, Bachelors of Science Degree with a Major in Biology from Hahira, Georgia
“Planning to go to Veterinary school to become a veterinarian. I will miss all my friends that I have made in my sorority, Alpha Sigma Alpha, and I will miss leading and participating in the pre-veterinary club.”
Chadaria Cochran, B.S. Health Science from Perry, Georgia
“I am going on a mission’s trip to Alaska for the entire summer through my organization on campus- Baptist Collegiate Ministry (BCM). Upon returning, I plan on enlisting in the U.S Airforce pursuing a career in Health Services. I will definitely miss the beautiful campus, the palm trees, and the fun/FREE events held for students.”
May 4, 2021
MARQUETTE / MUNISING, MI – Barbara G. Carberry, age 94, of Marquette and Munising, died Saturday morning, April 24, 2021, at Medilodge in Munising, after living a long and independent, productive, and satisfying life.
Born in Munising on June 8, 1926, to Elson and Madeline (Weir) Carberry. Barbara Carberry graduated in the Class of 1944 at the Wm. G. Mather High School. She completed Registered Nurse training from the St. Joseph School of Nursing, in Bloomington, Illinois, in 1949. After working two years at the Munising Hospital, she entered into the U.S. Army Nurse Corps at as Second Lieutenant in 1951. Her career in the Army included completing basic training at San Antonio and serving three years in Hawaii. Barbara was honorably discharged from the Army as a First Lieutenant.
Historic promotion: Utah National Guard will appoint first female brigadier general
Col. Charlene Dalto is expecting a big promotion on Saturday.
She ll become the first woman ever to rise to the rank of brigadier general in the Utah Army National Guard, and become commander of the Land Component Command.
Dalto has served in the military for more than 38 years. She s a registered nurse with Intermountain Healthcare who lives in Farmington.
After 20 years in the Army, Dalto was promoted to the rank of master sergeant before she was commissioned to the U.S. Army Nurse Corps, where she was an officer for 18 years. She deployed overseas to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm in 1990.