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Nurses assigned to Michaud Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF) pose for a photo in honor of National Nurses Week and the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps 112th birthday at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti May 5, 2020. National Nurses Week is celebrated May 6 to May 12, the birthday of Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), the founder of modern nursing. The Navy Nurse Corps was created May 13, 1908, when President Theodore Roosevelt signed the Naval Appropriations Bill. Today, there more than 4,000 active and reserve nurses in the Navy filling roles in 17 different specialties. Pictured left to right are: U.S Air Force Capt. Angel Nwankwo, 449th Air Expeditionary Group aeromedical evacuation liaison nurse officer; U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jackie Hill, Task Force Guardian combat medic and a civilian nurse; and from U.S. Navy, Capt. Paul Allen, EMF officer in charge and nurse practitioner; Lt. Jared Lacamiento, operating room nurse; Lt. Cmdr. William Robertson, nurse practitioner; Lt. Cmdr. Donna Hobbs, operating room nurse; Lt. Kelsey Mikkelson, medical-surgical nurse; and Lt. Melissa Quinones, emergency room nurse. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Daniel Gage)
| Date Taken: | 05.05.2020 |
| Date Posted: | 05.06.2020 11:37 |
| Photo ID: | 6200116 |
| VIRIN: | 200505-F-QJ135-0002 |
| Resolution: | 4897x3265 |
| Size: | 2.69 MB |
| Location: | CAMP LEMONNIER, DJ |
| Web Views: | 75 |
| Downloads: | 9 |
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