thanx for hanging my story last time. So As I read these of course they re from the US side Remember your sisters of the other side I'll use vietnam as an example the north viet nam nurse was working on the sam level as navy danang wonderiimg about what the future of there patient was gonna And if they might be lying on the table next Now back in ww1 a story unfolded that if two groups were shooting at each other, at tea time they'd quit climb out of there trenches and get together in the ... Read More ››

I've read a bit of several of your Stories a nd sense ptsd there come over to I of my field sites Amtrac.org the site of 1st amtrac bn rvn 67 -69 Every thing you gone through we been there and done that plus more Ck out the pics Read the guest book If you want to sign in don't just write a note to post and email to gene@amtrac.org saying you'd like to coomment but not post your email address he'll post from his end Say Mort Bob say the site has some trees needing to be hacked down in ro... Read More ››

I've read a bit of several of your Stories a nd sense ptsd there come over to I of my field sites Amtrac.org the site of 1st amtrac bn rvn 67 -69 Every thing you gone through we been there and done that plus more Ck out the pics Read the guest book If you want to sign in don't just write a note to post and email to gene@amtrac.org saying you'd like to coomment but not post your email address he'll post from his end Say Mort Bob say the site has some trees needing to be hacked down in ro... Read More ››

To The Censors/editors Im not to concerned if you put it online or not. Yer reading it anyway Now Girls You'll know your a united states miliyary nurse,A. when your walking the walk ,and another girl says what are those Wins of Gold Alloy (loyal) about? If hers don't look like yours Say those Of Air Crash Crew Post H SEE the edgemond cayion here The HM's Never considered yhemselves as any thing other than , well Hospitality men!!! Thousands of boys and girls sign in the mil for what to ... Read More ››

the sound of a someone's cell phone ring sounds like incoming rocket alarm and you have to stop yourself from diving onto the floor to take cover. Every young man amputee you see once home from deployment you look at really hard trying to remember if they were one of the ones you saw while you were "in country." You compare war stories with your coworkers and everyone has the same ones. You can make a tourniquet with a scrap of ripped material and a sharpie marker. You've had to reassure a confu... Read More ››

...you have a 19 year-old US Marine with an above-the-knee amputation in one room and an Afghani terrorist with an abdominal gunshot wound in another... and you STILL provide your same high-quality nursing care to both individuals. Read More ››

...it's zero dark early in the morning sitting in a portable tent hospital that has no running water, gas generators that loose power in a matter of seconds, and beds that are filled with wounded soldiers awaiting air transportation to Germany for medical treatment. Without all the amenities of even the worst hotel accomidations, your patients cannot thank you enough for the simpliest act of kindness. This is where I learned that the power of being a great nurse is just "being there" for your pa... Read More ››

You'll know you're a military nurse when at the end of your career and after retirement you have time to step back and look at at the past 20 or so years and fully realize the path your nursing career has taken you. You started out as a brand new 2Lt, still wet behind the ears, and proud as a peacock to be wearing an Air Force nursing uniform. Little did I realize then that over the next 17 years I would learn, see, and accomplish things that I had never even begun to visualize for my life. I... Read More ››