The Defense Health Agency celebrated nurses during a National Nurses Week event held May 10, 2024, at DHA headquarters in Falls Church, Virginia.

U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Tanya Johnson, Defense Health Agency Senior Enlisted Leader, speaks at an event held at Defense Health Headquarters to honor nurses during National Nurses Week on May 10, 2024.

Defense Health Agency Chief Nursing Officer Dr. Kristen Atterbury hosted an event at Defense Health Headquarters honoring nurses as a part of National Nurses Week, May 6–10, 2024. The event included special guest speakers, a blessing of the hands, cake cutting, and the announcement the winners of the DHA nursing awards.

Defense Health Agency Chief Nursing Officer Dr. Kristen Atterbury hosted an event at Defense Health Headquarters honoring nurses as a part of National Nurses Week, May 6–10, 2024. The event included special guest speakers, a blessing of the hands, cake cutting, and the announcement the winners of the DHA nursing awards.

U.S. Army Nurse Corps officer COL Pamela Dipatrizio participates in National Nurses Week events at the Defense Health Agency each year dressed as Florence Nightingale, and sometimes exhibits historical nursing and medical artifacts that she has collected throughout her military career.

U.S. Air Force Col. Gwendolyn Foster, Director of Staff for the U.S. Air Force Surgeon General; Defense Health Agency Chief Nursing Officer Dr. Kristen Atterbury; U.S. Navy CAPT Alison Castro Deputy Corps Chief of the Navy Nurse Corps; and U.S. Army COL Jodelle Schroeder, Deputy Corps Chief of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps, cut the cake during a ...

U.S. Navy CAPT Paul Loesche, Defense Health Agency Deputy Chief Nursing Officer, DHA Chief Nursing Officer Dr. Kristen Atterbury, and U.S. Army COL Pamela Dipatrizio, took part in an event at the Defense Health Headquarters on May 10, 2024, celebrating National Nurses Week.

U.S. Army Nurse Corps officer COL Pamela Dipatrizio participates in National Nurses Week events at the Defense Health Agency each year dressed as Florence Nightingale, and sometimes exhibits historical nursing and medical artifacts that she has collected throughout her military career.

Defense Health Agency Chief Nursing Officer Dr. Kristen Atterbury, Dr. Debbie Hatmaker, Chief Nursing Officer of the American Nurses Association, and U.S. Army COL Pamela Dipatrizio, took part in an event at the Defense Health Headquarters on May 10, 2024, celebrating National Nurses Week.

U.S. Army Chaplain MAJ Daniel Garnett, Defense Health Agency operations chaplain, gives the blessing of the hands, to all DHA medical personnel during an event honoring National Nurses Week on May 10, 2024, at Defense Health Headquarters.

U.S. Army COL Jodelle M. Schroeder, Deputy Corps Chief of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps and U.S. Army COL Pamela Dipatrizio, took part in an event at the Defense Health Headquarters on May 10, 2024, celebrating National Nurses Week.

Chief Master Sergeant Tanya Y. Johnson, Senior Enlisted Leader for the Defense Health Agency, shares personal stories of how military nurses have impacted her life at the 2024 Nurses Week Celebration held in Falls Church, VA.

Dr. Lolita O’Donnell’s military nursing roots took hold more than three decades ago, and although no longer a military nurse, those ideals still influence her duties as the DHA’s Education and Training Directorate’s chief of Executive Skills, Continuing Education & Libraries, and director of the Continuing Education Program Office.

Military nurses were saved many lives during WW2. 1LT Marian Charlotte Jones and 1LT Edna Nina Statman both served in the Army Nurse Corps during World War 2. They share their stories of caring for our military men after D-Day in Normandy, France. Watch their full interviews via the Library of Congress: Jones: https://www.loc.gov/collections ...

Three nurses recount their experiences during the Vietnam War, stationed both on land and sea. From deployment to the lasting bonds they created, these women tell a story of heroism, perservierence, and lifelong friendship. Interview Courtesy of the Library of Congress: Lt Col Frances Liberty: https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.02548/ LCDR ...