Happy 120th Anniversary U.S. Army Nurse Corps, from our team here at Tripler Army Medical Center! | Tripler Army Medical Center

Celebrating the 123rd anniversary of the Army Nurse Corps, #Team21 asked nurses assigned to 30th Medical Brigade what the Army Nurse Corps means to them. The Army Nurse Corps was established by Congress on Feb. 2, 1901, as a permanent corps within the U.S. Army Medical Department . Before that, nurses were hired under contract or chosen from among the relatives of the soldiers to care for the wounded and sick in tent hospitals and private homes. U.S. Army | U.S. Army Europe and Africa | U.S. Arm