"Each morning at the start of the day we have all of our sailors stand up and recite the Sailors Creed," said Cmdr. Greg Leveque, MSRON 4 executive officer and officer in charge of the military support to the vaccination center.
Of the approximately 30 certified nurse midwifes in the Navy, there is only one with Asian American Pacific Islander heritage.
May is designated as Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, May 6-12 serves as National Nurses Week and May 13 is the Navy Nurse Corps 113th birthday at the intersect of these three recognitions is Navy Lt. Cmdr. Cheryl Castro. I am the first, and according to our specialty leader, only Filipino active duty Navy Nurse Corps certified nurse midwife (CNM), said Castro, who is stationed at Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Bremerton. When I found out I was the only active duty Navy CNM of Asian American Pacific Islander heritage I was surprised. However, it s made me extremely proud because diversity is one of the Navy s biggest strengths. It reminds me how the Navy provided me equal opportunity and rooted out bias. It proves to me the Navy continues to reflect the nation s diversity and commitment to treat everyone with dignity and re
Navy Lt. Karen Jimenez Gudino, is not only a registered nurse in the Naval Hospital Twentynine Palms (NHTP) Emergency Department at the Marine Corps Combat Development Command Twentynine Palms in California, she s also the daughter of Mexican immigrants.
They didn t possess strong language skills, but they did possess a sense of ambition for their children and a desire to raise them in the land of opportunity, Gudino explained.
Gudino became interested in healthcare from a nursing program in high school. Once you complete your first semester of nursing school, you can stand for that board and you can work as a certified nursing assistant in a hospital, she said. During high school she worked in a nursing home. It was really rewarding being able to help people and save lives, she said. Also during high school, she was in the chess club for four years and served as its president during her senior year. I m known as the chess master in the emergency department, she noted.
Suffolk veteran pushes to get a Navy license plate for Virginia
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Courtesy: Roger Hirsh
By: Todd Corillo
and last updated 2021-05-07 11:44:45-04
SUFFOLK, Va. In a Commonwealth that is home to the world s largest Navy base and with more than 250 different specialty license plates, there s no plate dedicated to the Navy.
But one veteran in Suffolk is trying to change that.
Roger Hirsh spent most of his adult life dedicated to the Navy: three decades on active duty, followed by another 10 years as a civilian pharmacist at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth.
Both his wife and daughter also served, so to say there s a lot of Navy pride in the Hirsh family would be an understatement.
FALLS CHURCH, Va.
When the Navy Medicine 101 pilot program was initiated in 2020 it was little surprise that Lt. Cmdr. Robert Bartholomew was selected as its architect and first course director. Since 2018, the Medical Service Corps officer has served as the Plans, Operations and Medical Intelligence (POMI) course director and instructor for operational readiness and strategic management at both Naval Medical Leader and Professional Development Command (NMLPDC) and the Uniformed Services University.
And for anyone being welcomed into Navy medical life or transitioning to an operational medicine platform there is probably no one else you would want serving as your guide. Commander Bartholomew comes to the role with an abundance of unique life and career experiences that few can match.