The act to establish the Army's Hospital Enlisted Corps was approved by the Command of LTG Sheridan on 1 March 1887. On 1 March 1998, we will commemorate the 111th anniversary of the Medical Enlisted Corps. We've come a long way since that time and we have so much to be proud of. Our enlisted soldiers have played key roles in our Army and our Nation's success over the years and have surely been instruments as guardians of freedom for all the citizens we represent.
History is so important in our lives.
I enjoy talking about and reading military history. I'm a firm believer that in order for us to understand where we need to go in life, we must have some knowledge of the past. We have an ever-changing system and there is no organization in the world that can change as much and as rapidly as our military and continue to survive, particularly the constant drastic changes in our hospital system. We are extremely fortunate in our current Hospital Enlisted Corps. We are blessed with superb senior enlisted leadership, and we have what is probably the best group of mid-grade NCOs and junior enlisted soldiers that we've ever had.