I ve spent 25 years in the Army, said Campbell, who joined before her junior year at Viterbo in the Army Student Nurse Program. She was commissioned when she graduated in 1974 and committed to serving three years on active duty. I never thought I would stay in that long. I stayed on active duty for more than eight years, which really surprises me. I really wanted to travel and learn when I got out of college.
Life is full of possibilities at that point.
I guess you take your opportunities as they come to you. Although Campbell really never set out as a young woman from Arcadia to save the world, or help heal it, she does believe her choice to attend Viterbo was a good one and prepared her for anything that she encountered, including the stressful job of commanding a support hospital in a combat zone. Viterbo was a wonderful school, with very dedicated, excellent faculty, Campbell said. It was a very wise choice for me to go there. While Campbell admits she never dreamed she would end up in Bosnia 25 years after walking the halls of Viterbo College, she says her time in the military has given her a sense of pride, not only for herself, but for her country.