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military hospitals, air evacuation units, hospital ships, 
and field units; 
Whereas some of these military nurses were wounded and 
eight died in the line of duty, one as a result of enemy 
fire, and the eight nurses are memorialized on the wall 
at the Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial; 
Whereas on November 8, 1967, President Lyndon B. John-
son signed Public Law 90–130, which removed the limi-
tations on the promotion of female members of the 
Armed Forces that had kept women out of the general 
and flag officer ranks, and in 1970, the first woman ever 
to be promoted in the Armed Forces to general officer 
was a nurse, Anna Mae Hayes; 
Whereas in 1979, another Army nurse became the first Afri-
can-American women general officer in the history of the 
Armed Forces, and each of the military services now has 
at least one nurse who is a general or flag officer; 
Whereas American military nurses were deployed for Oper-
ation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm and 
have supported United States military operations in Gre-
nada, Panama, Honduras, Bosnia, Croatia, Somalia, 
Rwanda, Haiti, and the Middle East; 
Whereas as of today, military nurses serve across the spec-
trum of military medicine, from commanding hospitals to 
serving in field operating rooms, on hospital ships and 
medical evacuation aircraft, and in family practice clinics, 
psychiatric wards, and research facilities, literally every-
where military medicine is needed by the Armed Forces; 
Whereas hundreds of military nurses are serving currently in 
locations around the world, including Iraq, Afghanistan, 
Kuwait, Europe, and the Far East, and military nurses 
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persevere in providing outstanding healthcare in a dan-
gerous world; 
Whereas terrorist organizations continue to challenge the 
peace and security of the United States, and natural dis-
asters have taken a huge toll in death and devastation, 
but military nurses are trained, well equipped, and ready 
to respond anytime, anywhere at the call of their country; 
Whereas military nurses provide the world’s best healthcare 
services to wounded soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen and 
Coast Guardsmen, and are saving the lives of people with 
injuries that would have been fatal in earlier wars;; 
Whereas during World War I, 8.1 percent of the wounded 
died of their wounds, but now lifesaving medical capa-
bility is closer to the battlefield than ever before, and in 
Iraq only 1.4 percent of the wounded die of their wounds; 
and 
Whereas the synergy of advanced nursing practice, combining 
aeromedical evacuation crews with critical care air trans-
port, additional high-technology equipment, advances in 
pain management, and more extensive nurse training has 
enabled the Armed Forces the opportunity to transport 
more critically ill patients than ever before: Now, there-
fore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress acknowledges and recognizes 
the dedication and significant contributions of all members 
of the Armed Forces, especially members who are serving 
or have served as military nurses, and supports programs 
to strengthen and increase the nursing workforce. 
Æ 
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