The “C” in C-17 stands for cargo, but it does more than carry stuff: It sends a message of power and the American can-do ...

In a service where women were not permitted to fly in combat until 1993, adapting to a growing female population has been ...

"CRNAs — who earn their advanced degree and certification — are ready to serve, but too often face barriers to practice ...

We have been learning about Sharon McCully, a 1957 Russell High School graduate who trained as a nurse and volunteered for the Air Force in 1968. She deployed to Vietnam in May 1970, serving with the ...

In 1948, she became the first Black woman in the regular Army Nurse Corps. She later served in Vietnam with the Air Force.

Colon, the first Black woman in the US Army Nurse Corps post-desegregation, broke racial barriers through military service, inspiring others with humility and a legacy of leadership.

The first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s has died ...

We have been learning about Sharon McCully, a 1957 Russell High School graduate who trained as a nurse and volunteered for the Air Force in 1968. She completed flight nurse training before deploying ...

Nancy Leftenant-Colon passed away at 104 after serving as the first Black woman in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps following its ...

Colon, who became the first Black nurse in the U.S. Army Air Corps after President Harry S. Truman desegregated it in 1948, ...