Kaylee Mueller, a junior nursing major at UW–Madison, serves as a combat medic in the National Guard. She says her service has given her discipline, resiliency, and “the confidence that you can do anything you can put your mind to.”
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Nursing in the Wake of 9/11
When Brooke Anderson ’00 joined the military, she dreamed of an exciting career and a chance to travel around Europe. Instead, she was met with a national crisis and deployed to a warzone in the Middle East.
Mary Jane Esser ’68
Joining the Army Nurse Corps started as a means to an end for Mary Jane Esser, but it quickly became one of the most invaluable and memorable experiences of her life.