Army nurses are an integral part of a medical team that is dedicated to protecting the lives of those who safeguard America. As an Army nurse, there are possibilities to deploy to areas around the world in support of military operations. These opportunities are sporadic and vary in nature, from providing hurricane relief support in the Caribbean to supporting combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Even though the media focuses on the large number of military members deployed around the world, there are actually very few Army nurses that are currently deployed, and, in a typical year, less than three hundred or so are deployed around the world at any given time.
An overwhelming majority of your time spent as an Army nurse will be spent as a clinical nurse working in a large, state-of-the-art medical facility. During those times that you may be called upon to serve away from your hospital, it will be because it is absolutely essential to have the best medical care in the world available to those in need. Some examples of those needing our expertise are: children who live in a third world country, victims of a natural disaster, and the brave soldiers that risk their lives to defend and support our freedom.