#VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Patricia Horoho - VA News

Horoho began her service as an Army staff nurse in 1982 but moved up into new leadership positions. Between 2004 and 2010, she served as commander of the DeWitt Army Community Hospital in Virginia, as well as at Walter Reed Health Care System, Madigan Army Medical Center and the Western Regional Medical Command in Washington, D.C. Horoho served as commander until deployed to Kabul, Afghanistan, with the I Corps as a special assistant to the Commander at the International Security Assistance Joint Command. After returning to the U.S., she was nominated by President Barack Obama as 43rd Army Surgeon General in the Pentagon. She was the first woman and first nurse to be in command of the U.S. Army’s Medical Command and serve as surgeon general of a military department.

She Certainly had a full slate. Well Done Ma'am.

Good for her!