Central Oklahoma Nurse Honor Guard

06/05/2026

Sergeant First Class Tricia L. Jameson, U.S. Army National Guard, died July 14th, 2005, near Trebil, Iraq. She was killed when a roadside explosive detonated near her ambulance when she was approaching Marines who had been wounded by another roadside bomb. Back home, Sergeant First Class Jameson kept a medical kit in her car in case of emergencies; she always wanted to be the one to help. Her friend Holly Freeman said, “She would call me and say, ‘I almost got to help someone but someone beat me there.’” Sergeant First Class Jameson was 34. Sergeant First Class Tricia L. Jameson is buried at Westlawn-Hillcrest Memorial Park, Omaha, Nebraska.

06/02/2026

Juanita Hipps, U.S. Army (1912–1979) — During World War II, Lt. Col. Juanita Hipps served as a U.S. Army nurse in the Philippines and chronicled her experiences in a bestselling book, “I Served on Bataan” (1943). Reaching the rank of lieutenant colonel, Hipps also helped to establish the Army Air Corps flight nurse program. (Section 21, Grave 769-1)

06/02/2026

“Namah” Curtis, U.S. Army (1861–1935) — Namahyoke Curtis, known as Namah, was a prominent African American nurse in late-19th-century Washington, D.C. During the Spanish-American War (1898), the Surgeon General assigned her to recruit other Black women to serve as U.S. Army contract nurses. She recruited as many as 32 Black nurses for the war effort. Curtis was of African American, European and American Indian descent, and she married Dr. Austin Curtis, a leading Black physician and the superintendent of Freedmen’s Hospital in D.C. She is buried in the “Nurses’ Section,” which contains the gravesites of many military nurses and the Spanish-American War Nurses Memorial. (Section 21, Grave 15999-A-1

06/02/2026

06/02/2026

As we move towards Women Veterans Day we will honor some of the military’s nurses. My name is Traci Faust, I am the founder and president of the Central OK nurse Honor Guard. As a veteran, a woman and a nurse it warms my heart to shine a spotlight on military nurses. If you have a military nurse who served or is serving. Please share their story. If it’s you, share your story.

06/02/2026

“Even at the end, Jenny was driven by her need to help, and the training she had as a nurse to help those in her unit at the end. We miss her and her beautiful smile.”

Today we honor Captain Jennifer Moreno, U.S. Army.

Captain Moreno graduated from the University of San Francisco with a nursing degree and subsequently served as a nurse in the Army.

On October 5th, 2013, a su***de bomber ambushed the compound Captain Moreno was entering, and 12 blasts killed three Rangers and injured thirty. Moreno was told to stay in place to avoid setting off more bombs but tried to help a soldier trapped nearby and triggered a landmine, costing Captain Moreno her life at just 25.

Moreno was promoted to Captain after her death and awarded the Combat Action Badge, Bronze Star Medal, and the Purple Heart. Jessica Rea, a registered nurse who once worked with Captain Moreno, said of her, “Even at the end, Jenny was driven by her need to help, and the training she had as a nurse to help those in her unit at the end. We miss her and her beautiful smile.”

We honor Captain Jennifer Moreno’s service and sacrifice.

Read more about Captain Moreno: https://foundationforwomenwarriors.org/jennifer-moreno-captain-u-s-army/

Discover the heroic story of Captain Jennifer Moreno, a U.S. Army nurse who gave her life in Afghanistan while aiding fellow soldiers. Honored with the Bronze Star and Purple Heart, she now has a VA Medical Center named in her memory.

05/30/2026

We did something a little new for us this year. We recognized all of the students who were a legacy. This class had a lot. Nurses remember that you are making an impact and you never know just who you will inspire to be a nurse.

05/30/2026

The Oath That Never Ends

It was spoken once,
beneath the glow of caps and pins,
with trembling voices and steady hearts.
But the nursing oath is not a moment
it is a lifetime.

It does not fade when the ceremony ends,
nor grow silent when the applause dies.
It lingers in every midnight call,
every trembling hand we hold,
every tear we quietly wipe away.

It is the oath that whispers—l
“You will stand, even when weary.”
“You will care, even when unseen.”
“You will protect, even when unthanked.”

Generations before us carried it,
stitched into their uniforms,
etched into their souls.
The older nurses, who bent their backs and broke their sleep,
who stood as shields against death and despair
they wore this oath like armor.

And we, the new generation,
inherit not just their caps and pins,
but the sacred vow they lived by.

Because once a nurse speaks that oath,
it does not end
not in retirement,
not in silence,
not even in death.

It echoes forever
in the lives touched,
in the hearts healed,
in the legacy left behind.

The nursing oath is not recited.
It is carried.
It is endured.
It is lived.

Truly, it is the oath that never ends.

05/30/2026

This year’s recipient of the Central OK Nurse Honor Guard Award for Excellence in Compassionate Nursing is Ms. Destiny Humbolt.