War Stories
If you are a CRNA who has served during any of the United States' military operations and maneuvers of the 20th or 21st centuries (World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam, The Invasion of Grenada, Gulf War, Iraq War), the AANA is interested in your experiences as a matter of historical preservation and record.The AANA will post CRNAs' stories of their experiences during military war operations on the AANA website.
Combat Ready Nurse Anesthetists
Viewer warning - combat images. Watch at your own risk. United States Army Graduate Program in Anesthesia Nursing students,
1LT Shoemaker Dedication at Silver Spring Baptist Church
Dedication for 1LT Kenneth Shoemaker, CRNA, at Silver Spring Baptist Church
by Trey Early, CRNA, MSN, Major, Army, 42nd Field Hospital from Fort Knox, Ky., Deactivated upon return from Somalia
by Steven P. Eby, Major, CRNA, MS, USAF, NC, 447th Expeditionary Medical Squadron, Baghdad International Airport, Iraq; Chief, Anesthesia Services
Kenneth Bopp, CRNA, This is his story of facing all that the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall represented to him.
Submission Guidelines
Provide a maximum of 3,000 words of text in a Microsoft Word® file as an attachment to an email.
Provide any photographs you wish to accompany the text in digital form (minimum 300 dpi, less than 1.5 MB each) or provide actual photographs to be scanned. Actual photographs will be returned to you if you provide a return address. Please provide only discreet photographs that protect the identity of the patient and any of their medical information.
Note: AANA reserves the right to edit any story for grammar or style elements, or to reject any story that is deemed unacceptable for any reason.
If you have any questions, please contact Cathy Hodson at chodson@aana.com, or phone 847-655-1147.
Send all submissions to either chodson@aana.com or the mailing address below:
Cathy Hodson, Public Relations Manager
AANA, PR Dept.
222 S. Prospect Avenue
Park Ridge, IL 60068-4001
