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SUMMARY:Wine & Lecture: Navy Nurse Corps
DESCRIPTION:The Coronado Historical Association welcomes Captain Nancy Owen (ret.) for the next installment of the Fall 2025 Wine & Lecture Series. Captain Owen will be speaking on the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps. \nNurses have served in the Navy since 1908 in a variety of duty stations\, stateside and overseas\, on board hospital ships\, aircraft carriers\, as flight nurses\, on rapidly deployable medical and surgical teams\, in fleet hospitals\, in the White House\, and even in Yosemite National Park. Captain Owen will share experiences from her surprise and unique deployment to Zagreb\, Croatia\, as part of Fleet Hospital SIX in support of Operation Provide Promise in 1994. \nJoin us on Thursday\, September 18\, at 5:30 pm for a wine & cheese reception followed by the lecture from 6 to 7 pm. \nTickets are available now\nMember ($15.00 each)\nNon-Member ($20.00 each) \nImportant Registration Information: Capacity is limited and reservations are required. No walk-ins will be admitted. \nIf you have any questions\, please email info@coronadohistory.org or call 619-435-7242. \n  \n \nAbout the Speaker: \nCaptain Nancy Owen received her Diploma in Nursing from Saint Joseph Hospital School of Nursing\, Lancaster\, Pennsylvania in 1972.  In 1982 she received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from the University of San Diego\, and in 1990 a Master of Science Degree in Critical Care Nursing from the University of Pennsylvania. \nShe joined the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps in 1972 during the Vietnam era and served for nearly twenty-five years in a variety of assignments stateside and overseas including a tour at the former U.S. Naval Hospital\, Subic Bay\, Republic of the Philippines.  From March to August 1994\, Captain Owen served as Director\, Nursing Services\, U.S. Fleet Hospital\, Zagreb\, Croatia\, a 60 bed tent hospital on the tarmac of the Zagreb airport.  She was one of 150 medical personnel from Fleet Hospital SIX who deployed in March 1994 in support of OPERATION PROVIDE PROMISE and over 40\,000 United Nations Protection Forces in the former Republic of Yugoslavia. \nCaptain Owen retired from the U.S. Navy in September 1997.  Her last duty station was Naval Medical Center San Diego\, where she served as Special Assistant to the Commander for Patient Relations\, responsible for responding to Congressional inquiries and patient letters of concern and appreciation. \nCaptain Owen is a longtime member of and served as President of the Navy Nurse Corps Association of Southern California from 2000-2009. She has been the editor of their newsletter\, The Oakleaf\, for the past 15 years.   She is a member and current secretary of the California Veterans Home\, Chula Vista Support Foundation\,  Charter Member of the Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation\, life member of the Military Officer’s Association of America\, and life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2422. \nShe is married to Commander Wayne Owen\, Supply Corps\, USN (retired).  They have an adult son\, Paul. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://coronadotimes.com/event/wine-lecture-navy-nurse-corps/
LOCATION:1000 Orange Ave\, 1000 Orange Ave\, Coronado\, CA\, 92118\, United States
CATEGORIES:community,education,history,lecture
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