Women In Uniform

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NIGHTINGALES IN UNIFORM
COMMEMORATE RAISING DAY

By Grp Capt T K Singha

For a soldier, being fit and healthy is paramount. But when laid by injuries or ill health, nursing care provided by Military Nursing Service (MNS) officers, dubbed the 'healing angels in uniform' help him get fighting fit again. The fraternity of India's Nightingales in uniform celebrated its 88th Raising Day on October 1.

At a function to commemorate the occasion at the Eastern Command Hospital, Lt Gen Dalbir Singh, GOC-in-C, Eastern Command (EC) on Tuesday, expressed gratitude to the nursing officers on behalf of the armed forces personnel for their selfless and untiring service to the soldiers and their families. He also contributed generously to their welfare fund.

Among those present on the occasion included Regional President (EC), Army Wives Welfare Association, Mrs Namita Suhag, Hospital Commandant, Maj Gen BNBM Prasad, Brig (MNS) Kapil Nirmal and other defence officers including those from Army Medical Corps Officers and their spouses.

Worldwide, nurses were among the first women to join the armed forces. The World Wars heralded the need to enrol women nurses in the military for providing care to the sick and the wounded war casualties.

In India, history of the military nursing begins with the year 1888 when a small batch of British nurses arrived in India from UK to serve the British troops hospitals. Later this service was renamed as Indian Army Nursing Service popularly known as IANS in 1896.

In 1902, Queen Alexandra became the first President of the British Army Nursing Service in the United Kingdom. The following year, IANS was converted into the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service for India.

A nursing service for Indian troops' hospital was, however, sanctioned only during the 1st World War. After the war, a small number of these Indian nurses were retained. Their zeal and devotion led to remarkable improvement in nursing care of patients in hospitals.

The nursing service for Indian troops' hospital came into being on October 1, 1926, which is commemorated as the MNS Raising Day. In 1927, the nursing service was renamed as Indian Military Nursing service (IMNS).

A major turning point in the history of Military Nursing Service was the issue of ordinance on September 15, 1943 declaring the IMNS a part of Indian Armed Forces and conferring the status of commissioned officers.

The rank insignia was adopted to signify the officer status of the nurses. On August 15, 1947, the British and the other nurses from abroad were withdrawn from India. Col (Miss) D G Howard, an Indian Nurse took over the reigns of the Military Nursing Service of independent India on September 13, 1947.

The MNS crest has a distinct significance and function. It is golden metallic, oval shaped with the Ashoka Chakra in the centre signifying world peace and good will. The credo of the MNS mission is 'Excellence in Patient Care' during war, peace, counter insurgencies, disaster and any other national need and UN Mission.

 

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Marine Pvts. Bette Wimmer, Betty West and Reba Fitzgerald learn to disassemble aircraft engines for major overhauling at the Assembly and Repair School, Marine Corps Air Station, in Cherry Point, N.C., 1943.

 

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Staff Sgt. Amanda Kokx, U.S. Marine Corps, hands out humanitarian assistance items to a local Afghan woman at the Egyptian Hospital at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom, April 2006.

 

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A Hungarian Mi-24 HIND showing off its "kill marks" of two F-15 Eagle with its pilot standing side by Hind

A Hind shot down two Eagles that too flew by a female pilot(not trying to be sexist). But that definitely earns a salute!!!

 

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A Hungarian Mi-24 HIND showing off its "kill marks" of two F-15 Eagle with its pilot standing side by Hind

A Hind shot down two Eagles that too flew by a female pilot(not trying to be sexist). But that definitely earns a salute!!!

Can't find that encounter here. What are the details?

List of F-15 losses - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

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Can't find that encounter here. What are the details?

List of F-15 losses - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Source: Load Diffuser 2008 - légiharc, F-15 vs Mi-24 - Air Base

 

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Source: Load Diffuser 2008 - légiharc, F-15 vs Mi-24 - Air Base

Is that Hungarian? I'd like to see a translation. So far the picture of the babe with the kills painted on an aircraft don't do it for me.

From a video game:

http://www.rlgaming.com/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=11949

Another:


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OK, the rest of the story.

http://translate.google.com/transla....hu/2010/02/28/szokatlan_legiharc&sl=hu&tl=en

Another link was to a site banned on DFI.

Sometimes it's a real pain to get to the truth about stuff posted on DFI.

 

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Is that Hungarian? I'd like to see a translation. So far the picture of the babe with the kills painted on an aircraft don't do it for me.

From a video game:

RLGaming.com "¢ View topic - F-15 Eagle vs Mi-24 Hind

Another:


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OK, the rest of the story.

Google Translate

Another link was to a site banned on DFI.

Sometimes it's a real pain to get to the truth about stuff posted on DFI.

its just a Wargame, not real war..

 

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General Gila Kalifi-Amir
practices her marksmanship
skills and receives instruction during an event for IDF staff officers.

 

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Serbia

 

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Polish Military Police.