Department Of Defense Honors Nurses

“We salute all nurses — both military and civilian — who have served and are currently serving our nation and our people,” Esper said during a Pentagon press briefing Tuesday. “Thanks to many of their efforts, we are encouraged to see the situation improving in several of the most impacted areas of the country.”

“This pandemic has made it abundantly clear that nurses have always been and always will be on the front lines of keeping our American communities and our American people safe,” Milley said. “And I want to thank each and every one of them — to include my wife, who is an active nurse — for the sacrifices they endure every single day.”