Photo By Spc. Charles Thompson | Capt. Myrna B. Howson, R.N., teaches a class on heart disease, women's health and...... read more read more
MIHAIL KOGALNICEANU, Romania — A San Antonio, Texas, native in the U.S. Army is spending her summer in Romania and Bulgaria as a health care educator, teaching classes to Romanian and Bulgarian citizens as part of a Department of Defense-funded humanitarian civil assistance project.
U.S. Army Capt. Myrna B. Howson, R.N., an Army nurse assigned to the 212th Combat Support Hospital in Kaiserslautern, Germany, is on a two-month deployment in Eastern Europe educating Romanian and Bulgarian citizens on health issues such as waste management, heart disease and women's health.
"This mission is good for us," said Howson. "It allows us to go into the villages and represent the U.S. and build good relationships with the people."
Howson is taking part of operations related to Joint Task Force-East, a bi-lateral (U.S.-Romanian and U.S.-Bulgarian) U.S. Army Europe mission where U.S. forces are training side-by-side with their host-nation military partners. This HCA mission is a part of the operations in these two countries designed to build relations and facilitate regional theater security cooperation.
The HCA team, consisting of Romanian (and Bulgarian when they are in Bulgaria) military and civilian and U.S. servicemembers, are providing medical, dental and optometry screenings, health education classes and community health assessments for 18 small villages in Romania and Bulgaria between now and October.
As a health care educator, Howson teaches the village citizens how they can use preventative health techniques to keep themselves and their families healthy.
"It's great to see the U.S. and Romanian military medical professionals working together," said Howson. "They are able to learn from each other and this mission allows them to work together more efficiently."
Howson's two kids, Shawn and Arielle Hetrick, and other extended family members reside in the San Antonio area.
| Date Taken: | 09.08.2009 |
| Date Posted: | 09.08.2009 02:17 |
| Story ID: | 38444 |
| Location: | MIHAIL KOGALNICEANU, RO |
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