{"id":122702,"date":"2022-02-10T11:05:01","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T16:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=122702"},"modified":"2022-02-10T11:05:01","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T16:05:01","slug":"nurse-trying-to-become-the-first-pre-service-amputee-to-join-the-navy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=122702","title":{"rendered":"Nurse trying to become the first pre-service amputee to join the Navy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hannah Cvancara<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This fetching young lady is a civilian nurse and the daughter of a former USAF flight surgeon. She wants to serve, but had her left lower leg amputated as a baby due to a birth defect. If her waiver is approved, she’s believed to be the first pre-service amputee to enlist. At the very least, she’d be the first such in modern time.<\/p>\n

From Navy Times<\/a>;<\/p>\n

Hannah Cvancara was born with a birth defect called fibular hemimelia that resulted in her left leg never growing correctly and the amputation of her left foot when she was just a year old.<\/p>\n

But 25 years later, she hasn\u2019t let her reliance on a prosthetic leg stop her from living a full and physical life that includes surfing, rock climbing and long shifts on her feet as a civilian nurse.<\/p>\n

Now, Cvancara is trying to make history by becoming the first pre-service amputee to join the Navy, and the Nurse Corps in particular.<\/p>\n

Cvancara\u2019s dad was an Air Force flight surgeon, so she grew up a military brat and felt the pull of military service from an early age.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s always been a part of my life, we moved around every few years,\u201d the Spokane, Washington, resident told Navy Times. \u201cI just really have always been interested in joining.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cvancara graduated from civilian nursing school in 2019.<\/p>\n

She tried to join the Navy before she began school but was turned down because of her condition.<\/p>\n

But now, she\u2019s trying again, and she\u2019s got a raft of endorsement letters, stellar physical readiness test results and other evidence that she hopes will lead Big Navy to grant her a waiver to join up as an officer.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s this need, and I\u2019m going to really push this time,\u201d she said. \u201cI think I would excel.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to her Air Force family, her ex-husband is a Navy officer, so Cvancara feels she understands what military life entails.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been born and raised in it, I married into it,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s in my blood.\u201d<\/p>\n

Navy Recruiting Command officials said they believe that, if approved, Cvancara would be the first to receive such a waiver.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not aware of any pre-service amputees getting waivers,\u201d Cmdr. David Benham, spokesman for Navy Recruiting Command, said in an email. \u201cI don\u2019t know if this has ever come up before.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

More at the source. If we’re enlisting transgender troops, then I can’t see how any reasonable person would deny Cvancara’s waiver.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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