Lora Deckard:
CLASS OF 1979
Shiloh High SchoolClass of 1979
Hume, IL
Ball State University - Graduate SchoolClass of 2008
Muncie, IN
Austin Peay State UniversityClass of 1999
Clarksville, TN
Hopkinsville Community CollegeClass of 1996
Hopkinsville, KY
Millikin UniversityClass of 1980
Decatur, IL
Lora's Story
Military
Joined the US Navy - 1980. Went to boot camp in Orlando, Florida. First duty station - USS Jason Ar-8 met in Diego Garcia during Westpac. Job Deckhand - E-2. Ship homeported in San Diego. Changed homeport to Pearl Harbor Hawaii. Went to Radioman school. Promoted to E-4.
Passed E-5 Radioman.Went to shore duty at Naval communication center, Wahiawa, HI. . Went to Navy Reserve status 1987. Cross rated to Hospital Corpsman 2nd class. Called up to Desert Storm in Yorktown, Virginia- 1990. Gave birth to a baby boy named Kevin in 1991.. Went to Hopkinsville Community College received Associate Degree in Nursing -1996. Went back to school at Austin Peay State University and received Bachelors Degree in Nursing -1999. Naval Reserve Center, Nashville Tennessee - 2001- commissioned as an Ensign in US Nav...Expand for more
y Nurse Corps. 2002 - attended Direct Commission School - Pensacola Florida Worked as a School Nurse. Ran 4 1/2 County Music Marathons. 2008 - Graduated with a Masters Degree in Nursing - FNP. Recalled to Landstuhl Germany for a year as a Lieutant from 2008 to 2009. Promoted to Lieutant Commander (0-4) in the United State Navy Reserve in 2010. Went on a Humanitarian mission with the Army, Air Force and Navy to Arctic Circle in Alaska for 16 days -2010. Went on a 6 month ADSW as a LCDR at Camp Lejeune, NC. Worked as a Government contractor as a FNP in Hattiesburg, Mississippi for 6 months. Due to a family situation had to quit. Started another Government Contractor FNP job at Ft. Campbell, Kentucky in 2012.. Graduated from Vanderbilt University with a post masters certificate in Psychiatry- August 2017.
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