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Thursday, March 5, 2009

Hometown News: Capt. Patricia Martinez

Army Capt. Patricia A. Martinez has returned from deployment in Mosul, Iraq after providing medical care to servicemembers in Multi National Division-North for the past 15 months.

During that time, soldiers from the 86th Combat Support Hospital treated almost 3,000 patients and evacuated almost 300 of them to a higher level of care. They also managed an inpatient care workload that numbered more than 750, including patients from all branches of the armed forces, Department of Defense and Army civilians, American and foreign contractors, local civilians, Iraqi Army and police, and security internees.

The 86th Combat Support Hospital is assigned to the 44th Medical Command and supports the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Ky.

Martinez, a nursing supervisor, is assigned to the Bliss Army Health Center, Fort Huachuca, Sierra Vista, Ariz. She has served in the military for 16 years.

The captain graduated from Robert E. Lee High School, Montgomery, and received an associate degree in 1989 from Jackson Community College, Gautier, Miss. She earned a bachelor's degree in 1991 from the University of South Alabama, Mobile.

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