A medical center renamed after Army nurse who was killed while trying to save a Ranger injured by a suicide bomber
December 21, 2022
Greg Moran
The San Diego Union-Tribune
(TNS)
The San Diego Veterans Affairs medical center was renamed this week in honor of Capt. Jennifer Moreno, a San Diego native who was killed in 2013 in Afghanistan.
Moreno was an Army nurse who died while rushing to the aid of a fellow soldier during a raid on a residential compound where a wanted Taliban member was believed to be staying.
During the raid, an Afghan woman wearing explosives detonated herself, triggering other improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, around the compound, injuring several soldiers. Moreno rushed to help one of them, triggering yet another IED. Moreno and three fellow soldiers were killed in the attack.
She was 25 years old when she died. At the time, she was attached to the Army’s 75th Ranger Regiment as part of the Cultural Support Team program, which put women on the front lines at a time when they were still barred from full-time combat jobs in the military.
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