Lt. Erin Curtis and Capt. Alice Cagnina, Naval Health Clinic Charleston nurses, cut a cake in honor of the Navy Nurse Corps birthday during a celebration May 13, 2014, at NHCC on Joint Base Charleston. President Theodore Roosevelt signed the Naval Appropriations Bill authorizing the establishment of the Nurse Corps as a unique staff corps of the Navy May 13, 1908. (U.S. Navy Photo/Petty Officer 1st Class Josh Gutierrez)