COURT HOUSE – Nancy Galloway, Director of Nutritional Services at Cape Regional Medical Center, has served in the U. S. Coast Guard since enlisting on March 16, 1973. Upon her enlistment, she attended basic training in Yorktown, Virginia and then pursued the rate of Subsistence Specialist (SS). Nancy became the first female in the Coast Guard to hold that rating. After a prestigious 37 years of service, and rising to the rank of Commander, Commander Galloway retired from the U.S. Coast Guard on October 1, 2010. The United States Coast Guard held a Retirement Ceremony in her honor on Saturday, April 2, 2011.
Commander Galloway’s assignments were throughout the country, including New England, East Coast, Gulf Coast, Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, DC and the Midwest. One of her more recent assignment was the Eighth Coast Guard District, New Orleans, Louisiana when she was deployed for hurricane response. Her final deployment was in response to the Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill (BP oil spill) at the Unified Command in Robert, Louisiana on the Gulf Coast.
Her awards include three Coast Guard Commendation Medals, two Coast Guard Achievement Medals, a Humanitarian Service Medal, Transportation 9-11 Service Medal, Coast Guard Team and Unit Commendations, Coast Guard Special Operations Ribbon, and numerous other personal and unit awards.
“We are very proud of Nancy and all her accomplishments with the Coast Guard,” stated Joanne Carrocino, President & CEO of Cape Regional Medical Center. “We congratulate and thank Nancy for her 37 years of service to our country.”
Commander Galloway, or Nancy as she is known at Cape Regional Medical Center, has served as Director of Nutritional Services of the Medical Center since August 26, 1993. She, and her husband Patrick, reside in Woodbine, New Jersey. Nancy has two sons, Michael, 28, and Joseph, 22.
Semper Paratus, Commander Galloway. Thank you for your service to the United States Coast Guard.
Cape Regional Medical Center is an affiliate of the University of Pennsylvania Health System for Cancer Care and Cardiac Care and is accredited by The Joint Commission with the Gold Seal of Approval and is an Accredited Chest Pain Center. The 242-bed Medical Center is located in the heart of Cape May County.
For additional information on the Medical Center and its programs, please login to our web site at www.caperegional.com or contact Sue Staeger, Marketing & Public Relations Coordinator at 609-463-2059.
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