1953
Ms. Pixley is born in Mount Carmel, Illinois.
1973
Ms. Pixley receives an Associate of Science from Wabash Valley Junior College.
1974
Ms. Pixley serves as private in the U.S. Army.
1976
Ms. Pixley receives a Bachelor of Science in nursing from Murray State University.
1976
Ms. Pixley becomes a staff nurse at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center in Aurora, Colorado. She also becomes a First Lieutenant in the Army Nurse Corps.
1979
Ms. Pixley becomes a captain in the Army Nurse Corps and serves as a staff nurse at Ireland Army Community Hospital in Fort Knox, Kentucky.
1980
Ms. Pixley is promoted to head nurse at Ireland Army Community Hospital.
1982
Ms. Pixley receives a Master of Science in nursing from the University of Texas Health Science Center.
1983
Ms. Pixley becomes a nurse counselor for the 4th Recruiting Brigade St. Louis Recruiting Battalion in St. Louis, Missouri.
1985
Ms. Pixley serves as a staff nurse and assistant head nurse at the 121st EVAC Hospital in Seoul, Korea.
1986
Ms. Pixley becomes chief of the G Section of Branch III at the Academy of Health Sciences at Fort Sam in Houston, Texas.
1987
Ms. Pixley becomes a major in the Army Nurse Corps.
1989
Ms. Pixley becomes clinical head nurse in the U.S. Army Clinic/Ambulance Section in the Schofield Barracks in Hawaii.
1991
Ms. Pixley becomes a nurse instructor of nursing education and staff development at the Tripler Army Medical Center in Hawaii.
1992
Ms. Pixley is appointed director of the critical care nursing course at Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam.
1993
Ms. Pixley becomes a lieutenant colonel in the Army Nurse Corps.
1995
Ms. Pixley retires from the Brooke Army Medical Center and becomes an instructor at The Health Institute of San Antonio.
1999
Ms. Pixley becomes a float nurse at CCN/ER OMV Medical Inc. in San Antonio, Texas.
2001
Ms. Pixley becomes a PRN nurse in the Emergency Department of the Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
2001
Ms. Pixley becomes a critical care emergency room nurse at Alvin C. York Medical Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.