Health

I was at the height of my medical career. After nine years of medical education followed by 12 years as a full-time physician, I should have been pleased with my professional progress. After all, this was the goal all along. However, instead of feeling overwhelming pride, I felt overwhelming misery. Although I remained dutiful in my studies and patient care, I was simultaneously looking for something else…really anything else…to do. Every day was a struggle and it would take me a year to realize and admit in hindsight that I had experienced burnout.

The health and well-being of our service members, DOD civilian employees and families is paramount for force readiness, Gilbert R. Cisneros Jr., the undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, said in a memorandum on Oct. 25.

The laughter and excitement of kids on the playground fills the air on a sunny October afternoon. Siblings, Maya Lute and Anthony Phipps, run around playing hide-and-seek, with all the joy and endless energy kids seem to have. No one would think anything was out of the ordinary. Maya, 10, […]

Approximately 3,600 doses of the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine were administered to Afghan evacuees at Ramstein Air Base and Rhine Ordnance Barracks, Sept. 26.

Did you know that in the past two decades, suicide among youth has increased throughout the United States? Did you know that it is the second leading cause of death among persons 15-19 years in the United States, just after accidents? And that rates doubled for youth between 10-14 years […]

FORT RUCKER, Ala. — Challenges created by the pandemic have left many feeling stressed and isolated. During times like these, relationships and interpersonal connections to family and friends are vital to a person’s wellbeing. As the Department of Defense and the Army observe Suicide Prevention Month this September, officials say […]