The most terrifying thing possible for a young physician is to be alone in the middle of Africa with an overweight, hypertensive,...

The day, or I should say night in a mid November of 2011 started like any other night in the plywood palace that was our clinic in...

One of the ultimate hypocrisies I’ve noticed in the military is the obsession with preaching safety when at home. Driving 15mph on base,...

The first time I heard the loud speaker shout out “INCOMING INCOMING” I nearly fell off the couch in the clinic where at least I thought...

So after five months in Afghanistan I have a couple stories to tell. I should mention that since some of the people I work with have...

Al Udeid air base is a small military staging area in Qatar right in the middle of the Persian gulf. For the most part it functions as...

Leaving for a conventional military deployment has come a long ways since the days of GIs stepping out to a rusty old plane hell bound to...