On my last blog, I said I was getting pretty good at this blogging stuff and then didn’t write anymore. My kids found my blog and were making fun of me so I quit writing. I guess even at 42, you can succumb to peer pressure or, in my case, offspring pressure. My last topic was family. This time I will talk about marriage and deployment. I met my husband during my 3rd rotations at Walter Reed Medical Center (WRAMC). We got married one day before I graduated from medical school. He left the...read more

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I am getting pretty regular at this blogging. My topic today is family. I know people wonder about family life in the Army. I am going to start by telling you about my family life. My family life started 3 weeks before graduating college. I found out that I was pregnant and that my fiancée and found another girlfriend. I started medical school pregnant and unmarried. I had my baby my first year of medical school during gross anatomy. I didn’t have him in gross anatomy that would...read more

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Hello from sunny San Antonio. I am trying blog regularly. I know during my last blog, I discussed the HPSP scholarship briefly. Today, I am going to talk about why I stayed in the Army. I had a long obligation to the Army. Tax payers paid for my undergraduate degree (BS in Microbiology from the University of Georgia), my medical degree (MD from the Uniformed Services University), and paid me about 70,000 dollars a year (in today’s dollars) during residency which I completed at Walter...read more

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Currently, I am on an airplane to Tennessee so I have a few hours to blog. I won’t take the whole time. I know that I have told you a little about my career in the Army. I am going to spend this blog time discussing my current job. I am the GME liaison to the Surgeon General. Sounds good, but what does that mean? I travel to undergraduate programs and medical schools explaining the benefits of HPSP (scholarship where the Army pays for medical school). Short story: The army pays for...read more

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It has been too long since my last blog. I told you a little about my family so I guess I will tell you a little about my career. I have been in the Army 16 years. I went to undergraduate at the University of Georgia, medical school at USUHS and did my internal medicine residency at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. My first duty station was Ft. Hood, Tx. Yes. Ft. Hood was my first choice. I spent 4 years at Ft. Hood and then was stationed at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio. I was an...read more

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This is my first time “blogging”. I was told I should start off telling everyone a little about myself so here it goes. It all started on a cold October day in 1967 in Lawton, OK. Just kidding. I was born in October in 1967 in Oklahoma, but I don’t know how the weather was. I am the oldest of 4 girls and the first person in my family to go to college. My parents liked to move so I went to 5 different high schools. I finally graduated from Green-Tailaferro Comprehensive...read more

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