Category Archives: healthcare
Loose Thoughts on a December Saturday: I’m not a Nurse, the Great Cain Wreck, the End at Camp Victory, LSU went to Georgia and Padre Steve Discovers Twitter….
Sitting on Saddam Hussein’s throne at Al Faw Palace Camp Victory Iraq 2007 Well it has been a week hasn’t it? I mean really so much has happened and things just keep happening whether we want them to happen or … Continue reading
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Break a Leg….Oh I Did….
“I told the doctor I broke my leg in two places. He told me to quit going to those places.” Henny Youngman People in theater wish each other good luck by saying “break a leg” before a performance. The phrase … Continue reading
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A New Start…Life off the Fat Boy Program
Back in Standards “Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday’s success or put its failures behind and start over again. That’s the way life is, with a new game every day, and that’s the way baseball … Continue reading
Filed under faith, healthcare, Military, PTSD, US Navy
Clergy Burnout and Suicide: A Growing Problem
Father Mulcahy: What an ordeal. 72 hours straight. I’m prayed out – absolutely prayed out. Hawkeye: Don’t forget, Father, God was on six days straight. Father Mulcahy: He was a lot younger then. It doesn’t matter whether you feel useful … Continue reading
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Suicide isn’t Painless: The Epidemic of Suicide in the Military
I leave the Naval Medical Center Portsmouth Virginia tomorrow and toward the end of October report as the Command Chaplain for Naval Hospital Camp LeJeune North Carolina. My last time at Camp LeJeune was as part of the Portsmouth SPRINT … Continue reading
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Thoughts on the Occasion of getting ready to Transfer
Two years ago I was preparing to leave EOD Group Two and getting ready to move over to Naval Medical Center Portsmouth. At that point in my life I was falling apart. The ravages of PTSD, depression and chronic pain … Continue reading
Filed under faith, healthcare, Military, Pastoral Care, PTSD, Tour in Iraq, US Navy
Busy Night on Duty…Updates resume Tomorrow…wait it’s tomorrow already?
Well it has been a busy day and busy night, not even a leisurely lunch break where I could at least post a Tides update. I’m now behind two of those, the Tides lost the last game of their series against the … Continue reading
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