Dr. Uriel Lucky, M.D., Naval Hospital Pensacola.

"I began working with the Navy on a year to year contract basis. At that time it was called the Global War on Terror contract and based on filling in for the military physicians who were being deployed to Iraq and leaving their impaneled patients without care. Am I happy working for the Navy? Are my professional goals and personal goals being met? Is the practice of medicine, which is my calling and my love, less complicated? For me the answer to all of these questions is a resounding yes. Did changing from being an employer to an employee create some struggles? Yes, because my mindset had to obviously change, but I can honestly say that I have lost less sleep and taken fewer antacids than I was doing 10 years ago."