After spending twenty-one years in the United States Army, the author went on to a varied and successful career in Medicine. He is board certified in Pediatrics. The lessons learned while serving as Chief of Pediatrics and commanding were heeded. Lesson-as a physician you can make a difference in people's lives one person at a time. As a "Physician Executive"/ "Commander" the opportunity to help large groups of people became a reality. An example of this axiom was when Army Reserve and National Guard soldiers were deploying to Central America. Their medical assets which were not. of country. To a woman/man these units enthusiastically provided well woman exams and school physicals to the dependent population of Army, Navy, Marine, Coast Guard, and retirees in a four state Great Lakes region. Following this career objective, the author went from being a "Doc-In-The-Box" at an Urgent Care/Occupational Medicine Clinic immediately after retirement to serve as Medical Director for the Rocky Mountain Rehabilitation Center for which he received the RMRC Service Award. He became the Chief of Staff at the Cigna Staff Model in Long Beach, California where he was able to provide after-hours health care to a large segment of the community. During his tenure, the Long Beach Staff Model received the CIGNA" Superior Achievement Award." As the Medical Director post for The Traveler's Insurance Company, hewas involved with merging the Metropolitan Life and Traveler's Medical Plans to form Metra-Health. The author then served as the UnitedHealthCare Medical Director for the greater Los Angeles area. The author has served as Assistant Vice President for the Pharmacy Benefit Manager PCS where he developed utilization review and quality improvement processes for prescription drug care being provided to a national patient base. He served as an NCQA advisors for creation of national pharmacy criteria for health-plan accreditation. When the opportunity came to again serve the military active duty and retirement community. He became the Corporate Medical Director for the Health Care Contractor TriWest HealthCare Alliance, where he was able to use his health care experiences for this very deserving group of beneficiaries. Currently, the author owns his own Healthcare Consulting Company as well as obtaining a Masters of Public Administration (Health Care Organizations).