Spotlight on Women's Health

An Interview About Mental Health and the Military: Carmen Fisher

November 10, 2017

Women are the fastest-growing group of military veterans in the U.S., and they have unique health care needs. And women vets are taking steps to address those needs head-on. From an Air Force vet’s personal story of healing from post-traumatic stress disorder to the Marines working to make the transition to civilian life easier, women veterans’ accomplishments do not end when their service does. Commander Carmen Fisher talks about her life in the Navy and how she worked through her anxiety about re-entering civilian life after being discharged.

Cmdr. Carmen Fisher is a nurse officer with the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and a veteran of the U.S. Navy. She is currently stationed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as a consumer safety officer and serves on USPHS’s Rapid Deployment Force 5.