Ten years after its inception, the Navy's deployed resiliency counselor program continues to evolve, with more counselors embedding within the crews of aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships. Sailors with the carrier George H.W. Bush are shown here in April returning to Naval Station Norfolk, Va.,, following a deployment. (Navy)
By Geoff Ziezulewicz, Military Times, August 8, 2023
Among the many takeaways that Andrew Mauldin has gleaned in his years working as one of the Navy’s deployed resiliency counselors, one stands out: Never underestimate the little things that remind you of home, even something as simple as the soothing smell of an air freshener.
Mauldin is a civilian marriage and family therapist by trade and has embarked aboard several aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships as a resiliency counselor.
Ship life is rough. So part of the counselor’s job is to provide crew members with a place to offload the stress that slowly builds throughout the day, like a pressure release valve. As someone who stands outside of a sailor’s chain of command, Mauldin, and those like him, provided an oasis of sorts for stressed sailors.
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