Gallup.Com: Active Duty Military Leads U.S. in Wellbeing; Veterans Lag by John Hope Bryant | Jul 16, 2010 | Uncategorized Active duty military personnel have higher wellbeing on average than U.S. workers as a whole, according to a new Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index analysis. Veterans, however, fall far behind U.S. workers overall. Read more at GALLUP.com.