Troops' post-deployment questionnaires missing

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Those pesky GAO guys -n- gals...

I have not heard any discussion on the surveys in particular. I imagine it will become like the online command survey that was "anonymous". Which made me laugh every time I received an email reminding me that I had not yet completed the survey.....

Troops' post-deployment questionnaires missing
November 19, 2009 - 4:29pm

By KIMBERLY HEFLING
Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - Congressional investigators said Thursday that tens of thousands of questionnaires aimed at measuring the mental and physical health of returning combat troops can't be found.

As a result, the Government Accountability Office said, the military does not have reasonable assurances that the service members got the opportunity to report their health problems on the forms.

The forms are filled out electronically and used to track health problems among troops. They also give returning soldiers a chance to say if they'd like to see a counselor.

The GAO said about 20 percent of the questionnaires it sought during a set period were missing.

The military's policy is that military members must fill out the forms from three months to six months after they return home from war. The hope is after being home for a while, the member will recognize any problems and seek help.

Military leaders told the GAO that it agreed that more controls should be used to ensure greater accountability with the program.

President Barack Obama recently signed legislation that included a provision pushed by Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., that requires a face-to-face screening for every service member who returns from war. It's modeled after a program used by the Montana National Guard that was created after Montana National Guard Spc. Chris Dana committed suicide in March 2007.

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Must have been a glitch in the matrix that is MEDPROS.

President Barack Obama recently signed legislation that included a provision pushed by Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., that requires a face-to-face screening for every service member who returns from war

I thought this was already the case. Each of my three trips overseas I had to fill out the Post-Deployment Assessment within 30 days and then a Reassessment within 90 which had to be digitally signed by the PA who was suppose to meet with you.

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So are the ones bitching out the camo.