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Old 06-14-2008, 13:41   #62
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I sure hope the prohibition on 18Ds at the F course has been lifted. It really should be company dependent. Since returning from this deployment I've talked to 2 AD companies and 1 other ARNG company about slots, and all three were over strength on Deltas and there was a pool of medics at the B-tm waiting for spots on teams to open up. All of the above were either short 18B or 18C. We didn't even have an 18B on our last trip, but we had 2 18Ds. That was the story (more or less) in the whole company. What gives?

An extra 9 months of school, a mountain of S1 BS to deal with, unique exposure risks w/o compensation (Hep C, HIV, TB, Pesticides, et al), an MOS that requires extensive sustainment to maintain basic skills frustrating attempts at other schools, and now: no opportunities for upward mobility within the company!!! The hits keep coming. I wonder if the guys who complain about attrition are the same ones that come up with these kinds of fantastic incentives?
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