NPR is still socialist pigs but kudos for having a photo of FReepers
Posted on 09/02/2011 12:26:04 PM PDT by Drango
I am sure there will be conflicts. Even when merging two similar parts this large there are problems, I can imaging top brass from different services trying to be top dog.
[Mr] T
I hope not, but if they are, rest assured that the Navy and Coast Guard will lead the way on sodomy oriented periodicals: flame away folks.
I agree with you 100% as regards waste. I’d looks at the daycare centers, the military policty regarding housing and pregnant service members as direct policies that waste money. We have privates showing up having just recently married a gal with three kids...Bingo!: he’s out of the barracks and we are on the hook for medical & housing for a new family of five. We have an HIV positive member and now he’s retained instead of being discharged. The waste is abominable, I agree. Oh for the days when soldiers had to ask permission to get married.
My biggest complaint about Walter Reed were that they did not mesh well with the Tricare appiontment system, so every appointment I made through Tricare for Walter Reed... was not in their system. I eventually had to give up and go to Bethesda (which does have better service).
And the other complaint was it’s location. The medical facility at Andrews is the easiest of the (formerly) three medical facilities in the Washington area. Bethesda’s not as easy, but Walter Reed... geez, there was no good way to get to it from anywhere outside of Washington, D.C. itself.
It’ll be:
Medic! Get your @ss on deck!
Understood that the administration department at Walter Reed was screwed up, but as far as treatment for our wounded warriors, treatment was excellent.
If you think access to Walter Reed was hard, Bethesda will be worst. They already have parking problems on base and the local roads are insufficient to handle the extra traffic. At least at WR one can park on the residential side streets.
I highly recommend taking Metro to Bethesda if you go there. I believe there is an internal shuttle bus but it could be only during construction.
[Mr] T
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