[grumpygresh]

Why does the FBI have nurses? Do they have their own hospitals, grocery stores and shopping centers?

This is another example of government largess and sequestration of the FBI from their peasants targets.

I guess the FBI needs to have their own universe of services. The public eschews and despises them on the left and right.

[Redleg Duke]

Each field office is supposed to have a nurse.

The nurse make sure all vaccinations are accomplished, supports field operations and SWAT team training and deployments. Also provides medical training and briefings to the personnel and provides medical and health reports to headquarters.

You might want to review your bias. Think of the Field Office Nurse as the Medic assigned to a tactical unit.

There is a lot of waste in the federal government bureaucracy, but this isn’t one of those items.

Or, do you think that military and tactical units should just be satisfied with their own field dressings. I guess, afterall, if a soldier is so clumbsy that he got hit, we really didn’t want him around anyway!

Some peoples’ children...

[HotHunt]

I remember in the early 80s, when the Carter was president and the economy was in the tank. 18-20% interest rates mortgages. I was the head of a mortgage brokerage in Medford, OR at the time.

Times were tough for my company. I had to lay people off. Five loan officers and no calls coming in. Foreclosures and business closings all over the county.

I was getting a haircut and the gal cutting my hair was engaged in small talk and asked me how things were going at my business. I told her it was tough and we might even go out of business if the economy didn't pick up.

She seemed genuinely shocked. She didn't understand because her husband was doing splendidly in his job. No problems at all. She was clueless at what she'd just said.

I asked her what he did. He was an FBI agent.