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Pure and simple, this is the life in a holding company. Guys waiting for reassignment, transportation, reclassification, and courts martial dates. There is no military organization, no extras, no organized training.

Generally there is a 1sg, a CO (in name only), a few clerks and hundreds of troops.

I have been in 1 holding company in my life, and after 3 days of it, I volunteered to work as a prison guard to get out of the company. The MP's treated me as one of their own and it made the 6 weeks go by fast.

In the holding company were AWOLS from Europe (troops that overstayed their leaves and turned themselves in), medical holds and guys like me awaitng orders to new posts. They had 6 formations a day, all work details, and passed out painting assignments, butt calls, and KP assignments. You miss any one of the formations and you could miss your shipping orders.

Is it easy living, no!!!! Is it necessary? probably. After all, if they made it a Holiday Inn, nobody would ever want to ship to their units.

I can't believe that they have no doctors. The military was certainly willing to send troops to the big hospitals that had ample medical personnel.

I suspect that these troops are complaining because they are not getting the medical care THEY THINK they need.

In any case, where is the IG in all of this? He is the troops ultimate go to person for all injustices. Troops get into more trouble talking to reporters than to the IG.