Same here, need to be swabbed within 72 hours to get on base. I would pay for it (insurance would cover), but have found no one who will do the test in that time frame... everyone who offers the rapid test (same day) requires an assessment to see if it is medically necessary (e.g. verified COVID specific symptoms signed off by pharmicist or MD). I wasted countless hours now visiting/ calling multiple health care providers and ultimately none of them would give me the rapid test. One of the health center nurses said, “Just have your employer call one of our physicians and he will explain to them that if you don’t have symptoms you don’t need a test.” Oh the irony. The longer test has a turn-around time of 3 to 5 days, so it likely won’t meet the requirement. I am supposed to be representing my 700 person organization in a very important classified meeting all week. Today I went in and led the discussion; tomorrow I can’t go in. It is frustrating.
All this is nothing short of harassment. That’s all it is. They are trying to find any and every way possible to get people like us to quit.