Army of NONE
11 02 09 - 21:19Our comrade Stan has also sent me an update on himself and the status of Military Health Care.
Stan Wrote...
Hi A.O.C.,
In case you don't remember me, my name is Stan, and I am the soldier who emailed you back in early January about how ridiculous the Army is and how I want to 'get out' more than anything in the world. I thought I would update you on another piece of the pie that is supposed to be a great reason to join the service: free health care. LOL!
Here's the low down of the GREAT Army medical care:
1) IF they allow you to get treated (ie. take time out of your 'busy' schedule to see a doctor, because everything we do in garrison is so important - HA!) they treat you like a smuck, coward, and weakling because you are requesting medical attention. (More or less 'suck it up')
2) The usual treatment is done by the outward look of the patient, and not a diagnosis of the problem. You 'look' ok, so just get some rest, stop being a bitch, and 'drink water'.
3) If you really do have a problem, it takes MONTHS to get anything done (surgery wise), and often weeks to months health wise. Don't forget, everything here is done by Army doctors and not civilians. When you are treated by a civilian doctor in the real world you have the privilege of knowing that he/she has gone to med school and earned their reputation to be a registered doctor. Not in the Army. A year of brief and unsupportive general health training, followed by another brief school of specific training towards their field is all these people get. Imagine getting surgery on an ankle or knee, in which you would want the best care possible. Actually, don't imagine that, because the inexperience of the person performing surgery on you will scare you.
4) When and if you are allowed to get your problem or illness treated by your superiors, the bureaucratic and completely in-efficient system that the Army uses to handle patients will put you at the long end of a waiting list that takes ages to work through. (You think there would be a system for the severity of the problem at hand, but the way the Army does things is at their convenience, so someone with a broken leg will be put on the waiting list for two months out, after someone who needs something significantly less, like a consultation who will get it at the end of the week. There is no order and no sense whatsoever. From experience, having a broken leg has taken me MONTHS to get it treated because of the constant loops I've been thrown in that I have to sort out myself, with no help from the medical staff).
5) Don't get me started on Army Dentists.
6) The Army will NOT take care of you if you have gotten injured, and more than likely you will not receive any disibility or beneficial pay after your discharge, should anything happen to you. I would provide a source here, but just look up any anti-war group or in particular 'AVAW' (Army Vets Against the War) and you will see a list of people who received little to no medical care for their amputations or paralysis caused by a pointless war.
More to come. Generally when you are young and looking for opportunity, don't look twice at the Army. The benefits they wave in front of your face are little more than exaggerated lies. The 'top notch' medical care that they advertise should be called 'third world health care', or rather, 'third world health care if and when you are able to receive it, based on the convenience of those in charge of you, who have no medical knowledge whatsoever and could really care less about your well being!!!!!"
FUCK
Live safe. Live happy (or try to). And by all means live on the streets before even thinking of enlisting in any branch of service. Your country needs you, so give it the finger.
- Stan
-Agent of Chaos-
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