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Jason,
First off, as the others have said "Thank you for your service to our country." Believe me, I appreciate it.
Secondly, here is some un-requested advice. Get a close female relative (wife, mother, sister) who is not in the service and thus not under the UCMJ, to complain about your case to someone powerful in the US Congress.
I served for a while in Uncle Sam's canoe club, otherwise called the US Navy. Back in 1973 while I was on active duty, I suffered an injury to my mouth that made it impossible for me to eat. However, the submarine I was serving on at the time could not leave me in port for treatment as they needed me in order to be able to put to sea for a two week training mission.
Well, as you know the mission comes first so out to sea we went and I got real hungry. After we came back into port the CO was still dragging his feet about getting me in to the hospital to be treated. My complaints fell on deaf ears, so my wife got into gear and started calling.
Eventually she got in touch with Senator Strom Thurmond who was chairman of the Armed Forces Appropriations Committee at the time. To make a very long story short, Senator Thurmond came down on my CO like a ton of bricks and I received the treatment I needed sooner than immediately. Not only that but my CO had to make semi-annual reports to Senator Thurmonds office for the next three years while the restoration work was in progress.
Wives and mothers can really work wonders. Think about it.
Rich
First off, as the others have said "Thank you for your service to our country." Believe me, I appreciate it.
Secondly, here is some un-requested advice. Get a close female relative (wife, mother, sister) who is not in the service and thus not under the UCMJ, to complain about your case to someone powerful in the US Congress.
I served for a while in Uncle Sam's canoe club, otherwise called the US Navy. Back in 1973 while I was on active duty, I suffered an injury to my mouth that made it impossible for me to eat. However, the submarine I was serving on at the time could not leave me in port for treatment as they needed me in order to be able to put to sea for a two week training mission.
Well, as you know the mission comes first so out to sea we went and I got real hungry. After we came back into port the CO was still dragging his feet about getting me in to the hospital to be treated. My complaints fell on deaf ears, so my wife got into gear and started calling.
Eventually she got in touch with Senator Strom Thurmond who was chairman of the Armed Forces Appropriations Committee at the time. To make a very long story short, Senator Thurmond came down on my CO like a ton of bricks and I received the treatment I needed sooner than immediately. Not only that but my CO had to make semi-annual reports to Senator Thurmonds office for the next three years while the restoration work was in progress.
Wives and mothers can really work wonders. Think about it.
Rich
