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Ok....well, that is how I am feeling right now about the whole military commitment anyway.
Todays mail held the next of what has become several two to three day long ordeals with the pay office, and benefits of the USAF.
Quick overview...DW is FAP, was commissioned on Oct 16 2001...first pay after commissioning was Jan 15 2002. Since that time we have dealt with three people in AFIT. Of those, two have not been able to find the "correct" paperwork for DW. DW has taken LOA from residency and also from the benefits of the USAF for 3 months, last pay from AF was 5-15-03 for two weeks in April. This has pushed her finish to Sept 30, 2004....fast forward to today.
The letter that we got today first stated that DW benefits were not stopped for her LOA.....I about flipped out! They have stopped paying us, so someone knows she is on LOA and not to receive benefits. Then the letter goes on to state that once she returns from the LOA that her benefits will stop next June 30. Did I mention that we were required to send a letter for request of LOA to AFIT, along with a letter from the Director of Medical Education at her current hospital??? So, we have got this abnormally long paper trail that suddenly ends when it goes to Wright-Patterson??
DW, thank god she is home, calls this new program manager. The new person has no letters in her file, EXCEPT the new letters that were just sent for her return from LOA. Did she pick up the phone and call us to see why we were sending letters for return, when there were none stating that she was going on LOA??? Of course not, she processes a new set of paperwork and sends it to HQ in San Antionio to have everything stopped Jun 30 of next year. So to make a long story longer, we have faxed over copies of the first letters sent from us and from the hospital and she is trying to figure out where the originals are since we haven't been getting paid. This will take at least another day, and may not get fixed until next week. I can guarantee that this will come back to haunt us next year. I was getting anxious to get the military thing rolling, but now I have had my reality check and I'm back to normal.
Thanks for letting me vent.
Todays mail held the next of what has become several two to three day long ordeals with the pay office, and benefits of the USAF.
Quick overview...DW is FAP, was commissioned on Oct 16 2001...first pay after commissioning was Jan 15 2002. Since that time we have dealt with three people in AFIT. Of those, two have not been able to find the "correct" paperwork for DW. DW has taken LOA from residency and also from the benefits of the USAF for 3 months, last pay from AF was 5-15-03 for two weeks in April. This has pushed her finish to Sept 30, 2004....fast forward to today.
The letter that we got today first stated that DW benefits were not stopped for her LOA.....I about flipped out! They have stopped paying us, so someone knows she is on LOA and not to receive benefits. Then the letter goes on to state that once she returns from the LOA that her benefits will stop next June 30. Did I mention that we were required to send a letter for request of LOA to AFIT, along with a letter from the Director of Medical Education at her current hospital??? So, we have got this abnormally long paper trail that suddenly ends when it goes to Wright-Patterson??
DW, thank god she is home, calls this new program manager. The new person has no letters in her file, EXCEPT the new letters that were just sent for her return from LOA. Did she pick up the phone and call us to see why we were sending letters for return, when there were none stating that she was going on LOA??? Of course not, she processes a new set of paperwork and sends it to HQ in San Antionio to have everything stopped Jun 30 of next year. So to make a long story longer, we have faxed over copies of the first letters sent from us and from the hospital and she is trying to figure out where the originals are since we haven't been getting paid. This will take at least another day, and may not get fixed until next week. I can guarantee that this will come back to haunt us next year. I was getting anxious to get the military thing rolling, but now I have had my reality check and I'm back to normal.
Thanks for letting me vent.
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