"Sorry Sir, we don't see that in your records...."

Today was day 2 of 4 of administrative preparations at the Naval Mobilization Processing Site (NMPS) in Norfolk. The focus of today was mostly medical check-ups. I took the time to get my records screened and most of the lab work and immunizations updated prior to arriving at NMPS, but of course, just an in every other Navy command, the records never seem to transfer correctly. Every Naval medical or dental clinic I've ever been ordered to go for treatment or for periodic exams always say they can't find the previous records, but then assure me that they've now, "...Gone to a computerized system, so the records will be there, right after they re-do all the work previously done." I swear, I've had more blood draws for HIV screening, more Yellow Fever shots, and at least twice as many Anthrax shots than I'm supposed to have. Throw that on top of the seemingly insatiable requirement for skin PPD-tuberculin tests and the hundreds of dental x-rays to check up on bite-wings, and I'm likely to be one of the most medicated, most periodontally studied people you've ever met. Also, rest assured, none of my seemingly weekly HIV or PPD tests have ever come back positive-but they continue to do the tests and then lose the record. They say they're going to start me on anti-malarial medication tomorrow; when combined with my most recent Typhoid and Yellow Fever immunizations, I should be all set to travel back in time to 1900's Panama and dig the canal... or deploy to Afghanistan, whichever comes first.






Spending hours and hours on line waiting for people to review my records, re-do medical tests and immunizations I've already recently had, and of course, surely they will lose the new records right before I transfer.

Location:Norfolk, VA, USA