Support the Troops?

[DavidJericho]

Yech, get him whatever you have to! Ramadi is NOT good.

In addition to the expensive shit, make sure he has plenty of flea collars, dryer sheets (the only thing that works to repel sand flies), q-tips, and baby wipes.

What do you do with the dryer sheets?

 

[Killswitch]

Yech, get him whatever you have to! Ramadi is NOT good.

In addition to the expensive shit, make sure he has plenty of flea collars, dryer sheets (the only thing that works to repel sand flies), q-tips, and baby wipes.

Thank you.

I will be putting together what I can and sending it with him or too him.

I cant afford the body armour, but....

 

[Guest]

What do you do with the dryer sheets?

Rub them on your skin, stuff them in your kevlar, whatever you have to do. They're the only thing that offers any kind of protection against sand flies. Those little bastards think DEET is a condamint.

Flea collars go around your boots, q-tips and baby wipes for your body and your gear.

OH, and baby powder. Nothing better for water-free personal hygeine in the field than baby powder.

 

[Le Jacquelope]

Before you have to sneak off, here is a more accurate view of your mouth and it's vocation.

And then there's you.

http://www.wackedup.com/Rants/head%20up%20ass.jpg

 

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[Guest]

Thank you.

I will be putting together what I can and sending it with him or too him.

I cant afford the body armour, but....

Just remember not to overload him with stuff, too. I don't know how the facilities are now, but not so very long ago, they were very short on space down there. The general rule is "if you can't eat it or wear it, you don't need it."

Stuff that does double duty is handy. Like those metal Snapple juice bottles. When he's done with the juice, he can use them to cook Ramen noodles on top of a 5-ton engine block. Plus, any plastic bottle can be re-used as a "piss bottle." Not pretty, I know, but a hell of a lot easier to dispose of than a bladder infection.

OH! And he needs a proper suede boot care kit! Absolute must. People who don't take proper care of those damned boots end up with the nastiest foot rot you've ever seen. Buying socks is a bitch, because AAFES is always out, so better to just learn to take proper care of his boots.

 

[Le Jacquelope]

At least I found new material, your's is passe.

Did you create it yourself? No? Well then your head is still lodged deep in your ass.

 

[phrodeau]

LT is perpetually concerned with things being in asses.

I think he has a fetish.

 

[Disgustipated]

I spend a lot of time at the VA Hospital here in La Jolla, it is an excellent facility considering it's a government operation.

Hi, you lying douche bag!

 

[Queersetti]

Hi, you lying douche bag!

Be fair, the VA was run by white folks then.

 

[Disgustipated]

Be fair, the VA was run by white folks then.

Fuck whitey!

 

[Que]

Thanks for the clarification below, Johnny.

Other than say volume of retires being (arguably) higher in the huge Phoenix metro and maybe San Diego being a better place to live...would one facility vary widely from the next?

I assume that the salaried docs get the same pay in each facility or is it different depending on the market area?

 

[JohnnySavage]

The VA system is all civilians. No active duty doctors or staff.

The VA is a completely different system from Tri-Care. The VA owns and operates its own facilities with its own employees. Tri-Care is insurance, just like Blue Cross.

The VA is for vets that have service related health issues, served during certain times, were awarded certain medals and/or meet income standards. Tri-Care is for retirees and their dependents.

If you are in the VA system, you can only go to a VA facility. If you are in Tri-Care, you can go anywhere that accepts that insurance.

 

[Que]

The VA system is all civilians. No active duty doctors or staff.

The VA is a completely different system from Tri-Care. The VA owns and operates its own facilities with its own employees. Tri-Care is insurance, just like Blue Cross.

The VA is for vets that have service related health issues, served during certain times, were awarded certain medals and/or meet income standards. Tri-Care is for retirees and their dependents.

If you are in the VA system, you can only go to a VA facility. If you are in Tri-Care, you can go anywhere that accepts that insurance.

Are the elderly patients that seem to me on the news there because for example they are now impoverished and so therefore meet the requirements to go there? Or likely were they just patients that for the above reasons always were in the system and are now a bit old and worn out?

 

[JohnnySavage]

Are the elderly patients that seem to me on the news there because for example they are now impoverished and so therefore meet the requirements to go there? Or likely were they just patients that for the above reasons always were in the system and are now a bit old and worn out?

They probably served during one of the designated periods.

For most people, the VA is free but Tri-Care has premiums and co-pays. So if you live near a VA facility and are eligible, the VA is a cheaper option. Also, you have to have retired (i.e. spent 20 years in) to get Tri-Care and most of the VA patients didn't stay in long enough to retire because they were injured.

The VA has 9 "priority groups" based upon your situation. For people in 7 of the groups the care is completey free. For one of the others you have to pay for some things but not others, based on your current income. The last group is for people who are above the income threshold, but agree to pay a premium and co-pay - also based on income.