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I don't think I ever told this story, so I figure I would give island doc and USAFdoc a run for their money.
My wife and I did our residencies about 200 miles apart while on active duty in the Navy. So when our residencies finished up, we figured that we would get stationed together. We figure there are plenty of duty stations in the Navy where you need both an anesthesiologist and an internist.
Well, after many months of being told we would be together at various locations around the world (the detailer kept changing his mind)....while we continued to just say "ok, we're ready to go"...our detailers finally give us Guantanamo....a hardship tour...co-located for 3 years.
As a new anesthesia grad....3 years in a place where you do maybe one case a week is a killer. Normal length of tour there is 1 year.
I told my detailer that sending me there for 3 years (no one else ever stayed that long) was professionally unreasonable.
The a s s told me fine. I could go for one year by myself. I said ok, but then the a s s proceeds to tell me that they need to move my wife to a location that would be next to impossible for me to visit during my year in sunny cuba.
I asked them why they needed to move my wife, they said that this other duty station had a "critical" need for internists that they couldn't fill.
It was a ******* i n g lie. I had a friend who asked to go there (that same day) and was told that there was no billet there. I brought this up in my conversation with the detailer, ....guess what the ******* h e a d did??? He hung up....that's right, a Captain in the Navy got caught in a lie and hung up on me and proceeds to refuse to take my calls.
I left a message saying that they could do what ever they wanted, and that if my marriage stayed together, we would find a way to get back together.
They ultimately left my wife where she was, and I was able to visit her 4 times during my year in Cuba.
They Navy is filled with dishonest, lying bastards who have rank and can make your life miserable.
My wife and I did our residencies about 200 miles apart while on active duty in the Navy. So when our residencies finished up, we figured that we would get stationed together. We figure there are plenty of duty stations in the Navy where you need both an anesthesiologist and an internist.
Well, after many months of being told we would be together at various locations around the world (the detailer kept changing his mind)....while we continued to just say "ok, we're ready to go"...our detailers finally give us Guantanamo....a hardship tour...co-located for 3 years.
As a new anesthesia grad....3 years in a place where you do maybe one case a week is a killer. Normal length of tour there is 1 year.
I told my detailer that sending me there for 3 years (no one else ever stayed that long) was professionally unreasonable.
The a s s told me fine. I could go for one year by myself. I said ok, but then the a s s proceeds to tell me that they need to move my wife to a location that would be next to impossible for me to visit during my year in sunny cuba.
I asked them why they needed to move my wife, they said that this other duty station had a "critical" need for internists that they couldn't fill.
It was a ******* i n g lie. I had a friend who asked to go there (that same day) and was told that there was no billet there. I brought this up in my conversation with the detailer, ....guess what the ******* h e a d did??? He hung up....that's right, a Captain in the Navy got caught in a lie and hung up on me and proceeds to refuse to take my calls.
I left a message saying that they could do what ever they wanted, and that if my marriage stayed together, we would find a way to get back together.
They ultimately left my wife where she was, and I was able to visit her 4 times during my year in Cuba.
They Navy is filled with dishonest, lying bastards who have rank and can make your life miserable.