Paperwork and other updates
>> Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Since it's May 1, I thought I would give a brief overview of the three areas in life where we are trying to patiently wait for answers.
So this retirement thing you keep mentioning??
I haven't written anything about Hubby's supposed retirement because there hasn't been anything to report. We've just been waiting to hear anything back from anybody. Then yesterday Hubs got an email saying that the base medical board is meeting this month to determine fitness for duty for all of their piled up medical cases. They are starting with the oldest first and Hubby's is one of the oldest. Apparently the reason why we haven't heard anything for several months is that there was a big change in how these medical boards operate and proceed, and our base was waiting for direction from on high. It would have been nice for them to tell us that, instead of complete radio silence. Regardless, they now have all of Hubby's paperwork completed, they should make a decision this month or next to forward his paperwork to San Antonio for the formal board, and once all of that is done, we will finally be up to the starting line of the retirement process. The formal board, once it gets the proper paperwork, is a 6 month or so process. And then we will have all the fun of out processing after that. I suppose we could be done with an active duty lifestyle by the end of the year or spring next year. I really don't know, though, and any dates I spit out are pure speculation.
So this retirement thing you keep mentioning??
I haven't written anything about Hubby's supposed retirement because there hasn't been anything to report. We've just been waiting to hear anything back from anybody. Then yesterday Hubs got an email saying that the base medical board is meeting this month to determine fitness for duty for all of their piled up medical cases. They are starting with the oldest first and Hubby's is one of the oldest. Apparently the reason why we haven't heard anything for several months is that there was a big change in how these medical boards operate and proceed, and our base was waiting for direction from on high. It would have been nice for them to tell us that, instead of complete radio silence. Regardless, they now have all of Hubby's paperwork completed, they should make a decision this month or next to forward his paperwork to San Antonio for the formal board, and once all of that is done, we will finally be up to the starting line of the retirement process. The formal board, once it gets the proper paperwork, is a 6 month or so process. And then we will have all the fun of out processing after that. I suppose we could be done with an active duty lifestyle by the end of the year or spring next year. I really don't know, though, and any dates I spit out are pure speculation.
