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*gripe* Statement of non-availability...
So, lodging had no vacancies when we arrived here. Instead, we stayed in a hotel off-post.
Now that DH is doing his in-processing, he can't find the fricking card they gave us at lodging with the non-availability statement.
I'm annoyed. Yes, DH should have kept better track of it. But, seriously... We're in the 21st century. A business card with a hand-written number on it should _not_ be the record-keeping method of choice on something like this!
I am _really_ hoping this doesn't cost us a serious amount of money. I am beginning to worry it might.
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Re: *gripe* Statement of non-availability...
Is there any way the front desk can get you a new copy?
When I was handling travel reservations for my defense attorneys we ran into that a lot and the desk staff always said they wouldn't fax or email a copy of that letter. The squeaky wheel gets the grease!
DH will be at least trying this, if he can't locate the stupid card, and there is no other record of the non-availability.
I just have to think there must be a better system than handing a little 2x3 inch card with a handwritten number on it to a soldier, who will need to still have it handy 10-15 days later. Seriously.
Audette, I don't want to be an assholle but between this post and the ER one, it's clear that you'll need to come up with a better system for keeping paperwork straight. Or your H does. In any case, you're going to find yourself screwed over again and again if you can't keep the paperwork together, especially when it comes to medical care and moving.
Get a zippered binder and shove everything in there. You never know what scrap looks worthless now that you might need later. You can't count on the military to be efficient or keep good records. You just can't.
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So, we've had two issues in over five years of marriage/DH's service... Yep, that must be crappy record-keeping on my part...
Seriously - have you filed for reimbursement from Tricare for care received in a country with socialized healthcare? I looked into what was needed. I decided that it wasn't worth my time to file. Really. I only have so many hours in the day, and for that, it just wasn't worth it. The next time you try to mesh two different crazy healthcare systems together, let me know how it goes.
Oh ffs, that's not what I'm saying at all. And it does not help to pretend that the process is oh so difficult that none of us can know what it's like. I don't want to play a military pissing match but I grew up in the navy. My exh was army. My husband was army then went national guard. So pardon me for trying to give you some advice to make your future dealings go more smoothly.
Keeping track of all your paperwork regardless of how seemingly innocuous can be the key in getting resolution, even when it comes to fixing the military's mistake. Oh like the time the army produced this entire record of shiit they claim to have issued my H and wanted us to pay them thousands to reimburse them. If we hadn't had all the CIF paperwork they issued H when he arrived at that post years earlier, we would have had to pay them that money.
I'm not saying it's your fuuk up you're preventing by keeping good records. I'm trying to tell you that keeping your paperwork is the key to not getting screwed over by the military or paying for their errors.
The two things that will save you money in the military, keeping track of your paperwork and your own persistance.
I mean what's the better option here? Complaining that the process is jacked up knowing full well the military has no plans to streamline it? Or saving every bit of paperwork and keeping it in the best order possible so you can get the best outcome despite their illogical processes?
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