Help! PCS Over Seas

Well go ahead and smile!!! you shouldn't have anything to worry about. A fellow soldier of my husbands just had GB and she goes to Iraq later this year. I have talked to a few people coming and going and no one seems to have had any problems... Good luck!!!

an AD person had WLS???? Am I reading this right? I was looking into joining the AF and was told that you can't w/ a WLS. Just curious Thanks

Hi, I'm active duty with the Coast Guard, I just had the surgery in Nov 05. The Air Force my be more stringent on the WLS, but the Coast Guard and Army allow it. I had my surgery performed at Ft. Lewis. Good luck to you on joining. I retire this summer at the ripe old age of 39. Tony

Good luck on retirement , i have noticed that military personnel due not slow down during retirement , they just get more things to do . My father apon retirement, ecided to open a bed and breakfast , along with some security consulting. I thought retirement ment fishing????? Christina

Susie, Congrats on orders to the Azores (my husband got stranded there for a week one time coming back from the desert). He says the only flat spot is the runway. As for medical clearance, we've been through it twice (both times for coming to Alaska). It depends on the medical services they have available at Lajes. We had neighbors that got denied medical clearance for Lajes because their son had asthma. Although I'm not active duty (my husband is), I am an Air Force civilian. We've had a couple of people get denied for coming to Alaska (mainly for asthma) while others that have dependents with asthma get approved. I think it depends on how thorough the medical interview. I worked with one guy who's wife had rheumatoid arthritis. After getting up here, it flared up. With no rheumatologists in the area, they sent them back to the Lower 48. I'd start looking at the Lajes website and see what medical services they offer. Good luck and be sure to let us know how it goes. Maria