Update Number 2: 1:38pm

Okay, so the case worker at Camp Robinson called Michael this morning and told him that he has to get a signature from his former employer (the people who fired him after he was put on INCAP for the second time). That's not a problem, he will get that done this week. He told Michael that INCAP packet for June was good, but that he has to have the signature from Magnolia Healthcare for his July packet, otherwise he won't receive his full active duty pay, just what he would have received for drill weekend. Fine.

Here comes the problem: Around the time that the people at Michael's unit in Warren asked him to get me to take this blog down, they also told him that the INCAP packets had to have original signatures on the paperwork. This meant that Michael had to drive to Warren (182 miles, round trip from our home, with no compensation for mileage) in order to fill out and sign his packets so that they could be mailed to Little Rock. The person that told him this said that he was told by the case worker in Little Rock that the paperwork must have original signatures and could no longer be emailed, signed, scanned and emailed or faxed back. However, today on the phone, the caseworker told Michael that he never said that and that it would be fine for Michael to print out what he needed and get the people and Magnolia Healthcare to sign it and scan and email or fax it back to him.

Don't worry, I'll be adding these people's names and ranks as soon as all of Michael's paperwork is processed and he is put on TDRL.

Again, I know I should not be surprised at all about this, but I just don't understand why we have to do all the footwork. Shouldn't they be taking care of all this? Shouldn't the different offices communicate better between themselves? I swear to God Michael gave a piece of paperwork to someone at Little Rock to copy and she is two cubicles away from this other person who also needed the papers and we had to get the copy to the other person. *pulls her hair out*

-Brie'Anne

Update: July 22

So that Major that I've talked about in the last two blogs? Well, Michael has been trying to contact her personally ever since we found out that his INCAP packet did not get processed, because she is the one person who can fix that. She finally called him back yesterday and he explained everything to her. Apparently she did not sound pleased with the way Michael's unit as well as the people at DCSPER MED or whatever it is called, in Little Rock (Camp Robinson) were handling (read: not handling) his case. She told him that she would have answers for him soon.

As to whether we'll get a paycheck sometime before the 15th of next month, I doubt it. And I will continue to doubt it until perhaps we get one earlier than that. That way, it's like a surprise...like Christmas! Woohoo!