Vent... feel free to ignore...

[audette]

This is a total vent. I'm mostly just blowing off steam, because I'm one giant ball of stress and need to somehow, somewhere get it out...


I'm feeling incredibly frustrated by the re-assignments office on base. It's like one giant clusterfuck of incompetence and complete and total interest in trying to do things well.


DH had his levy brief for his/our upcoming move on wednesday. It consisted of "here, read this, and then sign this piece of paper saying you read and understood it". No new information was given, some incorrect/inconsistent information was given, though.

Then they took down some info on each soldier out in the main seating area, including full socials, dates of birth, and a variety of other information that would never be discussed beyond closed doors in a civilian office.

After that, each soldier was taken, one at a time, to one guy's cube, to get their orders put together. Out of the 20-ish sets of orders put together at that time, we know of at least a half dozen that need to be redone because the guy screwed up, mostly with simple cut and paste errors. Including DH's orders.

Then we asked about visa issues, and were given mind-blowinging incorrect information that could possibly get me stranded at the airport without the ability to enter the country (seriously, I _can't_ be the only foreign national spouse that wants to join my husband on an overseas assignment, right?).


And, to add insult to injury, we learned that the CS packet that _should_ have been sent to the receiving command a couple weeks ago for approval was still sitting on someone's desk in reassignments. They didn't realize it until DH said that we were still waiting on its approval. In fact, they didn't seem to know the packet _existed_ until we mentioned it to them.


*head* *desk*


I wish I could say this was the only source of stress in my life right now, because it's a pretty damn big load of it, but it's not. Between this, job stress, possible job-loss, passport renewal issues, and a few other smaller things, I'm darn near my breaking point.


Maybe it's a good thing I'm going up to my parents' place next week. The primary reason for the trip is to resolve my passport issues, but it'll also be great to be mothered for a little while...

[amaristella]

Wow. Sorry you're going through this. Sounds like a bunch of people have their heads so far up their asses they can't walk straight.

[NomadicMama]

I am so sorry you are dealing this. My DH and I joke that the Army has a keen ability to make you feel as though you are the first service member or family member to encounter any given situation. It's as though every situation is brand-spanking new every blessed time. DH is dealing with this now, trying to get his paperwork for R&R/TDY completed.

The time from when DH learned of his new assignment to when we landed in Germany was über stressful. We also joked that we survived infertility and a difficult pregnancy/delivery/deployment, but getting these orders were going to be e end of us. It was awful. And really, it shouldn't have to be so damn difficult.

I hope things get sorted out. Is there any chance to submit an ICE comment?

Keep us posted on how things move forward.

[audette]

Nomadic - an ICE comment might be a good idea. I'll have to think on that. Thanks!

You're right, though. It really does feel like we're the first people ever to do this, and I know that's not possible. There's too darn many people in the military for this to be a new situation.

Damnit. I'm trying to apply logic to the army again. Does not compute.