U.S Military Medical Care


  1. Posts : 17,136
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    U.S Military Medical Care


    Hey folks!

    I'm currently a senior in high school and will be going to Bob Jones University in the fall of 2018 to pursue a Bachelors of Science in Nursing.

    I would really like to work in the military and after looking into each branch and what they offer I've decided the Navy would probably be my best fit because of all the travel opportunities and medical facilities throughout the world.

    I seem to remember seeing a few members here mentioning that they were retired military and I'm always looking to hear from retired military who may have spent some time in a military hospital, been given medical care while in the military, or worked in a medical position. Were you impressed, disappointed? Does any certain branch stand out as the leader in medical care? I've heard a lot of good things about the Navy and the Air Force, but I've also heard that the Navy has more deployment options.

    Just looking for some info. I will talk with a recruiter if/ when I'm accepted into the nursing program.

    Thanks!
    -Chuck
    Last edited by Chuck38; 15 Dec 2017 at 21:19.
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  2. Posts : 186
    Windows 10 Pro x64
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    I wasn't in the military myself, but my father was retired from the army. Thus, I spent my first 21 years dealing with military healthcare.
    At the time I lived in New Jersey and the military hospital stunk big time.
    I had personal issues with the hospital and the treatment of both myself and my father.
    My father passed away when I was 11 due to a second serious heart attack.
    On the day he passed away, their was a Heart & Lung Hospital 2 miles away from the military hospital.
    The hospital always had 5 of it's own ambulances sitting parked outside the emergency room.
    Yet, they wouldn't transfer my father to the hospital that knew what they were doing and my father died, because they messed up attempting to put a pacemaker in him.
    Then a year later, I got type 1 diabetes.
    For the first 5 1/2 years they didn't have me on the correct 2 types of insulin and only had me on one type that only worked 12 hr's per the single does I was prescribed by them, yet it was my fault my blood sugars were always high according to them.
    No it was their fault as they didn't give me the proper medicine and now I'm disabled thanks to their mis-treatment of my diabetes.
    Do yourself a favor once you're in the military and see your own non-military physicians.
    The military one's are jokr's from personal experience.
    Maybe thing's have changed now, though, as I'm 50 now and haven't used military healthcare since 1988.
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  3. Posts : 186
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    My father was retired from the Army, but he served in the Navy prior to the Army.
    He went in in the early 1940's and they didn't realize he was only 15 when he went in the Navy.
    It took my uncle getting killed before they realized my dad joined at 15 and they discharged him from the Navy.
    By then he was 21 and joined the Army.
    I experienced a Army hospital and a Navy hospital.
    Neither were good physician wise.
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  4. Posts : 1,327
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    Well speaking from MY experience (US Army veteran) the VA healthcare system is top notch. I can still use my left arm after it was almost completely severed (due to an accident) and I thank my Army Doctors for this every single day. I use VA Healthcare for 100% of my medical needs and have been totally happy with it. Good people, Good facilities .... what more could you ask for? I know you hear horror stories about the VA but I'VE never been disrespected or disappointed in the care I receive. I've used the VA Hospital's in Louisville Ky. (my main hospital, my clinic's closer to me.), Lake City, Florida, Junction City, Tenn. and Tampa, Florida. They ALL provided me with caring service. Tampa's staff were probably the "least nice" but still decent and timely. ANYWAY, the VA Healthcare system is HUGE and there will be hiccups but overall, I think you're making a good choice. My brother retired from the Navy and all HE uses is the VA system too. Two heart surgeries later he's still doing great.
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  5. Posts : 1,983
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    UK Royal Hospital Haslar was Britain's first from 1745 AD, and last Military Hospital when it was sold off in 2009, having been abandoned some years earlier, with much specialized equipment remaining behind.

    Now it is a residential development.

    UK mainland Military treatment is carried out by NHS hospitals, notably the Queen Elizabeth, Birmingham.
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  6. Posts : 376
    Windows 10 Home 64-bit Edition
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    All these military guys who complain about the VA, they think they should be given special treatment. The VA doesn't work like that, they are just like your local county hospital, get to you when they can..
    My grand dad served, Normandy, France.. lost his right leg, every year the VA gave him a new sock for his leg but he had to wait normally 12 hrs to get it.
    My grand dad live near the Brazos river, the VA would send Careflite to his home and fly him to the VA. they took good care of my grand dad.
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