Medical II

Here are some handy tips:

1. If you are a Marine reservist deploying overseas then you need to do whatever it takes to get your medical records in your hands before you leave. Don't listen to anyone who says they will be transferred "automatically." In fact, when you mention this at the DPC, be prepared for the room to burst out in a healthy chuckle.

2. If you know you haven't had very many shots then do whatever you can to get some of the live viruses administered before you report to the DPC. There's a 28 day wait between them and if you need more than two, you're screwed.

3. Learn to like waiting rooms.

Medical

Here's a handy tip that I kinda knew but hoped wasn't true. Medical won't do anything for a reservist unless you have mobilization orders in hand. If you wind up in the pipeline for deployment like me, ask for orders as soon as possible.