Welcome to your physical exam, now go home..

This has been the kick of week for us doing in-country physical exams for people who are overdue on their yearly physicals. The are people who have "re-upped" of have come from another company. We are doing with the same amount of room and staff.  They want us to do 20  day. I told them 5. The process starts at 0500 (5 am for you civilians) I'm all for that. My day doesn't start until 0700. But, I'm there in spirit. You start by getting fasting labs drawn, so nothing t eat after midnight and no breakfast. Or coffee. Could it get any better for them? Ten you get an Xray your hearing tested ad maybe an EKG. Then you see the Doc for your "face to face"and then you can go to breakfast. All before . Karki is a miracle of efficiency. "Be reasonable," I say, "do it Karki's way." The rules are all under "MOD 10." The Army's guidelines for your physical fitness in order to be in theater. We live and die by MOD 10. The joke is ,"don't go to medial, they'll send you home." We call it "DQ" not Dairy Queen, "disqualified." We call Dennis the double D. "DQ Dennis." We bust you for blood pressure and weight. Yesterday I sent 7 people either home or to Dubai for medical consultation. And that's based on only 5 physicals a day. What am I going to do when they build us a tent, get us extra staff and we do 20 a day? We will have to hire someone just to write referrals and send people home. Hm what should we call that position? Oh, I know, "THE TERMINATOR>>>>"