The List

I’m not shocked anymore when my husband tells me about the lies, deception, distrust and complacency he deals with at work. It’s a shame. I am used to hearing about the efforts put forth to help the soldiers, not harm them. I guess when you come from an awesome place like 5th Special Forces Group (where your heart is filled with pride on a daily basis because these men take care of their own) you become accustomed to integrity. “What do you need, and how can I help?”, might as well be the motto of the SOF community. They are always there for you when you need them. I miss that very much.

I was talking with my husband, recapping the events that have taken place. There are so many it is hard to keep it straight. This person (who I am still not naming yet), behaves like a compulsive liar. I would say almost every word he has spoken to my husband has been a lie or a [piss poor] excuse. 

The best way I can deliver this persons short comings is by listing them. If I were to explain it as a story it would be a crazy long book that would spin your head. Let’s get to listing, shall we?!

Keep in mind the job of the PA advisors are to educate, guide and advocate for the students. This individual has done the following:

• He was unable to be found at the hospital on 3 separate occasions when we first arrived to Hawaii. (My husband, who was on leave at the time, was being proactive looking for him.) This advisor finally made contact with my husband ONLY because the company contacted him to do so. During this initial contact my husband tried to ask him questions that needed to be answered, his reply was, “I don’t have time.” 
• He had failed to set up the clinical rotation schedule for the 3 new arriving IPAP students. (Other students at other sites knew there schedule before we left Ft. Sam.)
• He scheduled a time for these students to be familiarized with 2 software systems but not fully trained.  There are 4 other systems they are required to use and have NEVER been trained on. One program called DMHRSi (they pronounce it ‘dimmers eye’), is a constant issue for the students. This PA advisor has threatened to take punitive action on the students if there were anymore mistakes made on that program. (There is an email stating this by him.) He never took the time to teach the students and has in fact, admitted that he has someone else DO IT FOR HIM!!!
• He creates drama through hearsay.
• He tasks out his duties to the students. Before Christmas he assigned my husband to 1) find out what documents the company needed to be included in each students leave forms, 2) inform the rest of the students, 3) have all the students email my husband so he could then review and correct any errors, and finally 4) consolidate everything into one neat package to email to the advisor. He said he didn't have the time to do all of that and he hates getting lots of emails. He shirks other responsibilities to students that include tasks such as issuing training certificates, gathering student photos, assignment preference requests…etc. etc. etc.
• He had a student draft a a memorandum to justify the necessity of a study room for PA students. 
• He tasks the students to plan, coordinate, and PAY for graduation. (The students essentially buy lunch for officers as high as Brigadier General.)

There are more examples that I know I am forgetting right now. Just writing this makes me sick to my stomach. No soldier deserves a leader like this. I can barely write the word leader when talking about this person. He is not a leader. He is a selfish, vain, disgusting excuse for a person in charge of IPAP students here at Tripler Army Medical Center.

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