Out-Processing Hell

Getting into the military was easy enough. Pass a physical, sign on the dotted line (and this one and this one), and then off to Basic Training.

Getting out of the military though...incredibly harder! You get a list of things to do when you project your last day before any leave your taking right before you get out. All of that stuff has to be done so you can get your orders and they come with another list! This isn't the bad part! The problem comes up when you find out that you have to get another list from this place on the list, and then you're trying to get that list done just so they will sign off on your first list, then part way through that list you find out you have another list! (And on this next list you have to go back to half the places you've already been.) Then you go to the next place and find out that they won't let you outprocess until the day before you actually do your final out (your very last day). But you have to do this place (A), before you can do B, which you have to have done before you can out process you squadron, which has to be done before your final out meeting. SO...you have a few things that can be whenever before hand but the majority of stuff that you have to do has to follow other things and then those can't be done till the end. So you spend the last day or so running around like a chicken with your head cut off trying to get to as many places as you can in just a few short hours.

Oh I didn't mention that they people you are looking for are never there!