It's been many moons since I've posted. This past weekend, I "walked" in my medical school's graduation, and was also promoted from 2LT to CPT the preceding evening. Pending the release of my latest national board exam, and subsequent passing score, I will be moving to TX next month to begin my intern year. While many of the board members here have endured much more adversary than I have; I can say that, for me, medical school was an absolute pain in the ass. But aside from gaining hypertension, weight gain, gray hair, and enough resentments to choke a horse; I have gained many friends and positive memories. Most importantly, I have negotiated one obstacle and move forward towards my next goal.
Last fall, I completed a 4wk rotation at WBAMC as well as a 6wk rotation at Tripler Army Medical Center. As I received a direct commission, and have not yet attended OBLC, I was "that 2LT" that was more or less clueless. I'm sure everyone here knows exactly what I'm talking about. Because of the wisdom on this board, I had enough sense to do my best to generally STFU and find an NCO to discreetly ask when I did not know. I shaved, bloused my pants no lower than the 2nd eyelet, and poured over my dress uniform with prior enlisted to un-fuck myself as best I could. The nursing and ancillary staff at both hospitals were absolutely outstanding compared to the civilian world. Instead of having lazy, morbidly obese nurses sneer at me for being "just a medical student" that was interrupting their gossip or mid-afternoon snack
, I had nurses and aides telling me to stay put while they got supplies for me, and giving enough of a fuck to find answers for my questions if they did not know them. To have senior enlisted patients, certified BTDT, answer my questions in a clinical setting with "sir" this and "sir" that was humbling, to say the very least, and a testament to the training and professionalism of the military.Because I know that everyone is absolutely dying to see pictures
, I've included pictures from my promotion ceremony below. I'm the homo-looking one with the thick frame glasses. I'd like to emphasize I ordered those glasses before that idiot Chris Brown and all the other celebrity morons started wearing them. My new rank was "pinned" by the Dean of our school, as well as former KY governor Paul Patton. My peer in uniform is my dirtbag friend from New Jersey who also graduated and was promoted. 
I posted this in what I remembered to be the most appropriate forum. If I screwed up, please do let me know.
Respectfully
EDITED for PERSEC
