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Thanks for posting the link. As a health care provider, other than the insensitive slide about the depiction of a reservist/NG as a weekend warrior hat, and the warning of possible fraudulent activities. Objectively, the major intentions of the slides were good and there was nothing about directives to treat reservist/NG badly. I was not there. There may be something else going around that contributed this whole issue. Any 41stBDE soldiers who went through the demob with comments on that? 

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In response to the reporter who said that there was "animosity" between active duty and reserve/NG unit.

I a reservist who just returned from Iraq 2 months ago. I was in a national guard medical unit assigned to work at an office ran by active duty unit. My experience is that there were always some negative comments made by the active duty soldiers about reserve/NG soldiers. Of course, the same people also made negative comments about Navy,air force,marines,iraqis,british, whoever can be picked on. Certainly, I have heard same negative comments about active duty soldiers by reserve/NG soldiers as well. It just seems to be in the culture. Most importantly, when push comes to shove, everyone got together and got the work done. Just my personal experience.

   

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I agree to this posting as well. My family have Tricare as primary insurance. My wife with three kids never had any problems seeing their physician or referall to specialists. I have heard a lot of stories about how bad Tricare is and there are only a handful of physicians that accepts it. I personally have never had any problems with Tricare.

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Can someone post a site where I can see the Madigan slide show?

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