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Old March 28th 04, 10:58 PM
BUFDRVR
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HRP/PRP pre-qual would be just like you are in it.

This is extremely difficult for traditional reservists and guardsman. PRP means
you can only be seen by an Air Force Flight Surgeon or, in the case of
emergency, seen as soon as possible following care from a non USAF Flight
Surgeon. Most traditional reservist and guardsmen do not live around USAF bases
and are not seen by *any* military physians let alone USAF Flight Surgeons.
Then there is the monitoring aspect of PRP. According to the program, you are
to be monitored by your commander as well as by your peers. How is your
commander to know if you have been under any unusual stress that should
preclude you from working around nuclear weapons if he only sees you one
weekend a month? The answer is, he can't. I'm not sure how these guard units
operated in the 60's and 70's, but today very few (if any) non-active duty
personnel are PRP certified. The B-52 Reserve Squadron has no nuclear mission
simply because of the PRP issue and this includes their ART guys.


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