I was wondering if anyone could recommend any sites for information regarding the DMS or RAFMS. I am aware of the gov.uk website for DMS but I am finding it difficult to find any specific details about phase 2 training, the operations they have been involved with and how the tri-services integrate together on a daily basis?
I also can’t find any instagram pages for either, which haveusually been a big help for the other generic RAF information.
Any help/advice/guidance would be much appreciated.
I have my medical tomorrow. What kind of things can I expect to happen?
Basically what the title says
Hey there, it's my first post here, so nice to meet you all! 👋 😃
I'm looking to make an application and very interested in physiotherapy as a career pursuit, however, I am not qualified and (honestly) want to join the military ASAP and also find a way to a degree without significant debt.
So the question is in two parts:
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Could the RAF Medic's further educational training support for 'Specialist Roles' include a degree in Physiotherapy to join that branch?
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If not, could anyone confirm that FT Serving Military Personnel as a whole do indeed receive significant funding benefits when it comes to pursuing education outside of their roles? (I believe even an engineer, for example, could get up to 70% funded for a degree in a field they wish to study outside of the military, so to speak)?
Thanks a lot all, your expertise will be truly appreciated! 🙏
James
Civvie here. Successfully passed all tests to join raf and have a start date for early 2022. I’ve been reading that the minimum service is 12 years, which seems very long. Is it the same for the Army and Royal Navy as I heard it’s only four years for them. If so, why such a big difference?
I start my Phase 2 in Feb and I’m just wondering if anyone has got any info on the course at DMS Whittington as I can’t find much online? Thank you ☺️
Even weed and medication is not helping!! This is hurting so bad as I am writing to you but all theses places are 1k+ to get a simple metal crown, please help?
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Warning: Unsatisfying update
Internet provider customer service rep wanted to be on the phone call with me while my sister was having a medical crisis and be involved in the conversation.
We use a common internet provider, big American company name. We have internet with them and my mom called them to upgrade to include cable TV into the plan. She came to a plan agreement with them and the rep proceeded to pitch the new mobile phone plan that the company is rolling out. After the generic sales pitch my mom told her that she wasn't interested in switching cell phone providers, the rep wasn't relenting. Finally after 40m she talked my mom into a "well maybe we'll think about switching, but let me get my daughter to discuss the plan because she's on the plan too and is the one who pays the bill".
[NOTE: This was all on speaker phone so both my mom and me could hear her and she could hear us both. Also my mom is over 70 and knows almost nothing of cell phones, especially smart phones.]
This is where I came into the conversation. The rep pitched the sales deal to me and rambled off a bunch of junk tier phones at ridiculous prices. I was upfront with her about how those deals were awful and we weren't interested in the slightest. She kept pitching more and more info at me, I kept telling her that I'm not interested and to just process the cable TV part of the deal. She outright refused to process the order for cable upgrades without us agreeing to a phone plan. I told her that if phones were forced as part of the cable package that we were also no longer interested in adding cable and to cancel the whole plan.
She then hit me with this number. "The deal was going perfectly until you showed up. I don't want to do business with you, put your mom back on the phone." I called her on her underhanded and patronizing sales tactic and told her that it wasn't going to work on me, I knew the deal was terrible and not worth it. She began clapping back with rude comments like "I don't understand why you're so against a good deal, you don't know good deals" and "please leave so I can talk to your mom alone, she was sensible".
I told her I wanted her name so I could report her. She ignored my request and kept on doing her s
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When we become accustomed to certain ways of thinking, it might be difficult to shift to a different paradigm. Just as entering credit card information onto a website was inconceivable in the early days of the internet, it may be difficult to conceive a system that maintains all of our data in a private wallet.However, before the cloud, we used to keep everything on our own computers. We couldn't have imagined employing cloud technology for even a quarter of the things that are now standard.
The Cloud is not decentralized data. The Cloud is a proxy for centralized services managed by major organizations located far away, which you must rely on. The decentralized web is similar to BitTorrent or Napster. It is not operated by a single service, and you do not need to rely on a single party.
Although cloud computing has certain scalability benefits, decentralization is far more resilient. There isn't a single point of attack. Data saved on a Cloud service can be removed at any moment if any terms are violated. When you own your own data on the Decentralized Web, no one can take it away from you, neither the government nor anybody else. This is becoming an increasingly critical issue in many countries.
Almost every service we use saves our data and then costs us a price to get it. Many free applications do not feature an offline option, forcing users to share their data at all times, even if they would like to keep it private.
At some time, it will be cheaper and safer for each of us to function as our own personal servers, especially when it comes to our medical information, which is the most personal of all.
Just wondering how long people are usually waiting between the telephone health assessment and their face-to-face medicals? I had my telephone health assessment on Thursday and just wanted to see how long the wait usually is.
I want to share my experience in finding help as a male victim in the Seattle area. For the most part I didn't feel motivated to post this because it seems like everyone just assumes that the bias is there, no need for personal experience comfirmation. But this week I discovered that even privileged medical relationships for trauma victims are subject to this bias and exclusion. I find this horrifying and unethical.
In 2020 I had been out of rape crisis therapy for a little over a year and I was beginning to relapse under a lot of stress. I waited for months for an appointment with a psychiatric doctor for formal diagnosis. I was diagnosed with CPTSD and the Dr expressed concern that I was an at-risk patient because I had moved back to the place where I was abused, alone, and although self-harm was in the abusive past the symptoms were still severe. She referred me to Harborview Abuse And Trauma Center. I did an intake with a LICSW at Harborview and was put on a waiting list.
However, while waiting I lost my job. My next job was a contract which meant no healthcare and no eligibility for Medicaid. I was concerned that this meant I wouldn't be able to go. When I got a phone call from the receptionist at Harborview I mentioned that I had lost my insurance. She very quickly said oh that's too bad, why don't you apply again when you have a job? I felt discouraged and tried calling some of Seattle's nonprofits for help, all of them rejected me for services.
Following that, I had a very bad year that seemed to get worse every month. Eventually while unemployed I signed up for Medicaid. I was strongly encouraged to return to Harborview at my new Doctor, I agreed because I felt very anxious about talking to therapists who don't work with sexual trauma and abuse. I called and the receptionist told me they stopped accepting Medicaid that year. She asked me detailed questions about my trauma and referred me to Sexual Violence Law Center. I messaged them and SVLC refused me service. In Seattle DV nonprofits refuse you service by referring you elsewhere, the woman who referred me didn't even give me a relevant referral sending me instead to website where you can fill out your own common legal forms. It had nothing to do with sexual violence or victim advocacy.
I did nothing about this for a while because I was discouraged. However, yesterday someone told me they received free care without insurance at Harborview Trauma. Sure enough, I looked up what I hadn't before
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I am thinking ahead to my medical and basically if I have any chance of passing it, I have two fingers missing on my left hand, it has been this way since birth, so it is all I am used to. Usually I would be convinced that this wouldn’t be allowed which makes sense, however looking at the “medical conditions that preclude entry” site it only states that a loss of either thumb precludes entry. The functionality of the hand is fine as it’s all I’ve ever known, the only thing I lack in is grip strength, do you reckon there is any chance I will make it through the medical. Thanks.
Evening all,
I am currently in the application process for the RAF and I have just been classed as TMU on my medical stage.
Reason being, about a month before my medical I fell on my knee playing football which caused swelling and pain when I run. I mentioned this when they asked about any knee problem.
Because of this, I am now TMU and have to be 6 months free of symptoms before I can start my 3 month exercise diary.
Is it worth me appealing this as I have been to a physio who reckons I should be able to get back into running next week or should I just suck it up and wait 9 months until I can retake my medical?
Thanks in advance!
After emailing him that deposits are non-refundable as stated in the contract… his response:
“I understand but I have told you well in advance and this is a medical condition i wasn't aware of and don't know how long I will be under treatment. So I request you on humanitarian grounds to refund as I would need any and all funds for my treatment. I know the contract states that the deposit is non-refundable but I would request you to refund and we promise we will work with you in the future.
Regards, …”
This service is scheduled in two weeks, I have no chance of booking anyone else.
I’ve heard lot of people say that RAF medics carry out mainly a admin role is this true ? Would they not be the first responders to help someone who was injured and provide first aid? And do they get attached to the raf regiment when they are out patrolling ? The role looked interesting as I thought this would be the case but people have said they don’t do much of this is this true ?
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TL;DR - Obnoxious and persistent sales rep for my ISP wanted to force me to buy their new cell phone plan, but we repeatedly told her NO! We only wanted the cable upgrade, no cell phones. She refused to do the cable transaction until we agreed to a cell phone plan, which was NOT required to get cable. She kept lying about her "system being slow" and "while we're waiting, let's talk phones". Finally we hung up on her and she called back, we hung up again and she kept calling back, harassing us and holding up our phone line.
My sister tried calling with a medical emergency and we couldn't get her through because the sales rep kept spam calling us. Finally we told her we were having a medical crisis and my sister was trying to call us and she was interfering. Sales rep asked to be in a 3 way call with us to discuss phone plan options WHILE we discussed my sister's medical emergency, she even offered to stay on the line with us to make a sale while we were in the ER.
I threatened to cancel our entire internet and cable with them and call 911 on her, she finally hung up. I filed a report with my ISP about her illegal behavior. Today I finally got in touch with my ISP over it again.
I had filed a detailed report right after it happened. 1 month later I finally got informed that there's no fucking report made and they have no record of any complaint from me. So I filed a new one and said that if this one "goes missing" too, I'm getting a lawyer. I immediately got a manager of some sort who was very curt and 100% didn't give a shit. I can't wait until after new year's to be told that they either have no report on file or that they did some bullshit internal investigation and found no wrong-doing.
