I have finally noticed a change to my son's status. Previously it had a line for Status and it said IN PROCESS. Now.... that line is gone. None of the dates have changed, though.
Any ideas on what this means??? (i've pasted it in below)....
Agency: US Coast Guard Academy
Admission Status Change Date: 29-DEC-2009
Current Medical Status: Qualified (as of 25-JAN-10 )
Thanks!
We just checked DoDMERB, and son's "In Process" line is missing too. I have no idea what this means. -officer
See quote from Larry Mullen below. Posted yesterday after following question was posted by skc
"Just an observation. Could it be dodmerb has eliminated the admission status tag line for SA's/ROTC because too many candidates/parents etc use dodmerb to verify admission status. After all dodmerb charge is to determine candidates medical qualifications to serve in the military during and post education.
From L. Mullen
"We are NOT able to eliminate it yet. That said, Admission status should be checked with Admissions at the Academy applicant is applying to".
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Larry Mullen
Deputy Director, DoDMERB
I spoke with Larry Mullen last night. I had sent him an email regarding the dodmerb page. The page he views is different then the one we see, but he did tell us my son's status is still showing "In Process" on his page.
I copied and pasted the page we see to show him the admission status is gone. He is not sure why it disappeared, but I don't think he's too upset about it.
I think Mr. Mullen and the rest of the staff at dodmerb would love for the admission status to be gone permanently. He informed me that he sent an email to the SA admissions folks to let them know the "admission status" is causing unnecessary grief for everyone. The candidates status should be available on the SA candidate page and not dodmerb.
I hope that clears up a little bit of the confusion. Mr. Mullen and the staff at dodmerb have a huge responsibility with regards to the medical information that needs to be processed, and should not have to deal with the admission status of every candidate.