For those of you new to this forum area!
Lol... So I've seen.. Thank you! I actually sent him a message shortly after posting this question.
I think that it rocks how he's here trying to help people out. I don't think I know too many people who would do that
He has COMPLETELY turned around the image of DODMERB throughout the spectrum. I've been an ALO for 15 years, an AF officer for close to 26 and first applied to the academy in 1978. My father was the USAFA hospital commander, a career flight surgeon and my best friends father was either the DODMERB commander or he was the Chief AF doctor there, I honestly can't remember now.
And from the time I was in HS until only Mr Mullen's arrival on this board, I can tell you with candor that DODMERB to ME was a threat to be avoided like the plague. One could NEVER get a straight answer, they took months to do ANYTHING, and candidates seemed to suffer. And yes, I had that attitude as an ALO.
NOW?!
I have learned from this board and some personal interaction with Mr Mullen:
a. Mr Mullen TRULY has the goal of qualifying EVERYONE that can be qualified! He won't break the rules...sorry folks, that's something we all live with in everything we do in life. BUT he is YOUR advocate; something I never felt I had and until recently I don't think the candidate pools did either. Or if they did (let's be fair, DODMERB folks are just like us, they're not pointy-horned demons out to count their kills) WE never knew it.
b. This gentleman will do his BEST to help in ANY way he can (he answered one of my questions while out to pizza with his family!). One way or another you will KNOW your status quickly. You won't sit for months wondering, hoping, etc. And if you need something extra, you'll know exactly what it is and how to do it!
And you can NOT ask for more than that!
You/WE have a POWERFUL advocate on all of our sides!!