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  1. MFS for OTS/Active, play by play. Just went to MFS this week and figured I put up a play by play of how they ran it *April 2013* at Wright Patterson AFB. Starting when you get your training rip, read it, you’ll have to send an email to the 711th and check the MFS website, which is actually a decent resource. When you show up the day before your appointment, no one cares what time you show, so I’d encourage the leisurely mid-morning/nooner out of where you’re coming from. When you arrive at Dayton airport, you can take the prescribed $50 taxi, or pick up a rental car. CAUTION: a rental car will not be covered on your travel voucher without your commander’s approval letter. But, a rental will be around $120 + gas for 2 days… so if a cab is 50 x 2… and you’re willing to eat 20 bucks with some creative DTS work… Once at the WPAFB Inn it’s about 50/50 you may get sent ‘off base’ to the COMFORT INN. The Comfort is about 50 feet from one of the main gates, and has recently been re-furnished, with a sports bar, food service until 8pm. Especially if you do not have a rental, this is your best option, because the base inn has nothing within easy walking distance. The morning of the exam you take the bus from your inn to BLD 840 0645 and 0700L. The bus route isn’t direct, and the MFS is in a different section of WPAFB so expect a couple gates and stops before BLD 840. When you get there everyone meets in W100, which is the first room as you walk in from the flag pole / downhill side. Depending on which side you enter, you may walk into the 2nd floor, and the elevator I tried only went up from there… fun. You need a copy of your orders/DTS auth, and your medical records to check in. One guy didn’t have either and they made due, but try not to be ‘that guy.’ As for the first 4hrs of testing, it’s in 1hr blocks with your standard psych BS, and TBI base line testing. They told us it’s for TBI testing and psych research. After 4 blocks of tests, you get lunch from 12-13L. You can find food in the building or, there are several restaurants in driving distance. After lunch there are 3 tests/measurements, one or two more for PRK/Lasik. Physical measurements and eye topography were no big deal. FYI the techs giving the tests are by no means perfect. IF YOU THINK YOU’RE FAILING A TEST OR IT DOESN’T SEEM RIGHT, ASK FOR THE DOC! The first four guys given some flashlight test failed and passed when the Doc re-tested them herself, and gave the tech some OJT. Everyone there after passed. Make sure you are looking through both lenses to see the light. Otherwise you might give the wrong answer. The color vision test is the laptop model, no more cards. Just like any other laptop, glare makes a difference, make sure the door is closed, the lights are off and you are wearing your prescription glasses. If you don’t have PRK/Lasik you should be done and can fly out the next day. In our group everyone finished in one day. It says on the arrival guide the flight out should be no earlier than 1400 on the second day, and that is for PRK/Lasik only worst case. Good luck at MFS and RPA/UPT training.
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