PQ-ing

We are now working on getting PQ'd (physically qualified) for work in a polar region. It's costly and un-guaranteed to Medevac someone off the Ice, and Raytheon would rather have us be healthy now than try and take care of us once we're in ice-town. The PQ process is a set of stringet physical exams, including a blood test, drug test, Tubercluin skin test, tetanus and flu shots, pap smear/prostate exam, extensive dental exam (and required extraction of wisdom teeth -- damnit) and for certain participants, mammograms, HIV tests, and EKG scans. It's nuts.