Explanation of "scroll" and Timeline of events
Hey folks,
I'm starting this thread with a little bit of emotion...so for that I apologize, but hear me out because I have a few questions. First, for some background, many of you know, through my previous posts, that I have had some problems in the recruiting process. After it took 6-7 months to finally get all of my medical paperwork in (and that was only after going around my recruiter and talking straight to my processor) I finally was medically cleared on 30 June.
Well, from all of my other friends/selectees, it took them about 11-12 total days until they received their final select letters. I've looked at some other posts on here and it's about that same timeline. A friend of mine with the same recruiter as me took 24 days for our recruiter to inform him the letter had already been signed and the commdocs were on the way.
Well, for me it's now 25 June, and have no hope to get the letter before Monday, 27 June...27 days since my medical clearance. I've been bugging my recruiter a lot recently to see what the hold up is...and I get vague answers like "I'm calling today" or "I'm going to email them."
Well, this past Tuesday I spoke with my recruiter for about 15 minutes while he checked the system to see if my letter was there. He told me to "not worry because my name already came back on the scroll, it's just a matter of putting an electronic signature on the final select letter...everything's fine."
Ok, onto the questions:
Am I really fine? Have other people had similar experiences of 4 weeks from med clearance to FS letter? Am I freaking out over nothing?
What is the "scroll"? I tried looking it up on google and here and couldn't find anything...any explanation would be appreciated so I can know what he's talking about (of course, I asked him what it was in an email and he didn't respond to it)
I noticed SavvyPR's timeframe from about med clearance in February to "on the scroll" in late May...a whopping 3 months (and here I'm only worried about 1 month)...is that a normal timeframe?
Basically, what the hell is going on with my process and does anyone have any details on how this crap actually works?
Thanks fools. I hope everyone has a good weekend...for me it's baseball and gun shows. Peace.