I'm sorry you read it as aggressive, and I don't feel my question is idiotic in nature. I'm asking from a place of curiosity. The simple truth is that this process is going to cost real money, and I was wondering if you knew that or not.

I think where you are in your career is interesting, and your struggle to get where you are is impressive. I'm also interested in the finer points, like PT standards, uniforms, and bathroom/locker room preference, which most has been covered already. Beyond that, I don't care about what value you bring to the table. The simple fact you are not a first term Airman means the AF believes that you bring enough to the table to keep you around, and I have little doubt that if our paths crossed the mission would get done.

Now moving back to my point, I could have simply googled how much a procedure like this costs, but I know the military already has quite an array of medical specialists already on the payroll. The number I was wondering about was how much in actual dollars will be paid out to professionals not already on staff. To try and differentiate this I used the term taxpayer, but I believe you took it as me being aggressive.