FLC EXPERIENCES NOSE GEAR DOOR DAMAGE ON PUSHBACK ON 2 OCCASIONS.

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WHILE PUSHING BACK OFF OF GATE IN DCA; WE HAD A TOW BAR POP OFF AND IN DOING SO; THE R NOSE GEAR DOOR RECEIVED A SMALL DENT. THE PUSHBACK CREW DID NOT NOTICE IT AND SIGNALED ALL WAS OK. WE PROCEEDED TO MCO WITH NO INDICATION (NOISE OR VIBRATION) OF ANY DAMAGE. WE FOUND DENT ON OUR POSTFLT WALKAROUND IN MCO. BEFORE LEAVING DCA MY FO NOTICED A SMALLER DENT IN APPROX THE SAME LOCATION. IT WAS CLOSE TO DEP TIME AND WE TALKED TO A MECH ABOUT WRITING IT UP; BUT SINCE IT WAS SO SMALL WE DECIDED TO TAKE CARE OF IT AT THE NEXT STATION; WHEN WE HAD MORE TIME. I BELIEVE THE FIRST DENT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED THE NIGHT BEFORE WHEN WE ALSO HAD A TOW BAR COME OFF. SAFETY WAS NEVER COMPROMISED IN ANY WAY AT ANY TIME. I AM WRITING THIS ONLY BECAUSE PAPERWORK SEEMS TO HAVE BECOME MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE ACTUAL FLYING. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE MECHS ARE TRYING TO BLAME EACH OTHER FOR THE LARGER DENT AND IF I HAD PROPERLY LOGGED THE FIRST DENT THERE WOULD BE NO QUESTION WHERE THE SECOND DENT CAME FROM. IN THE FUTURE I WILL INSIST ALL PAPERWORK IS DONE -- NO MATTER HOW LONG THE DELAY.