Re: If you only read one book this year, make it THIS ONE!

In article <c6n3r65n2jbedslvbd5sn3d4tjbamv48qu@xxxxxxx>,
Horvath1758@xxxxxxx wrote:

On Fri, 22 Apr 2011 11:39:37 -0500, Lloyd Parsons
<lloydparsons@xxxxxxx> wrote this crap:

In article <g9a3r61otvk7ol3rb0rn37qk5cjbhi5nku@xxxxxxx>,
Horvath1758@xxxxxxx wrote:

On Fri, 22 Apr 2011 10:28:45 -0500, Lloyd Parsons
<lloydparsons@xxxxxxx> wrote this crap:


The most important unanswered question is how Kerry left the Navy. I
have heard on good authority that he failed to attend required Navy
Reserve meetings and was given a "less than honorable" discharge,
because he was AWOL. What a guy! Would be a great POTUS and
"Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.

Larry

And of course, as usual, you 'heard' wrong.

No, he is correct.

Here's a link to the Wikipedia on Kerry :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_career_of_John_Kerry

Too bad you didn't read the whole thing,



Navy documents show that in 1978, he received an "honorable discharge
certificate" after a board of officers convened and reviewed his
record.

1978 was six years after he left the Navy. When he left the Navy in
1972 he got a general discharge. He petitioned President Jimmy Carter
to have his discharge upgraded. If you look at his posted discharge
papers you can see that it is a DD-215, NOT a DD-214.

Obviously you quit reading when you thought you found something to crow
about. Sorry, here's the entire Wiki quote about the discharge and
method which show you to be wrong again:

On November 21, 1969, Kerry requested an early release from active duty
in order to become a candidate for Congress. The request was approved
and he was released from active duty effective January 3, 1970, and
transferred to the Ready Reserve (inactive) [13][14]. On March 1, 1972,
the Navy offered Kerry the option of executing a written request to
remain in the Ready Reserve or automatically being transferred to the
Standby Reserve - Inactive; Kerry was subsequently transferred to the
Standby Reserve - Inactive effective July 1, 1972 [15]. Kerry had no
obligation to attend drills or contact the Navy other than to keep his
address current [16].
On February 16, 1978, Kerry received an "Honorable Discharge from the
U.S. Naval Reserve," pursuant to former Section 1162 of Title 10 of the
U.S. Code [17] and "in accordance with the approved recommendations of a
board of officers convened under the authority of [former] Section 1163
of Title 10 of the U.S. Code [18] to examine the official records of
officers of the Naval Reserve on inactive duty and determine whether
they should be retained on the rolls of the Reserve Component or
separated from the naval service pursuant to the Secretarial
instructions promulgated in [former] BUPERSMAN 3830300" [19][20][21].
With respect to Kerry's discharge from the Naval Reserve, Rowan
Scarborough of the Washington Times wrote:
"A second charge is that Mr. Kerry did not successfully fulfill his time
in the Reserves, so a special board had to be convened to determine what
type of discharge he should receive.
Navy documents show that in 1978, he received an "honorable discharge
certificate" after a board of officers convened and reviewed his record.
Navy officials say today that the board was standard operating procedure
at that time for all reservists and does not indicate Mr. Kerry did
anything wrong.
After service just short of four years on active duty, Mr. Kerry
transferred to the Ready Reserve and then in 1972 to the standby
Reserve. He was not required to attend drills under those two
designations, says a Navy official who asked not to be named." [22]


Where's the part that says I'm wrong? Kerry was released from active
duty on Jan 3 1970. At that point he should have gotten a DD-214. On
Feb 16 1978 he got his honorable discharge. Your own reference proves
that I'm right.

The discharge posted on his website is a DD-215. I'm right and you
know it.

The difference between us is that you think there's something wrong with
his discharge, the Wiki stuff proves that incorrect.

--
Lloyd


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