[donozark]

6 years at that time, I believe. At least for enlisted members. Officers??

[Ben Hecks]

I did a Google search and found a document that specified an eight year military service obligation for anyone entering the service after a date in 1984.....I can't find anything for the 1966 time frame. If the MSO had been six years instead of eight, Kerry would still have been in the inactive reserve in 1971. The "uniform" Kerry wore for his testimony is not an authorized uniform and I'm sure there is a specific Navy regulation that could have been applied had the Admiral in command of the respective Navy District chosen to do so.