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Kerry was AWOL from Navy Reserve service
April 25, 2003
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Posted on 04/25/2004 8:05:21 PM PDT by waRNmother.armyboots
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To: Texas_Jarhead
Here is good
research into this topic.
Kerry was released from active duty as a Naval Reserves LT (O-3) to serve the rest of his obligation in the Naval Reserves in an inactive status.
He could have, if he chose so, participated in a Reserves unit - changing his status to active - and gained promotion and retirement points. He did not.
When he became eligible, he was sent a request to continue in the inactive Ready Reserve, he did not and was transferred to the Standby Reserve.
61
posted on
04/26/2004 6:15:04 AM PDT
by
optimistically_conservative
(If consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds, John F. Kerry’s mind must be freaking enormous. T.B.)
To: shezza
LOL! That's a keeper. Save it for yourself and keep passing it on! hehe!
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posted on
04/26/2004 6:34:51 AM PDT
by
SheLion
(Curiosity killed the cat BUT satisfaction brought her back!!!)
To: Vic3O3; cavtrooper21
Kerry was AWOL alert!
Semper Fi
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posted on
04/26/2004 6:40:10 AM PDT
by
dd5339
(Happiness is a full VM-II and a DEAD AND BURIED AWB!)
To: FairOpinion
Hmmm, I thought the UCMJ might cover that topic...
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posted on
04/26/2004 6:49:28 AM PDT
by
pointsal
To: The Mayor
Kerry was in the Service?
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posted on
04/26/2004 6:53:46 AM PDT
by
SAMWolf
("Iron on target. In the final analysis, that's all that matters." - General A. Jensen (CholeraJoe))
To: SAMWolf
I thought so, he said he was anyway..
I want to see the facts..
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posted on
04/26/2004 6:59:11 AM PDT
by
The Mayor
(The more you love God, the more you hate sin.)
To: The Mayor
I want to see the facts.That's something you'll never get from a Liberal like Kerry.
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posted on
04/26/2004 7:00:19 AM PDT
by
SAMWolf
("Iron on target. In the final analysis, that's all that matters." - General A. Jensen (CholeraJoe))
To: awjenni
You're right. I found out, much to my delight, that I would not have to spend time in the active reserve because I had a Vietnam tour to my credit.
The way they put it was this:
"If you had a combat tour in Vietnam, you would get first crack at having an active reserve posting. Otherwise, the active reserve slots would be filled by those who had not been on active duty."
I spent my active reserve time on inactive reserve.
When that commitment expired, I went to the end of the line behind the women and children.
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posted on
04/26/2004 7:00:47 AM PDT
by
HIDEK6
To: waRNmother.armyboots
Okay, the first document obligates him to 3 years active duty, 2 years in the Ready Reserve (or some other combination that adds up to 5 years), and 1 year of Stand by reserve.
The other documents seem to support your claims as well. Kerry should have been drilling with the Naval Reserve from Jan 3, 1970 until Jul 1, 1972.
Am I reading them wrong?
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posted on
04/26/2004 7:05:36 AM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn't be, in its eyes, a slave.)
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; waRNmother.armyboots; Happy2BMe; PhilDragoo; devolve
John Keri AWOL ??? "Shame ! Shame ! Shame !" says Gomer ! ....
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posted on
04/26/2004 7:27:16 AM PDT
by
MeekOneGOP
(The Democrats say they believe in CHOICE. I have chosen to vote STRAIGHT TICKET GOP for years!)
To: Blood of Tyrants; waRNmother.armyboots
OK,
here is an excerpt from a blog that might help clear up his status.
He enlisted in the Navy Reserves for a six year term in Feb 1966.
His OCS Agreement states a requirement for a maximum of 3 years active duty with a combined 5 years active/ready reserve and the last year eligible for standby reserve.
He requested release from active duty Nov 1969, and was released in 1970 to the inactive Navy Reserve.
Inactive Naval Reserve means he was not required to drill. All the fuss about paragraph 5. of his OCS agreement willfully overlooks "may", "alternative", "other appropriate Reserve training as may be authorized", etc. Kerry was authorized to be in the inactive Naval Reserve after being released from active duty.
He was required to notify the Navy of any travel to a foreign country for more than 30 days and would still be under UCMJ.
The foreign travel notification requirement is interesting in that after his wedding in May 1970 he traveled to Jamaica for his honeymoon and then before his April 1971 Senate testimony to Paris where he met North Vietnamese negotiators, perhaps as part of the VVAW peace meeting with the NLF.
I doubt that these requirements were strictly enforced by the Navy for inactive reservists, and the FBI seemed to be keeping pretty good track of Kerry between 1970 and 1972 based on his VVAW activity - so I would think if they wanted to go after VVAW members (at least those that ACTUALLY were vets) they could have.
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posted on
04/26/2004 7:40:00 AM PDT
by
optimistically_conservative
(If consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds, John F. Kerry’s mind must be freaking enormous. T.B.)
To: OneLoyalAmerican
As a recent retiree from the Air Force Reserves, I can tell you that the Individual Ready Reserves does not have to "drill", but they do have to perform duty equal to the time spent drilling by other reservists. They also have to perform 2 weeks of active duty each year with their unit.
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posted on
04/26/2004 7:40:51 AM PDT
by
Laserman
To: gdc61
oops, sorry, I misstook you for your evil twin "pessimistically_liberal" I understand, it happens from time to time when people confuse optimistically conservative with optimistically gullible, optimistically self-deceiving, optimistically prevaricating, ....
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posted on
04/26/2004 7:47:42 AM PDT
by
optimistically_conservative
(If consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds, John F. Kerry’s mind must be freaking enormous. T.B.)
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
John F'n Kerry is a lying traitor ~ Bump!
We are winning ~ the bad guys are losing ~ trolls, terrorists, democrats and the mainstream media are sad ~ very sad!
~~ Bush/Cheney 2004 ~~
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posted on
04/26/2004 7:49:47 AM PDT
by
blackie
(Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
To: weegee
We still don't know if George W. Bush was AWOL or not".
If that is an exact quote, and the dem candidate for president actually said
that on national television, then the rat party is indeed imploding.
Time to man the lifeboats, it's every rat for himself!
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posted on
04/26/2004 7:50:23 AM PDT
by
MamaLucci
(Libs, want answers on 911? Ask Clinton why he met with Monica more than with his CIA director.)
To: waRNmother.armyboots
So the question du jour
is not can anybody verify Bush was drilling in Alabama in 1972, but can anyone verify Kerry drilling in Massachusetts in 1972 (and 1971, and 1970). Is there not irony in that? DAMM! We should have seen this coming.
They ALWAYS accuse others of what they are guilty of themselves.
Always.
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posted on
04/26/2004 7:51:55 AM PDT
by
null and void
(I was told I needed to see a shrink because of my compulsive interest in nanotechnology...)
To: OneLoyalAmerican
Kerry is a creep, but he was not AWOL.Prove it. Were his teeth there?
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posted on
04/26/2004 7:52:55 AM PDT
by
null and void
(I was told I needed to see a shrink because of my compulsive interest in nanotechnology...)
To: awjenni
I don't think he is guilty as charged in this case.Then he should be eager to prove it, shouldn't he???
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posted on
04/26/2004 7:54:20 AM PDT
by
null and void
(I was told I needed to see a shrink because of my compulsive interest in nanotechnology...)
To: null and void
That wouldn't prove it! Maybe he left his teeth there and went home...
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posted on
04/26/2004 7:55:42 AM PDT
by
ilovew
(In honor of Mike Adams, a high school classmate, who died in Iraq last summer.)
To: John H K
Might want to pay attention to the people in this thread that actually know what they're talking about. As the lib-uh-rhuls say, "It's the seriousness of the charge, not the credibility, that requires investigation..."
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posted on
04/26/2004 7:56:37 AM PDT
by
null and void
(I was told I needed to see a shrink because of my compulsive interest in nanotechnology...)
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