Posted on 08/26/2004 8:36:27 AM PDT by cricket
KERRY SERVICE RECORD Wednesday, August 25, 2004 7:06 PM John Kerry does not want his service record questioned. This is the reason why.
Subject: Hanoi John's Military Service
On 18 Feb. 1966 John Kerry signed a 6 year enlistment contract with the Navy (plus a 6-month extension during wartime).
On 18 Feb. 1966 John Kerry also signed an Officer Candidate contract for 6 years -- 5 years of ACTIVE duty & ACTIVE Naval Reserves, and 1 year of inactive standby reserves (See items #4 & $5).
Because John Kerry was discharged from TOTAL ACTIVE DUTY of only 3 years and 18 days on 3 Jan. 1970, he was then required to attend 48 drills per year, and not more than 17 days active duty for training. Kerry was also subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Additionally, Kerry, as a commissioned officer, was prohibited from making adverse statements against his chain of command or statements against his country, especially during time of war.
It is also interesting to note that Kerry did not obtain an honorable discharge until Mar. 12, 2001 even though his service obligation should have ended July 1, 1972.
Lt. John Kerry's letter of 21 Nov. 1969 asking for an early release from active US Navy duty falsely states "My current regular period of obligated service would be completed in December of this year."
On Jan. 3, 1970 Lt. John Kerry was transferred to the Naval Reserve Manpower Center in Bainridge, Maryland.
Where are Kerry's Performance Records for 2 years of obligated Ready Reserve, the 48 drills per year required and his 17 days of active duty per year training while Kerry was in the Ready Reserves? Have these records been released?
Has anyone ever talked to Kerry's Commanding Officer at the Naval Reserve Center where Kerry drilled?
On 1 July 1972 Lt. John Kerry was transferred to Standby Reserve -Inactive.
On 16 February 1978 Lt. John Kerry was discharged from US Naval Reserve.
Below are some of the crimes Lt. Kerry USNR committed as a ReadyReservist, while he was acting as a leader of Vietnam Veterans Against the War:
1. Lt. Kerry attended many rallies where the Vietcong flag was displayed while our flag was desecrated, defiled, and mocked, thereby giving aid and comfort to the enemy.
2. Lt. Kerry was involved in a meeting that voted on assassinating members of the US Senate.
3. Lt. Kerry lied under oath against fellow soldiers before the US Senate about crimes committed in Vietnam.
4. Lt. Kerry professed to being a war criminal on national television, and condemned the military and the USA.
5. Lt. Kerry met with NVA and Vietcong communist leaders in Paris, in direct violation of the UCMJ and the U.S. Constitution.
Lt. Kerry by his own words & actions violated the UCMJ and the U.S. Code while serving as a Navy officer. Lt. Kerry stands in violation of Article 3, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution. Lt. Kerry's 1970 meeting with NVA Communists in Paris is in direct violation of the UCMJ's Article 104 part 904, and U.S. Code 18 U.S.C. 953.
That meeting, and Kerry's subsequent support of the communists while leading mass protests against our military in the year that followed, also place him in direct violation of our Constitution's Article 3, Section 3, which defines treason as "giving aid and comfort" to the enemy in time of warfare.
The Constitution's Fourteenth Amendment, Section 3, states, "No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President ... having previously taken an oath . to support the Constitution of the United States, [who has] engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof."
--------- A. L. "Steve" Nash, MAC Ret, UDT/SEAL SEAL /// Authentication Team -Director AuthentiSEAL /// Phone 707 438 0120 /// "The only service where all investigators are US Navy SEALs"
. . .and include also a copy of excerpt of Cincinatus' Wife post #3 on thread. . ./Kerry's Testimony/ Excerpt from "Hillary Clinton and the Radical Left" Hillary Clinton and the Third Way***......
. . .that and. . .well, you get the picture. . .so much available and so little time but, aside from e-mails; 'we need to share!!!'
No, it actually shows a complete lack of understanding about the Reserves.
Here is a good explaination of various terms involving the reserve components from a DoD site.
As you can see the Individual Ready Reserve (IRR), a manpower pool in the Ready Reserve, primarily consists of: Individuals who have had training, have served previously in the Active component or the Selected Reserve, and have some period of a military obligation remaining. IRR members are in an active status, but do not perform regularly scheduled training.
Kerry was an IRR. His contract only required him to be ready reservist, not a selected reservist.
Not even all Selected (aka active) reservists serve 17 days active duty for training and 48 drills. In two different periods as an individual mobilization augmentee (IMA), I was only requried to do 24 drills and 12-14 days of active duty each year. (I ususaly did 28 or 32 drills, but the extras were "points only", IOW no pay. There are many categories of ready reservists. Unit reservists, and some IMAs are Cat A, the "usual" 17 days days active duty plus 48 drills (24 days or 12 weekends). Cat. B, which most IMAs are is the 12-14 days (two duty weeks plus travel days as required) active duty plus 24 drills.
The guy is a slime, a traitor, and when he went to Paris to meet with the VC and NV delegations, he was in violation of US law. None of that had a thing to do with his reserve status however. Reservists not on active duty (even for a short period of training, and not performing inactive duty training are not subject to the UCMJ, regardless of what "everyone knows" or "scuttlebutt". Look it up. Such incorrect information just detracts from the credibility of those spreading it. There's plenty in Kerry's record to find fault with. We don't need to make stuff up. For example his DD-214 shows him transferred to the reserve as a LT(jg) (O-2), whereas he claims to have been promoted to LT (O-3).
Well, I don't know. . .maybe or maybe not; according to muawiyah and kabar; maybe. . .
Of course he want's it 'both ways'. . .hero/Critic. . .'served admirably'/war crimes. . .hates Military/wants to be Commander-in-Chief/Reporting for Duty. . .communist collaborator/patriot.
The question of treason has nothing to do with his reserve status. Civilians can give aid and comfort to the enemies of the United States as well. They can commit perjury just as well too. They can violate the laws against negotiating with foreign powers. He did all those things, but as a civilian, even though he was still subject to recall to active duty during that period as a member of the Individual Ready Reserve.
From my perspective based on primary source material as well as almost 8 years on active duty as a naval officer (1965-72), there is no maybe about it. Kerry absolutely fulfilled his reserve oligations. This is a non-issue. As I have stated, it is more about what Kerry did while still in the Reserves subject to recall that deserves more scrutiny. Kerry has tried to hide his reserve status during the 1970-72 period for that reason.
Well, it is good to get it out here; and explain it; because it is being put 'out there'. . .Better to know the in'/outs than not; which is why this site is the best for getting to the truth of the matter.
As I mentioned another poster referenced this; and I responded; otherwise would not have been debated. . .good deal for all. . .
. .. and thanks; as well as to others here; who can put some light to this!
Bump. . .and thanks!
Never heard anything about it. Four years later I got my honorable discharge in the mail.
I suppose someone could or would say this makes me a deserter or AWOL or something like that, but they wouldn't dare say it to my face.
BTTT!!!!!!
Only if you run for president and keep it hidden. You did the hard part.
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