[Grut]

Well, to be fair, I just looked at the awards & decorations part of my own DD 214 and it's a run-on mishmash of acronyms and abbreviations that's pretty confusing. So it's possible Kerry just didn't know what his own DD 214 said.

[Terp]

I can't speak for Kerry, however before I retired from the Navy I was required to review and sign my DD 214. There were mistakes on it as far as my Awards went. I was missing 4 if I recall.

But all I was concerned with was that I received an Honorable Discharge and that the dates for my enlistment were correct so that I would receive the correct retirement pay. I just didn't want to waste time having the Personnel Department make the corrections.

This may have been the case with Kerry but once he decided to run for public office he most certainly should have had the DD 214 corrected and he knows it.

[mewzilla]

Doesn't the military tell recipients of these medals/citations that it's the service member himself/herself who is responsible for checking the accuracy of the paperwork and ensuring any inaccuracies are corrected?