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Here's Kerry's DD 214:
found at: http://www.johnkerry.com/pdf/jkmilservice/DD214.pdf

Here's another from the same time frame:
found at: http://ice.he.net/~freepnet/kerry/graphics/PitkinDD214.jpg

Go to block 25 on Kerry's 2nd DD 214. What do you see in the section for "Education and Training Completed?" Nothing. Not even college, much less his swift boat school. Not even an "NA" or "NONE." My DD 214 from the Marines listed a variety of schools and training as did Pitkin's. I wonder if the person who filled this out didn't know how to put that information into the block (or that it was needed).

I was a corporal in the Marines when I got out. Typographical errors weren't allowed. The clerk had to redo the form. It had to be perfect. Kerry's DD 214 has typos in block 24 (decorations, etc.). And he was a Naval officer (first class treatment and all that). Pitkin's DD 214 had an error on it and the clerk made Pitkin initial it. Perhaps no big deal, but it looks odd.

Kerry's block 27a wasn't checked (either "Yes" or "No"). It should have been. Mine was. So was this one:
found at: http://www.cse.psu.edu/~glasgow/graphics/dd214c.jpg

Kerry's decorations don't include the word "medal." Mine did. Pitkin's did. Glasgow's did. This is a Department of Defense form (not Navy) and there are things that are supposed to be in there.

In his decorations block (24) it also has the phrase (with a typo) "SEE ATTACHED SHEET." That's not how it was done. If there wasn't enough room in a block, the continuation went in the remarks block (30). Where's that attached sheet, anyway?