[JCG]

The closest I ever got to military service was participating in the Military Affiliate Radio Service (MARS) as a ham radio operator during the Vietnam era.

However, I learned how to properly format a radio message per US Army protocol and handled many of them during the time of my participation.

I don't recall ever seeing a message (and would never have originated one) that had a date like "14 May, 1972" in it. The comma is not regulation and, as far as I know, would never have been inserted. (This would absolutely be the case when handling messages in Morse code, as many were in those days.)

I am going to assume that in other military communications the same rule would apply. However, if you review the document labeled "Memo 1- 1972" in the article, you'll see that the [forger?] didn't understand this aspect of military protocol.

I would appreciate it if an ex- or present serviceman could corroborate this.

(Also, please note that the "comma-in-date" does not occur in the other documents.)

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[The Bandit]

I don't recall ever seeing a message (and would never have originated one) that had a date like "14 May, 1972" in it.

I just got out my dad's old Air Force records (originals) and all the dates have no commas (14 MAY 1972) I also notice that his orders were not written on letter head, just plain paper.