This just discovered by Commissar from FOIA request of official US Navy files:
Posted on 09/11/2004 12:37:36 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
WASHINGTON -- On Nov. 21, 1969, John F. Kerry made a crucial decision: He wanted to leave active duty in the Navy in order to run for Congress.
"Because various political figures have advised that I move quickly to establish my organization, I respectfully request that I be released from active duty as soon as possible," Kerry, who was serving as an aide to an admiral in Brooklyn, wrote in a memo.
Kerry won early release and was transferred to the Naval Reserve, which the Kerry presidential campaign says required that Kerry do no more than report his whereabouts in case of an emergency call-up. In the past, Kerry has estimated he shaved between two and five months from his active duty; this week, a campaign spokesman said it saved about six weeks.
With the revival of questions about whether President Bush fulfilled his National Guard duty, some of Kerry's critics have begun to focus on what Kerry did in the Naval Reserve, asking why he hasn't released records of his reserve service. The Kerry campaign says that he was on inactive status at the time and did not have to appear for Naval Reserve duty.
"He had no obligation," Kerry spokesman Michael Meehan said.
"The only obligation was that he inform the Navy where he could be reached."....................
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
This just discovered by Commissar from FOIA request of official US Navy files:
I'd double check those documents, if I were them.
Funny, the Kerry critics I see on FR (who have a double-life as political operatives who sinisterly work for Bush while sitting in their pajamas) want sKerry to sign Form 180 to release all of his military records.
Why didn't the Globe mention Form 180?
LOL! Quick -- send this to Dan Rather; it will save him!
Kerry spokesman Michael Meehan also still claims Kerry was in Cambodia. Meehan is such an outright liar.
them = they
preemptive damage control...
No bias here. Nothing to see.
Move on (.org).
This just discovered by Commissar from FOIA request of official US Navy files:
Two points:
1. I think this article about his afirmative obligations is wrong.
2. He also had negative obligations like as a Navy reserve officer not to consort with the enemy.
Even back then, foreign leaders wanted him to be president? WOW!
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This is one of the few times I believe what Three Bandaids says. After I had served almost four year active duty in the Navy (1972-1976), as an enlisted man, I was granted an almost 3 month early release from active duty to start college. The regulations at the time allowed a sailer to be separated from active duty 30 days before beginning college, but not more than 90 days before expiration of your active enlistment. My active duty would have been finished in early Aug of 1972, but I had been already been accepted at a university for the summer semester of 1976 which began in early June. So, I requested and was granted an early release in early May of 76.
Because I had served nearly 4 years, I was not required to serve in the active reserve for my remaining 2 years of military obligation (back then it was a 6 year obligation not 8 as it is today). I did serve voluntarily in a reserve unit for about 10 months after returning home for the extra pay. But it was extremely boring, so I quit. Because I wasn't required to serve in the active reserve they said OK. I spent the rest of my time in the inactive reserve. I didn't have to do anything except let them know where I lived. In July 1978 I had completed my full obligation and was honorably discharged.
So, this one time Kerry is telling the truth. He did not have to do active reserve time - he just had to be available in case of a call up.
Ok, I can prove that's a forgery. 1969 was one of those years in which there wasn't a 4 January.
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I was enlisted Navy 70-74, and we had a different contract then Kerry. We were regular USN, whereas he was USNR. I have to admit I don't know what his obligation was, but from what I gather he had an active reserve committment. There are some other strange issues like the date of his discharge being 1978. That would make it almost 12 years since his enlistment.
We need more facts. But as W's numbers keep getting better, and F keeps tanking, it seems like the desire to dig deeper is going away.
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That memo is an obvious forgery. We all know that the real one was from Nixon himself!
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