... did Kerry receive a less than honorable discharge in 1978 and find ... upgraded in 2001?

www.christian-news-in-maine.com ^ | 12 Oct. 2004 | Danny Calhoun, Somerset, Kentucky

[deport]

Yes he was discharged from Active to the Reserves effective with the 1970 dd214..... He then was released from the Reserves in 1978.....

[Desparado]

In box 5 of Kerry's dd214 it states his rank as E5. This is not an officer rank. It is an enlisted rank. I wonder why his rank of discharge was not 1st or 2nd Lt. which should have been his rank at that time. Is it possible that for some reason he was demoted to an enlisted rank of E5 which would have been the equivelent of Pvt. to an officer in a disciplenary action? I could be wrong about this but it is puzzling why he would be an E5. That is the rank that men are given when the are in training for Officer School. I know because I was in OCS during the Viet Nam War.

[deport]

In box 5 of Kerry's dd214 it states his rank as E5.

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He carried that rank until he completed OCS at which time he was commissioned an Officer.... At that time he was discharged from the enlisted ranks [Dec 66] and transferred to the officer ranks.....

He was discharged from active duty in Jan. 1970 and assigned to the Active Reserve as an Inactive member..... He completed that assignment in 1972 and was transferred to the Inactive Reserve where he remained until 1978 when he was discharged...

Go to the following and you can work you way through all this if you are truly interested...
http://www.johnkerry.com/about/john_kerry/military_records.html

[BlueNgold]

The 1978 release is from inactive reserves ... there are 8 years in between .. during which time Kerry held a service oblgation that is not accounted for.

There should ... SHOULD be another 214 discharging his service obligation - sometime between 1970 and 1978.

[Beckwith]

What is John Kerry hiding? Why doesn't he sign the Standard Form 180 and release his military service and medical records to the public?

Join the petition.

http://www.SignForm180.com

[deport]

see #43

[BlueNgold]

Exactly ... that 1972 214 is what I want to see.

I one of my duties, both aboard ship and ashore, was command administrative and legal officer - in addition to my primary duties - so I'm nosy/curious about this stuff.

[deport]

Was there one? I've never seen it either.....

Here are the orders for the Active Reserve as an Inactive Member:
http://www.johnkerry.com/pdf/jkmilservice/Release_From_Active_Duty.pdf

And the transfer to the Standby Reserve-Inactive in 1972 to which he finally separated in Feb. 1978:
http://www.johnkerry.com/pdf/jkmilservice/Transfer_To_Standby_Reserve.pdf

[Newtoidaho]

Best case scenario, the weekend before the election, Kerry's dishonorable discharge and general court martial records from 1974 or thereabouts are leaked.

[pawdoggie]

I know that Bob Dornan claims to have footage of Kerry looking on and smiling while someone burns a US Flag, while Sean Hannity says he has the Super 8 of Kerry setting a Vietnamese village alight. So where are they?

[pawdoggie]

Best case scenario, the weekend before the election, Kerry's dishonorable discharge and general court martial records from 1974 or thereabouts are leaked.

Yeah, I'd also like to see Sean Hannity's footage of Kerry burning the Vietnamese village, and Bob Dornan's shots of Kerry smiling while a VVAW type burns the American flag. So, where are they? I'm not holding my breath.

[Lumper20]

Which Burkett are you referring to? BG Burkett would never destroy and records. BG Burkette has exposed fake vets, and; he has sent many to jail. He has also saved the taxpayers many dollars in VA disability awards based on vets with phoney war records.

[mindwest]

Detailed analysis of Kerry discharge now online at

http://www.vetsforbush.net/kerry-oth-discharge.pdf

[thiscouldbemoreconfusing]

So what?

[deport]

So what?

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I prefer the truth as it's known not someone's speculation or insinuation of what's the truth....