[Bonaparte]

That's right. Navy Reserve, to be exact. Coastal duty. No combat role. Until all that suddenly changed. Kerry never volunteered for combat duty, whereas Bush stated that he was willing to serve combat duty before he was even asked. Don't count on hearing this from the lamestream media. You won't.

[bad company]

I knew a guy that was a hippie in the early 70's. He came up with a low draft number and wanted to avoid Vietnam so he joined the navy. Really nice guy that really liked helping people. Volunteered to be a corpman. Could always tell you to the minute how long his tour in Vietnam was.