[txroadkill]

I don't know anything about how this works, But I had a friend who got in the Navy and his wife cheated on him with another sailor. When he got home he beat the hell out of the guy. He received an "other than Honorable discharge" but was able to have it changed to honorable after 5 years. He said it was no big deal and that they will change it to honorable after a certain amount of time as punishment and that it was his belief that anyone who receives Other than Honorable can get it changed. The Less than honorable and dis-honorable are the only ones permanent. In fact, he re-enlisted and is still in the Navy---But this could be wrong, I have no first hand knowledge

[CaptainVictory]

I don't know anything about how this works, But I had a friend who got in the Navy and his wife cheated on him with another sailor. When he got home he beat the hell out of the guy. He received an "other than Honorable discharge" but was able to have it changed to honorable after 5 years. He said it was no big deal and that they will change it to honorable after a certain amount of time as punishment and that it was his belief that anyone who receives Other than Honorable can get it changed. The Less than honorable and dis-honorable are the only ones permanent. In fact, he re-enlisted and is still in the Navy---But this could be wrong, I have no first hand knowledge

The character of any discharge can theoretically be upgraded by an appeal to the appropriate board of military corrections. But by no means is it automatic.

Your friend's situation could have had any number of scenarios. In Kerry's situation, I guarantee he was not court-martialed or we would know about it already -- with very rare exceptions, they are public proceedings. If this latest rumor is true, then it means Kerry got an administrative discharge that got updated by the greatest president this nation has ever known (vvvvommmmmmmit), Jimmy "the Georgia Joke" Carter.