[brewcrew]

Not "dishonorable." It's "Other than Honorable." Big difference. Not that it should matter, but that may be one of their talking points if this pans out.

[Netizen]

Couldn't they just report that Kerry did NOT receive an honorable disharge?

[CaptainVictory]

Not "dishonorable." It's "Other than Honorable." Big difference. Not that it should matter, but that may be one of their talking points if this pans out.

Yes. Huge difference. (1) A DD can only be granted after a criminal conviction (i.e., General Court-Martial); (2) a discharge under other than honorable conditions (a.k.a. UOTHC, UO, or OTH) is granted in an administrative discharge proceeding; and (3) even in the wake of a conviction by court-martial, an officer cannot get a DD, only a "dismissal."

If in fact this turns out to be true (and I will believe it when I see it), we need to make sure we have our facts straight. Let sloppiness be the hallmark of CBS, not Freep.

[GOPologist]

You're right about what kind of discharge he had--it might have been a Section 8. Fitting.