"Here's a scarey scenario for a Halloween night.
Kerry wins
It is revealed he had a dishonorable discharge"
Now I have posting remorse :)
I was in the USN from '70-'74, there were a lot of BCDs given out back then. People just wanting out, not thinking ahead. It was the days of anything goes. Also back then I got to know quite a few 0-3s and below standing watch in CIC with them. Nobody got out 11 months early to run for congress. Even after the downsizing of the USN in Vietnam we were still fighting a cold war in the Atlantic.