[Ladysmith]

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[Ladysmith]

Ping to Vang's military recond.

[Godebert]

Ladysmith....can you add me to the ping list?

Thanks...

[Lokibob]

After 6 years in NG, and attending the PLC NCO development course, he left the NG as a PFC. Something bad wrong here.

[AirForceMom]

He never obtained a rank above private??? I wonder if there were some disipline problems.

[TADSLOS]

There has to be more to this story. He was a medical records clerk, a specialty in which rank is not that difficult to attain (to a point). He attended PLDC, which is usually reserved for SPC/E4s as a pre-requisite for promotion to SGT/E-5. He either attended as a SPC, was promoted to E-5, then busted to PFC/E-3 or he was never promoted to E5 but was busted to E-3. Either way, he spent 6 years as an active member of a National Guard unit and was tranferred to the IRR as an E3. That's telling. I'd be willing to bet that he was involuntarily tranferred for reasons unknown.

The media, as usual, is making a big deal about his being qualified as sharpshooter. His ability to kill 6 (unarmed?) people at relatively close range has little to do with Army sharpshooter qualifications.

[Iowa Granny]

Since you were so cleaver to get his military records, I was wondering if you could also dig up John Kerry's. I'd love to see those!