But here’s the irony...since the Navy characterized his service as “honorable,” Hunter Biden may still be eligible for various veterans benefits. My experience was only on the active-duty side (20+ years), so I’m not sure how much service is required for reservists to qualify for such bennies as the GI Bill. It doesn’t look like “Snort” Biden was in long enough for a VA mortgage, but there are provisions that allow that benefit if the reservist was discharged under “certain medical conditions.”
Rest assured, “Plugs” Biden tidied up this steaming pile to the greatest degree possible. Normally, flunking a drug test is enough for action under the UCMJ, but Biden’s spawn was allowed to quietly resign.
What’s even more galling is that Hunter Biden was given a direct commission. There are plenty of qualified reservists with actual media credentials/experience who are far more deserving of a commission—and would have served the nation honorably for years to come. But the Navy tried to score some points with Old Joe, and wound up with egg on its face—or more correctly, dust on its nose.
This much is certain: the commander and the petty officers who ran the Golden Flow program in Biden’s unit won’t be promoted anytime soon. If it were up to me, I’d put them all in for a medal. I can almost guarantee there was pressure to ignore the results, or test again when the coke was out of Biden’s system, but they stuck to their guns.
If it’s like the Army’s urinalysis program, an administrative separation board weighs the evidence & makes recommendation to the user’s commander who then moves to either separate or rehabilitate (the latter for junior enlisted caught the first time).
Commanders normally separate using general discharge which can either be under honorable conditions or less than honorable. Undue command and/or political influence in Biden’s case would be been too obvious. He was discharged.
In any case, he’s an idiot like his old man. Stay clean 72 hours out from weekend drill, & you’ll p*** clean. For cocaine, that is. THC remains in the system up to 30 days.
It all depends on how long his time in service was. If there were less than 180 days between the date he was commissioned and the date of discharge, they can just call it quits and he leaves with “Uncharacterized” service. He wouldn’t be eligible for any veterans benefits, wouldn’t even officially classify as a veteran.