Shouldn’t a lack of DD214 be disqualifier enough? Full disclosure: I’m NOT former military. Just curious if that’s an acceptable excuse.
That is a big red flag for sure. This was pretty informal. It was more like an open house and I wouldn't expect anyone to have documentation with them.
The bottom line though is, you are right.
BTW I spell checked everything but the title. It should read Female Enlisted Tactical Air Controller?
Reminds of this:
“Kerrys paperwork doesnt pass the smell test. The few records so far released by his campaign identify FOUR honorable discharge dates (every other military member I know, myself included, received one). Kerrys released documentation notes discharges of January 3, 1970, February 16, 1978, July 13, 1978, and, most peculiarly, March 12, 2001. He has as many discharge dates as months he spent in Vietnam. In my twenty years in the Air Force and through the thousands of people I came to know and serve with, I have never heard of anyone in the military having more than one DD 214 with one discharge date. Kerry, according to his own campaign, has at least four.
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“On February 18, 1966, Kerry obligated himself to a six-year commitment to the Navy, and to the tenets of the military judicial system, with an expiration date of July 1, 1972. On January 3, 1970, Kerry asked for, and was granted, an early transfer from his active duty service to the Naval Reserve. As a reservist, he was still under oath as a commissioned officer and subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice. He still carried a military ID card and was still a member of the U.S. armed forces. Kerrys service commitment came to an end, as scheduled, in July, 1972. As such, a DD Form 214 with a discharge status was due.
“Kerrys honorable discharge, though, doesnt come until February 16, 1978. Why? Possibly because President Jimmy Carter, through Proclamation 4483, granted a full and complete pardon to all military personnel who committed offenses and violations of the Military Selective Service Act during the Vietnam War. He pardoned deserters, draft dodgers and those who went absent without leave (AWOL).
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“Finally, and most bizarre of all of Kerrys military records so far released is a DD 215, Correction to DD Form 214, initiated for John Forbes Kerry on March 12, 2001. Among other things, the new form changes Kerrys official US Navy separation date to March 1, 1970! As noted earlier, he wasnt eligible for discharge until July, 1972, and was so. Why, then, the new document in 2001? Why, 29 years later, is there the need to correct or change the record?”