Would this include inactive service?
To tell the truth, I don't know. I wish we could find some ex military personnel types that dealt with separtions, discharges, etc., that could shed some light on the subject. These terms are not interchangable. I have always understood that only enlisted actually are discharged from the servicem, officers are separated. But everyone who leaves the military receives a DD Form 214, Record of Service. On that it states the character of service. This character of service can be described as Honorable. So perhaps this is what people are referring to when they talk about Kerry's Honorable Discharge.