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Unlike McCain, Bush, and Gore, Kerry has adamantly refused to authorize the release of his military records. Most think it's because of his phony battle medals. I think the real reason is below. He was not granted an Honorable Discharge until March 2001, almost 30 years after  his ostensible service term had ended! This is very much out of the ordinary, and highly suspect.

There are 5 classes of Discharge:

Honorable, General, Other Than Honorable, Bad Conduct, and Dishonorable.

My guess is that he was discharged in the '70s, but not honorably. He appealed this sometime while Clinton was doing trouser-tricks in the Oval Office.  Political pressure was applied, and the Honorable Discharge was then granted.

His file is probably rife with reports of this, submissions and hearings on the appeal, reports of his "giving aid and comfort" to the enemy, along with protests that were filed with respect to his alleged valor under fire. This will blow up in his face before October 15th.

• On 18 Feb. 1966 John Kerry signed a 6-year enlistment contract with the Navy (plus a 6-month extension during wartime).

• On 18 Feb. 1966 John Kerry also signed an Officer Candidate contract for 6 years -  5 years of ACTIVE duty & ACTIVE Naval Reserves, and 1 year of inactive standby reserves (See items #4 & 5).

Because John Kerry was discharged from TOTAL ACTIVE DUTY of only 3 years and 18 days on 3 Jan. 1970, he was then required to attend 48 drills per year, and not more than 17 days active duty for training. Kerry was also subject to the Uniform Cod! e of Military Justice. Additionally, Kerry, as a commissioned officer, was prohibited from making adverse statements against his chain of command or statements against his country, especially during time of war.

It is also interesting to note that Kerry did not obtain an honorable discharge until Mar. 12, 2001 even though his service obligation should have ended July 1, 1972. Lt. John Kerry's letter of 21 Nov. 1969 asking for an early release from active US Navy duty falsely states, "My current regular period of obligated service would be completed in December of this year."

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(A. L. "Steve" Nash in KGO Newstalk 870 [San Fraqncisco/Oakland/San Jose],October 10, 2004)
http://www.kgoam810.com/viewentry.asp?ID=316611&PT=PERSONALITIES

[Mary Ann Parker]

I know that this has been addressed in Resources & Research forum.
I think it was back in September.
We can look it up to be sure.

I know that it keeps popping up so we need to clarify and put it
to bed.

Thanks for the quickest reply.

Make it a great day.
Mary Ann Parker

[quidnunc]

I have begun to suspect that the reason CBS and others in the MSM are so frantically digging in Bush's TANG records is that they are loooking to make a case that he didn't fulfill his military committment in order to inoculate Kerry.