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BUPERS Instruction 1300.39 ... Expanded Context?

 
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Ijon Tichy
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 5:42 pm    Post subject: BUPERS Instruction 1300.39 ... Expanded Context? Reply with quote
It's very difficult (in my experience) to locate a full-context version of BUPERS Insturction 1300.39, the one that spang Kerry from his Swift-Boat service.

Ordinarily, we see partial quotations such as the following:

During Vietnam, it mandated that any soldier "wounded three times, regardless of the nature of the wound or treatment required" should be "reassigned as having completed a full Vietnam tour with the hospital release date considered the tour completion date. They will not be ordered to Vietnam ..."

Does anybody have access to a fuller version of that text?
Post it or provide a URL, please?
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TXBear
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 9:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Does not appear to be a current form 1300.39 on the DOD website. A search of the web site gives no results.

http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/dir1.html

http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/

http://buperscd.technology.navy.mil/


https://www.bupers.navy.mil/

I did locate the following:

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The policy in question, the impenetrably-named BUPERS Instruction 1300.39, is no longer in place. During Vietnam, it mandated that any soldier "wounded three times, regardless of the nature of the wound or treatment required" should be "reassigned as having completed a full Vietnam tour with the hospital release date considered the tour completion date. They will not be ordered to Vietnam ..."

Furthermore, the official U.S. Navy document states that, "The commanding officer of an officer who is hospitalized and/or wounded under the above criteria will advise the Chief of Naval Personnel (Pers-B1) of the officer's location, duty status, and expected duration of hospitalization. Reassignment of the officer will be determined after consideration of his physical classification and on an individual basis."

An additional, virtually unreported section of the Navy code, notes that any soldier wishing to "waive reassignment under the purview of this Instruction must forward a written request to that effect to the Chief of Naval personnel (Pers-B) for final determination."

Kerry, of course, chose not to waive this order, and his commanding officers request for re-assignment can be viewed (PDF file) on the candidate's Web site.


http://www.campaigndesk.org/archives/000451.asp
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