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kaji
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 Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2004 2:42 am Post subject: US NAVAL RESERVE -- KERRY |
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| Maybe someone could answer my question. I hear on TV and read how Kerry stood up and said SEND ME. I also heard that Kerry was deferred, to finish school, and when he did finish, tried to get another deferment which was refused. What does that mean---Draft . He then joined the USNR. If this is true I wonder if he met his full obligations. The news never comments on this. I joined the USNR in 1966 and it required 6 years total service, 2 years active duty, 4 years active reserves which for me was 1 meeting a week and 2 weeks active a year. It would be hard for me to believe Kerry completed the same, and had time to demonstrate. |
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DavidFarrar
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| Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2004 2:47 am Post subject: US Navey reserve -- Kerry |
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I raised the same question. Apparently after Kerry earned his three Purple Hearts, he asked for and received Inactive Reserves status, period.
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air_vet
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| Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2004 2:55 am Post subject: Re: US NAVAL RESERVE -- KERRY |
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| kaji wrote: | | I joined the USNR in 1966 and it required 6 years total service, 2 years active duty, 4 years active reserves which for me was 1 meeting a week and 2 weeks active a year. |
I believe that if you had completed a four year active duty tour you would NOT have to had spent time in the active reserve.
BTW, according to the records on his site, candidate Kerry actually spent a total or 10 years in the reserve before being issued an honorable discharge certificate. |
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