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Originally posted by 12clicks
ok dopey, I'll play your game.
Please give us examples of AWOLs from the 70s who were discharged in the 70s as a "convenience to the government"
I'll wait
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Your childish namecalling is wearing thin and if you want to continue humping my posts and get a response you should consider slacking off on it
Let me spell this as clearly as I can.
What I said has
nothing to do with "examples of AWOLs from the 70s who were discharged in the 70s". It was a statement of military policy.
The commanding officer that signs a military discharge will designate the discharge under one of many categories. There is completion of service, medical, hardship and "convenience to the government" amongst those that would be issued an Honorable Discharge certificate. The other certificates are "Under other than honorable" and "Bad conduct discharge". You have to have done something pretty bad to get a Bad Conduct discharge.
I know first-hand that favors are done when writing these discharges and also often the CO is compassionate when designating it because he knows the stigma attatched forever. If someone is unsuitable for military service but they aren't a criminal the CO could give them a "convenience to the government" designation which gets them out of the military's hair and they get their honorable discharge. I personally know of at least 2 of those given to people with addictions.
We may never know what really went on during George Bush's "service", but I've never heard of military people being able to toss off their obligations to go campaigning for political candidates so obviously someone was making special arrangements for him (not that there's anything wrong with that).... at any time any CO could have written him a "convenience to the government" HONORABLE Discharge... whether a favor or just to let go an unneeded/unwanted member and even if he had been a little "naughty".