Subby fails reading comprehension. He never was given his final discharge orders, so he was never discharged. Seems like a case of multiple AWOL to me.

Whoever's in charge at Fort Carson is an idiot and a half. I have a 214 without my signature on it, mailed to me after a minor change was made. It just says "Member unavailable to sign" in the comments, and the E-5 at my last base's personnel office signed it. Why Ft. Carson's personnel people couldn't have done the same thing is beyond me.

Dubai Vol: You need to be a total farkup to get anything else

Give the dude a break, He got out and was barely 20. He volunteered for the Army. This is the kind of guy the Army gets. You might as well insist his IQ suddenly shoot up.

At any rate, it's not his job to be a paperwork maestro let alone his own lawyer.

And think how nice they'd treat everybody if we were drafting them.

Bhruic: Dubai Vol: From the story, this guy is a total farkup, and the pic of him in a skewed Yankees cap confirms that he is still a farkup.

Hmm...

His boss at the bagel shop in Tallahassee where he's worked for four years this week called him "my best employee ... basically the assistant manager." One of his professors at Florida State, where he majors in religion and has a 3.5 grade point average, spoke highly of him, calling Castro, "upright ... an excellent student." Another professor said in an email that she considers him "smart, kind, promising, inspiring."

Yup, sounds like a total farkup.

But his hat, you know, is skewed.

The DBS: I got out in '92 and I'm dead certain that I was never told to register my DD-214. Did they just do this during a certain period?

Don't register it. I've heard too many stories about people who've had their information stolen from DD-214s put on file. The only place that has a copy of my DD214 is the VA and DAV.

If you need to provide proof to the tax office for a property tax credit, bring it to them and show it to them. Should be all they need. You should NOT have to leave it there on file. YMMV, they might be dicks about it. Thankfully, my local tax people are fine with me just showing it to them.

Ficoce: Out-processing was screwed up at every post I was stationed at.

I still have my out-processing packet. With all 20+stamps needed from every goddamn place on post. I was on Rear-D during outprocessing so the whole thing was left up to me to figure out. Truly a daunting task, but I hit every station, went to the VFW (on post) and they processed my VA paperwork before I even left for home.

What really got me was that briefing about how to get a job in the civilian world. There were 50 people in that room and only one other combat MOS. I had known from statistics before, but it was only then I realized that there really are only 1 in 10 soldiers that are specifically trained for combat.

"What did you learn in the Army?!" They all had "electronics, office skills, mechanic"... We had "Kill people and break sh*t!"

Well, kill people and fix our broken shiat would be more accurate.

I can understand why he left Ft. Hood. They don't call it Ft. Hoodlum for no reason. We had a senior NCO go AWOL after pissing hot for cocaine 3 times and he was told he'd still be going to Iraq. Bell County Jail is full of Mother Green's troubled children.

MFAWG: Did you do more than 6 or 8 years? Because if you didn't, you need to register. If you did, you need to send SS a copy of said DD214.

You sure about that? I thought that was just for IRR. The part of the contract that none of us read but then realize, "oh... WTF?"

Maus III: You CAN earn a dishonorable in boot but it takes a lot of work and it can only be awarded after a conviction via court martial.

We had a kid just walk out of the sawdust pit at Knox. He got swarmed by the Drills and told everything you said. He packed his sh*t and we never saw him again. Always wondered if he got out or just recycled.

Got stuck with the broke dicks in reception. Got issued boots that were 2 sizes too small and my feet and calves swelled up like balloons from standing in formation for 3 hours at a time. Thankfully, we were stuck in that mid-level hell for 2 weeks so I got the right size boots and my swelling went down. But, being with those guys for a week was just fascinating. One guy threw himself down a flight of stairs to break his arm. One guy was just straight up crazy. He'd rub baby powder over his entire body all day long. A few were playing the psycho route. One was obviously a special needs kid who thought he was in the Air Force. Honestly, I couldn't wait to get back with the regular people and get to OSUT. Even when we got to the training troop, we had 4 guys try the sucking dick thing to get thrown out. Or, they were just really horny.

It just shows that many of us don't fully think through the decisions we make. It's how we react to those decisions that defines who we are.

Gwyrddu: Unless you caused your own injuries, I don't see why that should be the case. It isn't your fault if you aren't medically fit to serve.

/medically discharged for poor hearing, still got honorable


It means the same thing. Line 24 of DD-214 Character of Service (includes upgrades) HONORABLE

/Medical discharge for rt knee.

Gwyrddu: Sawdust pit, what is that? I did basic training in Fort Benning, and I'm not sure what you're referring to.

Tried to find a pic, failed.

It's "the pit" some places have sand, we had sawdust, to make falls less dangerous I guess. What it caused was you to inhale large amount of the fine dust during vigorous PT. At the end of the training, you'd all go back to the barracks and cough up half a pound of the sh*t in your lungs and look like Lady Gaga after she's run a bukkake train.

Another example of "let's make it safer" making it worse for everyone else.