Reply #57: Upgrading Discharges

[Hubert Flottz]

Introduction to Spin Codes

Even on an Honorable discharge, a "Spin Code" (SPN - Separation Program Number) can hurt a veteran's chance of being hired by a prospective employer. These spin codes were put on DD 214 (discharge papers) from the 1940's through the early 1970's. Veterans can request a new DD 214 with the spin codes removed.

Examples of a few spin codes:
SPN 258 - Unfitness, multiple reasons
SPN 263 - Bedwetter
SPN 41A - Apathy, lack of interest
SPN 41E - Obesity
SPN 46C - Apathy / Obesity
SPN 463 - Paranoid personality
(see longer list of spin codes below)

http://www.landscaper.net/discharg.htm

This long list just about covers anything the 8 ball in Chief did or didn't do! If Poppy had the stroke he needed to buy Shrub's way into the TNG ahead of all those other kids, then it statnds to reason, that he had the amount of stroke required to buy Shrub's way out, with a good discharge?