How long was Kerry's tour of duty in the Navy?

[napi21]

I'm really getting tired of hearing about the 4 1/2 months in 'Nam. I've heard about him serving on a frigat, and on the swift boat, but I'm sure he was in the Navy longer than 4 1/2 months! U;ve checked several online sources, but can't seem to find the answer.

Since shrub had 8 months cut off of his commitment, I think this is an important counter to these nuts.

[southernleftylady]

1. just look at his website

http://www.johnkerry.com/about/john_kerry/bio.html
1966-1970
United States Navy
Volunteered for duty in Vietnam where he earned three Purple Hearts, the Silver Star and the Bronze Star

[napi21]

3. Then why doesn't anybody point that out?

Shrub was playing around for months working on a campaign in Alabama, and apparently not showing up for duty. Why doesn't someone on Kerry's team plainly state that he was IN THE NAVY and AT WORK for the whole 4+ years???

[southernleftylady]

4. if people really wanted to "hear" this they would have...

the people who say "only 4 months" dont care.. he could have been in war for decades and they will still say something about "only 4 months"

[the Kelly Gang]

2. one volunteered, one went AWOL. It's fairly simple really

[NMDemDist2]

5. Kerry did a tour on the USS Gridley which included Nam and the

pacific theater for a year

when the Gridly came back to the states, he attended Swift boat training and shipped back out to Nam

it's all on his website

[troublemaker]

6. 16 1/2 months in two tours

[UTUSN]

7. Uh, Longer Than Yours? n/t

[A_Possum]

8. Naval Reserves, too

He was also on active reserve from 1970 to 1972, and standby reserve until 1978

http://news.findlaw.com/legalnews/lit/election2004/docs.html

You could reply that he was in combat for 4-1/2 months. A lot of guys were in Vietnam, not all of them are combat vets.