Does *'s missing DD214 document desertion? drug use? something

[AirAmFan]

equally explosive?

From http://www.discourse.net/archives/2004/02/is_gw_bush_hiding_his_spn_code.html

"In the 1970s the Pentagon admitted that the Army was stamping discharge papers with 530 different 'SPN' code numbers that gave savvy employers derogatory information about servicemen, including some with honorable discharges. The codes did not appear on discharge papers issued to servicemen but were available to employers who asked for more detailed records. Classifications included "drug abuse," "disloyal or subversive security program," "homosexual tendency," "unsuitability/apathy, defective attitudes and inability to expend effort constructively," and "unsuitability/enuresis ." See Dana A. Schmidt, Pentagon Using Drug-Abuse Code, N.Y. Times, Mar. 1, 1972, at 11. Receipt of antiwar literature sufficed to be classified as disloyal or subversive. See Peter Kihss, Use of Personal- Characterization Coding on Military Discharges Is Assailed, N.Y. Times, Sept. 30, 1973, at 46. In response to public pressure, the Pentagon abandoned the program and reissued discharge
papers without the codes. See Pentagon Abolishes Code on Discharges of Military Misfits, N.Y. Times, Mar. 23, 1974, at 64; Uncoded Discharge Papers Are Offered to Veterans, N.Y. Times, April 28, 1974, at 33."

[Spazito]

1. Here is a link you might be interested in....

It is a comprehensive analysis of bush's records that have been released with regard to the time of his "absence".

http://www.glcq.com/bush_at_arpc1.htm#_THE_RECORDS_OF

The link is on a thread by Tandalayo_Scheisskopf

Here is the link to the thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=658692

[AirAmFan]

2. Thanks. I'd already seen that page. My short take: "Too much information"

It's essential reading, but a work in progress. Lukasiak apparently still is amassing information and hasn't written crisp summaries yet. A CTRL+F scan found no references to 'DD214' or 'SPN', my focus in this thread.

I'm more interested in learning about 'undeleted DD214 Reports of Separation' and the discharge codes they potentially might contain, with crucial 'dirt' on Dubya and documentation of lies he's told about his military service.

So far, I've found one security/background check site that's quite detailed and informative on this issue, at http://www.dallassecurity.com/Published_Articles/Proof_of_Military_Service/proof_of_military_service.html

"What documentation is there to validate an individual's enlistment in the service? The answer is the form number DD-214 (Department of Defense), generally referred to as discharge papers that are issued to every serviceperson who has separated from the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps or Coast Guard. Its proper name is Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty. A DD-214 is created in eight copies. Distribution of those copies include two (#1 & #4) for the serviceperson. The problem is that there are 22 boxes for information on Copy #1 and there are 30 boxes for information on Copy #4.

It is on Copy #4 that the serviceperson's "character of service" is listed, along with codes that further describe the serviceperson's enlistment and reasons for separation from military service. In fact, there are three different codes that can be included in one or more of these additional boxes. The SPD (Separation Program Designator)code (Box 26) or the SPN (Separation Program Number) code and the RE (Re-Entry) code (Box 27), also the NROS (Narrative Reason of Separation) (Box 28) are descriptors of the serviceperson's period of enlistment. Descriptors are terms such as Expiration of term of service; Early Release - To attend school; Sole Surviving Son; and Dependency or Hardship. Those codes also contain many negative descriptors such as Character or Behavior Disorder; Drug Use; AWOL,"

[fob]

3. The link below, pg 2 of 26 is bush*s DD-214 from 1969. Is it real?

http://www.texasturkey.us/backup/bushdd214.pdf

Edit
It looks like Walt Starr has all the anwers today;

Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Tue Aug-24-04 07:54 PM
Response to Reply #12

15. Make sure you get the right DD214!

There was one issued in 1968 when he completed Basic Trianing. You want the one dated November 21, 1974.

[mn9driver]

4. Most likely.

The DD-214's contained in W's released military records are for his time in "Active Duty Training", ie, boot camp and flight training.

The form used to document Reserve/ANG ("Weekend Warrior") service, is the NGB 22. There are several of those in the records, also. He would not have gotten a DD214 when he was released from the Reserves. His discharge is characterized as "honorable on the NGB 22.

But we still don't know why he stopped flying. Or why he skipped his physical. Or why he never showed up for duty in Alabama. Or why none of these discrepancies were investigated by his superior officers. And why none of this had an impact on his record.

There's a lot of stuff missing. Just not his discharge papers.

[AirAmFan]

7. I disagree. See the 3rd-from-last page of FoeOfBush's PDF,

dated November 21 1974, at http://www.texasturkey.us/backup/bushdd214.pdf . This document says, "the above named officer is relieved from assignment and honorably discharged from all appointments in the United States Air Force. DD FORM 258AF WILL BE FURNISHED."

Have you seen a DD Form 258AF for Dubya? If not, you must admit his discharge papers are incomplete. I would argue also that there MUST be a DD214 for Dubya, just as there is for every other veteran of the US military. Have you ever seen the White House claim that Dubya does not have a DD214?

What is a DD258AF? At http://gamut.blogspot.com/2004_07_25_gamut_archive.html , it is argued that this form indicates discharge from the military was "less than honorable".

[mn9driver]

9. I have several DD214's from my active duty Navy days.

I have no DD214 for my reserve drills, which I did for about 1 1/2 years after active duty. However, I do have proof of every drill that I performed, recorded on the "US Naval Reserve Drill Recording Form" (NRPC 1570/5). One slip for each day (2 drills).

DD214's are not issued for weekend Reserve duty; only periods of Active Duty:

http://arpc.afrc.af.mil/separations/dischargecertificate.htm

Even VA lenders don't expect Reservists and Guardsmen to produce DD214's (scroll down):

http://www.veteranhomeloans.com/elig.htm

If this web page is authentic, then a DD258AF is an Undesirable Discharge Certificate. (scroll down to 887.8(d))

I would like to see that. Even without it, the existence of a letter referring to this form is in itself a "smoking gun". The media should be all over it. Just don't expect to find a DD214 for Reserve duty.

[AirAmFan]

12. Thanks. Great site! But it only verifies that DD214s are issued for

when large blocks of active duty have been completed. We're talking 6-1/2 years of cumulated weekends, here, from Summer 1968 to November 1974, plus consecutive weeks of basic starting in May 1968:

From http://arpc.afrc.af.mil/separations/dischargecertificate.htm

"Release from Active Duty (AD) is not a qualification for a discharge certificate. A DD Form 214, Report of Separation from Active Duty is only issued for AD time in excess of 90 days."

I agree you wouldn't ordinarily expect to see a DD214 for each weekend of service in the 1970s. With computerization, maybe even Texas now follows the procedures unslinkychild1 mentions for Oregon in recent years. But not back in Dubya's younger days.

[unslinkychild1]

17. my screw up, I think

perhaps it was just for when they did their 2 weeks thing, cuz I DO know that the vast majority of 214s were from NG and Reserve. Or, maybe I'm just blocking the memory of typing THOUSANDS of fucking dd214 form fucking letters to county veterans' service officers for 5 years.

Have I mentioned that it was BORING AS THE GRAVE???????

BLEH!

[unslinkychild1]

18. They do in MY state OREGON

that's one of the docs you gotta bring in to verify eligibility. If your dd214 is other than honorable, you don't get no loans, no bennies

[mn9driver]

10. Also, this may be a reference to DD256AF

The print is blurry. 6? 8? If it's a six, it's just a regular discharge certificate---reference the Air Force Reserve link in my last post:

http://arpc.afrc.af.mil/separations/dischargecertificate.htm

[AirAmFan]

5. Thanks--great find. I agree with Walt. But I was intrigued by the document

on the third-from-last page of your PDF. It has the date of Dubya's final discharge, November 21 1974, but it's not the DD214.

The fact that "Capt. R. R. Kostelny" signed this document on that date and acknowledged Dubya had been discharged honorably makes it almost certain that a DD214 was prepared also. Every vet who's processed out gets a DD214, and this document proves Dubya was processed out. The question is, where is the 'undeleted' DD214, and why was it not released along with this substitute or cover document?

Your PDF documents all three major stages of Dubya's military career. There's a DD214 documenting completion of basic in 1969, a 1973 ANG22 documenting transfer from the Texas Air National Guard to the Reserve Personnel Center in Denver, and incomplete documentation of his discharge from the Ready Reserve.

Note that the November 21 1974 discharge date is almost 6 months past the May 26 1974 date on Dubya's earlier documentation of his service obligation. Apparently, the year Dubya went missing resulted in about 6 months being added on to his service, in a paper unit that imposed no obligations on Dubya. That's the theory advanced by Martin Heidt, the Salon reporter who got many documents through FOIA more than four years ago. See his September 2000 writeup at http://www.tompaine.com/feature.cfm/ID/3671 , a text with hyperlinks to Heidt's archive of Dubya's military records at http://users.cis.net/coldfeet/document.htm

[merh]

11. Did you read the reference to the disorderly conduct

being nolle prosed re: an arrest in Connecticut in 1966?
(page 8 dated 22 Aug 68)

He was such a spirited youth!

[unslinkychild1]

6. dd214s

He will have received many dd214s--one for each training activity, I believe. I used to work for Oregon Dept of Vets Affairs in word processing center where we used to process THOUSANDS of them each month. NG and Reserves got dd214 every time they did their thing--you know the two weekends a month deal.

Yes, there IS a box on there that details the reason for separation. You CAN get an honorable discharge and still be a fuckup and have that fuckupedness noted on the dd214. I think it just depends on your commander or your connections. Dishonorable discharged, btw, are fairly rare. I'd see about 6 a month or so. You had to do something MAJORLY serious to get thrown out on your head like that--rape, murder, repeated piss-test fails, assault, etc. The minor shit got you either an honorable or a general discharge.

[AirAmFan]

8. Do you know whether these SPNs ('Separation Program Numbers')

were used on November 1974 DD214s? How would we find out?

Maybe one of these codes is on Dubya's missing undeleted DD214. Or maybe there was a code for "Congressman's son--flies with cocaine, not fighter jets"!

From http://www.dallassecurity.com/Investigative_Services/Codes-SPNdefinitions.pdf

"SPN CODE DEFINITIONS

282 Misconduct/prolonged unauthorized absence for more than 1-year desertion.
283 Misconduct/AWOL trial waived or deemed inadvisable.
290 Desertion (court martial).

669 Dropped from rolls - AWOL desertion.
246 Discharge for the good of the service.
247 Unsuitability, multiple reasons.

258 Unfitness, multiple reasons
258 Unfitness, ineptitude
260 Unsuitability, ineptitude

261 Psychiatric or psychoneurotic disorder.
262 Behavioral disorder, Bedwetter
264 Unsuitability, character and behavioral disorders

440 Separation for concealment of serious arrest record.
461 Inadequate personality
463 Paranoid personality

464 Schizoid personality
469 Unsuitability.
480 Personality disorder.

505 Resignation - serving under a suspended sentence or dismissal.
51B Resignation - In lieu of elimination because of unfitness or unacceptable conduct
522 Resignation in lieu of elimination because of conduct triable by court martial or in lieu thereof.

536 Voluntary discharge substandard performance of duty."

[unslinkychild1]

15. Now THAT

I don't know. I vaguely remember a box with codes in it, but the thing we were specifically told to look out for was something that CLEARLY STATED why the person was discharged. My memory is hazy about it, but the number 16b is stuck in my mind for some reason. Might even be a different form. Damn, I almost wish I still worked for vets' affairs. Not really--boring-ass job, office full of morons. For some reason, I left with few friends and less influence :) I guess open disdain for one's coworkers is not exactly the way to go, eh? If I could get ahold of a dd214, I could point out exactly what I'm talking about. I guess it's time for a google search.

[unslinkychild1]

16. lol

did a google search just for dd214, not even looking at the name, and here's what I came up with: http://www.johnkerry.com/pdf/jkmilservice/DD214.pdf  -  362 KB

When you google dd214, one of the items that comes up is "out", and that's what I opened, not even knowing whose it was, not even LOOKING. AND, it looks like I lied (oops, sorry) it's 11c that has the reason for separation thingie. It may well be that they're using a different form now, or it could be that I'm an idiot :)

[Walt Starr]

13. Here's a farly comprehensive list of Seperation Program Numbers

B70 - Death, Battle Casualty - Navy

B79 - Death, Battle Casualty - Navy

BDK - Security reason

BFS - Good of the Service, conduct traible by court martial

BHJ - Unsuitability (Reason Unknown)

BHK - Unsuitability, substandard performance

BKC - See BRA

BLC - Homosexuality

BLF - Drug use

BLM - Unfitness (Reason Unknown)

BML - Homosexuality

BMN - Unsuitability (Reason Unknown)

BNC - Misconduct, Misconduct, moral or professional dereliction
or in interests of national security

BRA - Engaged or attempted to engage in, or solicited
another to engage in homosexual act(s)

BRB - See JRB, BKC

BRC - See JRC, BKC

CBL - Unsuitability (Reason Unknown)

DCH - Early Release - To teach

DER - Disability - Non EPTS - No Severance Pay

DFS - Good of the Service, conduct triable by court martial

DLC - Homosexuality

EKD - AWOL, Desertion

ELPAC - Entry Level Performance & Conduct

FBC - Other

FBK - Expiration of Term of Service

FBL - Expiration of Term of Service

FCM - Concientious Objector

FDF - Pregnancy

FDG - Parenthood

FDL - See JDL

FFT - Physical standards, no disability

FGM - To accept commission

FHC - In lieu of discharge

FHG - Serving under suspended sentence to dismissal

FKD - AWOL, Desertion

FND - Misc reasons (Unqualified resignation)

GDK - Security reason

GFN - Released for Conditions Existing Prior to Service

GFT - Unqualifird for Active Duty - Other

GFV - Unqualifird for Active Duty - Other

GHF - Other

GHJ - Unsuitability (Reason Unknown)

GHK - Unsuitability (Reason Unknown)

GJB - Court Martial

GKA - Discreditable Incidents - Civilian or Military

GKB - Civil Court conviction

GKC - Homosexuality

GKD - AWOL, Desertion

GKE - Financial Irresponsibility

GKG - Fraudulent Entry

GKH - Lack of Dependent Support

GKK - Drug use

GKL - Sexual Perversion

GKQ - No listing at this time. However, all GK - Series appears ineligible for re - enlistment.

GKS - AWOL, Desertion

GLB - Discreditable Incidents - Civilian or Military

GLC - Homosexuality

GLF - Drug use

GLG - Financial Irresponsibility

GLH - Lack of Dependent Support

GLJ - Shirking

GLK - Unsanitary Habits

GLL - Sexual Perversion

GMB - Character or Behavior Disorder

GMC - Enuresis

GMD - Inaptitude

GMF - Sexual Perversion

GMG - Alcoholism

GMH - Financial Irresponsibility

GMJ - Motivational problems

GMJ - Shirking

GMK - Character or Behavior Disorder

GML - Homosexuality

GMM - Drug use

GMN - Unsuitability (Reason Unknown)

GMP - Unsanitary Habits

GNC - Misconduct (Reason Unknown)

GPB - Drug use

H21 - H23 - Death - , Non - Battle, Other (USMC)

H25 - H59 - eath, Non - Battle, Other (USMC)

H31 - Death, Non - Battle, Other (USMC)

H4G - Death, Non - Battle, Other (USMC)

H51 - Death, Non - Battle, Other (USMC)

H61 - 1169 - Death, Battle Casualty - Marine

HBF - Early Release - To attend school

HCR - No listing at this time.

HDF - Pregnancy

HDK - Security reason

HFT - Unqualifird for Active Duty - Other

HFV - Unqualifird for Active Duty - Other

HGH -

HHJ - Unsuitability (Reason Unknown)

HJB - Court Martial

HKA - Discreditable Incidents - Civilian or Military

HKB - Civil Court conviction

HKD - AWOL, Desertion

HKE - AWOL, Desertion

HKE - Financial Irresponsibility

HKG - Fraudulent Entry

HKH - Lack of Dependent Support

HKJ - Shirking

HKK - Drug use

HKL - Sexual Perversion

HKQ - No information on file

HLB - Discreditable Incidents - Civilian or Military

HLC - Homosexuality

HLF - Drug use

HLG - Financial Irresponsibility

HLH - Lack of Dependent Support

HLJ - Shirking

HLK - Unsanitary Habits

HLL - Sexual Perversion

HMB - Character or Behavior Disorder

HMC - Enuresis

HMD - Inaptitude

HMF - - Sexual Perversion

HMG - Alcoholism

HMJ - Motivational problems

HMM - Drug use

HMN - Financial Irresponsibility

HMN - Unsuitability (Reason Unknown)

HMP - Unsanitary Habits

HNB - Character or Behavior Disorder

HNC - Misconduct (Reason Unknown)

HPD - No information at this time

HRC - Homosexuality

HRG - No information at this time

HWL - Homosexuality

J11 - USAF Other

JBB - Involuntary discharge, age, USAF

JBB - Other

JBC - Other

JBD - Retirement - 20 - 30 Years Service

JBH - Other

JBK - Expiration of Term of Service

JBK - Involuntsey discharge at end active obligated service, USN - Enlisted


JBM - Early Release - Insufficient time left in service after returning from overseas or other duty

JBM - Within 3 months of end active obligated service, USN - Enlisted


JCC - Early Release - Reduction in authorized strength

JCC - General demobilization. Reduction in authorized strength, USN - Enlisted


JCM - Concientious Objector

JCP - Other, Alien not lawfully admitted

JDA - Fraudulent entry

JDF - Pregnancy

JDG - Parenthood

JDJ - Early Release - In the national interest

JDK - Security reason

JDL - Withdrawal of ecclesiatical endorsement

JDM - Early Release - Other

JDN - Lack of jurisdiction (other than void enlistment)

JDP - Breach of Contract

JDR - Early Release - Other

JDR - Strength reduction. first term airman, USAF

JDT - USN, USMC, Failure to meet minimum qualifications for Retention

JED - Early Release - Insufficient Retainability

JEH - USAF Expeditious Discharge

JEM - Army Trainee Discharge

JEM - USAF Expeditious Discharge

JEM - USN, USMC Failure to meet minimum qualifications for Retention

JET - Army Trainee Discharge

JET - USAF Trainee Discharge (See also JGA)

JFA - No description at this time.

JFB - Minority, Underage

JFBI - Physical disability that existed prior to entry. was revealed by Marine during enlistment processing and was waived by AFEES or higher headquarters, USMC

JFC - Enlisted/reenlisted/extended/inducted in error/ Erroneous Enlistment or Induction

JFC1 - Erroneous enlistment; a medical board determined that Marine failed to meet required physical standards for enlistment. Marine was not aware of defect and defect was not detected or waived by AFEES, USMC

JFF - Secretarial Authority

JFG(1 - 7) - USMC Other, for the Good of the Service

JFG(9) - USMC Trainee Discharge

JFG(B) - USMC Expeditious Discharge

JFG - Army, Navy, USAF Discharge by competent authority w/o Board Action. (Failure to resign - failed to meet
entrance physical requirement)

JFL - Physical Disability - Severance Pay or Juvenile Offender

JFL - Physical disability. entitled to severance pay., USN - Officers

JFL1 - Physical disability with severance pay, USAF

JFL2 - Physical disability that existed prior to service but was aggravated by the Service, with severance pay, USAF

JFM - Physical disability existing prior to entry on active duty established by physioal evalution board proceedings. Not entitled to severance pay., USN - Enlisted


JFM - Physical disability existing prior to service as established by physical evaluation board. Not entitled to severance pay., USN Officers

JFM - Released for Conditions Existing Prior to Service

JFM2 - Physical disability that existed prior to entry. disability was unknown by Marine but was detected and waived by AFEES or higher headquarters, USMC

JFM3 - Physical disability that existed prior to entry for any reason not falling within the purview of JFM1 or JFM2, USMC

JFN - Physical disability existing prior to service as established by medical board. not entitled to severance pay., USN - Officers

JFN - Released for Conditions Existing Prior to Service

JFN1 - Physical disability determined by a medical board that existed prior to entry. disability was revealed by Marine during enlistment processing and waived by AFEES or higher headquarters, USMC

JFN2 - Physical disability determined by a medical board that existed prior to entry. disability was unknown to Marine but detected and waived by AFELS or higher headquarters, USMC

JFN3 - Physical disability determined by a medical board that existed prior to entry; any reason not falIing within the purview of JFN1 or JFN2, USMC

JFP - Misconduct (Reason Unknown) or Disability not in the line of duty

JFR - Disability - Non EPTS - No Severance Pay

JFR - Physical disability not existing prior to entry on active duty established by physical evaluation board processing. Not entitled to severance pay., USN - Enlisted


JFR1 - Physical disability that existed prior to service and not aggravated by the Service, without severance pay, USMC

JFS - See KFS

JFT - Unqualifird for Active Duty - Other

JFU - Positive Urinalysis

JFV - Physical condition, not a disability, interferring with performance of duty, USN - Enlisted


JFV1 - Discharge because of a physical condition which is not disabling. involuntary, USMC

JFV5 - Medical board determination of obesity, USMC

JFV6 - Discharge because of a physical condition which is not disabling (Pseudofolliculitis Barbae), USMC

JFX - Personality disorder (See also JMB)

JFW - No definition on file at this time.

JG7 - Army, Navy, USMC Failure to meet minimum qualifications for Retention

JG7 - USAF Trainee Discharge

JGA - Entry level status performance and conduct or entry level status performance - pregnancy

JGB - Failure of selection for permanent promotion

JGB - Failure to select for promotion. not retirement eligible, USN - Officers

JGC - Failure to select for promotion. not retirement eligible, USN - Officers

JGC1 - Failure of selection for promotion, USAF

JGF - Failure to meet minimum qualifications for Retention

JGH - Army, Air Force Expeditious Discharge

JGH - USN, USMC Failure to meet minimum qualifications for Retention

JHD - Disqualified from officer candidate train~ng physical, USN - Enlisted


JHD - Navy Expeditious Discharge

JHD - Other

JHE - Failure to meet minimum qualifications for Retention

JHF - Failed to meet course standards

JHJ - Army, USMC, USAF Unsuitability (Reason Unknown)/ Unsatisfactory performance

JHK - Unsuitability, substandard performance

JHM - Misconduct (Reason Unknown)

JIV - Unqualifird for Active Duty - Other

JJB - Court Martial

JJC - Court Martial, Desertion

JJD - Court Martial, Other

JKA - Discreditable Incidents - Civilian or Military

JKB - Civil Court conviction

JKC - Homosexuality

JKD - AWOL, Desertion

JKE - Financial Irresponsibility

JKF - Army, Navy Air Force AWOL, Desertion

JKG - Fraudulent Entry

JKH - Lack of Dependent Support

JKJ - See JHJ

JKK - Character or Behavior Disorder (see also JPC)

JKK - Drug use

JKL - Sexual Perversion (see also JPD)

JKL - Shirking

JKM - Misconduct, pattern of misconduct (See also JKE)

JKN - Misconduct, minor disciplinary infractions (See also JKF)

JKQ - Misconduct, commission of a serious offense (See also JKH)

JKV - Unsanitary Habits

JLB - Discreditable Incidents - Civilian or Military

JLC - Homosexuality

JLF - Drug use

JLG - Financial Irresponsibility

JLH - Lack of Dependent Support

JLJ - Shirking

JLK - Unsanitary Habits

JLL - Sexual Perversion

JMB - Character or Behavior Disorder

JMC - Enuresis

JMD - Inaptitude

JMF - Sexual Perversion

JMG - Alcoholism

JMH - Financial Irresponsibility

JMJ - Motivational problems

JML - Homosexuality

JMM - Drug use

JMN - Navy, USMC, USAF Unsuitability (Reason Unknown)

JMP - Unsanitary Habits

JNC - Misconduct, moral or professional dereliction

JND - Other, Concealment of arrest record

JNF - Army Trainee Discharge

JNF - Navy, USMC, USAF Other

JNG - Unfitness (Reason Unknown)

JPB - Drug use

JPC - Drug abuse rehabilitative failure

JPD - Alcohol abuse rehabilitative failure

JRA - Engaged, attempted to engage or solicit another to engage in a homosexual act

JRB - Admission of Homosexuality or bisexuality

JRC - Marriage or attempted marriage to a person known to be of the same biological sex

KAK - Expiration of Term of Service

KBD - Retirement - 20 - 30 Years Service

KBH - Other

KBJ - Other

KBK - Normal expiration of Service

KBM - Early Release - Precluded from attaining eligibility for retirement with pay

KCC - Early Release - Other

KCE - Early Release - To attend school

KCF - Early Release - To attend school

KCK - Early Release - In the national interest

KCM - Concientious Objector

KCO - Sole surviving son

KCP - Other

KCQ - See MCQ

KDB - Dependency or Hardship

KDF - Pregnancy

KDG - Parenthood

KDH - Dependency or Hardship

KDJ - Early Release - In the national interest

KDK - Security program

KDM - Early Release - Other

KDM1 - Marine Corps order applicable to all members of a class, USMC

KDN - Other

KDP - Breach of Contract

KDQ - Breach of Contract

KDR - Early Release - Other

KDS - Breach of Contract

KEA - Expiration of Term of Service

KEB - Early Release - Other -

KEC - Expiration of Term of Service

KFB - Minority

KFF - Secretarial Authority, to be discharged or retire as an officer

KFG - Other

KFN - Released for Physical disability Existing Prior to Service

KFS - Good of the Service, in lieu of court martial

KFT - Failure to qualify medically for flight training, no disability

KFV - Unqualifird for Active Duty - Other

KGF - Failure to meet minimum qualifications for Retention

KGH - No information on this code at this time.

KGL - Officer or Warrant Officer Commission program

KGM - Officer Commission program

KGN - Officer Warrant Officer Commission program in another service

KGS - Officer Commission program

KGT - Warrant Officer program

KGU - Service Academy

KGX - Officer Commission program

KHC - Immediate reenlistment

KHD - Other

KHF - Other

KHK - Substandard performance

KLG - Financial Irresponsibility

KLM - Unfitness (Reason Unknown)

KMN - Army Expeitious Discharge

KNC - See BNC

KND - No defintion on this code at this time

KNF - Other

KNL - Good of the Service

KOG - Early Release - Police Duty

KOJ - Early Release - Seasonal Employment

L68 - Involuntary release: nonselection for Indefinite Reserve status, USAF

LBB - Involuntary release maximum age, USN - Officers

LBB - Maximum age

LBC - Involuntary release completion of maximum period service according to grade, USN - Officers

LBC - Maximum service

LBH - Early Release - Insufficient Retainability

LBK - Expiration of Term of Service

LBK - Involuntary discharge at end active obligated service, USN - Enlisted


LBM - Navy, USMC, USAF Short length of time remaining after return from overseas or other duty

LBM - Within 3 months of end active obligated service, USN - Enlisted


LCC - Early Release - Reduction in authorized strength

LCC - General demobilization. reduction in force, USN - Enlisted


LDG - Inability to perform prescribed duties due to parenthood

LDK - Security reason

LDL - See JDL

LDM - Strength adjustment, USN - Officers

LDN - Early Release - Lack of jurisdiction (other than void enlistment)

LDP - Breach of Contract

LDP6 - Nonfulfillment of service contract. convenience of the government, with breach of contract payment, USAF

LDP7 - Nonfulfillment of service contract, with breach of contract and readjustment psyment, USAF

LDP8 - Nonfulfillment of service contract. failure of selection for promotion, with breach of contract payment, USAF

LDP9 - Nonfulfillment of service contract. request for extension of active duty disapproved, with breach of contract and readjustment payment, USAF

LDPA - Nonfulfillment of service contract. failure of selection for promotion, with breach of contract and readjustment payment, USAF

LDPB - Nonfulfillment of service contract. convenience of the government, with readjustment payment, USAF

LDPC - Nonfulfillment of service contract, with readjustment payment, USAF

LDPD - Nonfulfillment of service contract. termination of extended active duty, with breach of contract payment, USAF

LDR - Early Release - Other

LED - CONUS based airman lacks retainability for assignment, USAF

LED - Early Release - Insufficient Retainability

LET - Entry level status performance and conduct or pregnancy

LFC - Erroneous entry

LFF - Directed by service authority

LFG - Other

LFN - Physical disability existing prior to service as established by medical board. not entitled to severance pay., USN - Officers

LFR - Revert to inactive status. Retire age 60. No disability severance pay, USAF

LFT - Erroneous Enlistment or Induction or Unqualifird for Active Duty - Medical

LGA - See LET

LGB - Failure of selection for permanent promotion

LGB - Failure of selection for permanent reserve promotion, USN - Officers

LGB - Involuntary release. Failed permanent promotion or removed from list, USAF

LGC - Failure of selection for temporary promotion

LGC - Involuntary release: twice failed cemporary promotion, USAF

LGH - Failure to meet minimum standards of service

LGJ - Early Release - Disapproval of request for extension of service

LGJ - Involuntary release: disapproved request for extension of tour, USAF

LGJ - Request for extension of active duty denied (USNR), USN - Officers

LGJ1 - Request for extension of service denied upon initial EAS without readustment pay/not selected for retention, USAF

LGJ2 - Request for extension of service denied upon extended EAS without readjustment pay/not selected for retention, USAF

LHD - Other

LHF - Navy, USMC, USAF Other

LHH - Service under sentence to dismissal awaiting apellate review

LHJ - Unsatisfactory performance

LIF - Secretarial Authority

LLM - Army Trainee Discharge

LMJ - See LHJ

LND - Misc reasons (medical service personnel who receive unfavorable background investigation or
National Agency check

LNF - Army Trainee Discharge

MBD - Hardship

MBH - Early Release - Insufficient Retainability

MBK - Completion of active duty service commitment or expiration of term of service, USAF

MBK - Expiration of Term of Service

MBN - (ANGUS) (USAFR) Release from octive duty completion of required service, USAF

MBN - Expiration of Term of Service

MCF - To attend educational facility

MCK - Early Release - In the national interest

MCQ - Sole surviving son, daughter or family member

MDB - Hardship

MDF - Pregnancy

MDG - Parenthood

MDH - Dependency or Hardship

MDJ - National interest

MDL - Early Release - To attend school

MDM - Early Release - Other

MDN - Other

MDP - Breach of Contract

MDR - Early Release - Other

MDS - Breach of Contract

MEB - Early Release - Other

MEC - Completed extended enlistment, USAF

MEC - Erroneous Enlistment or Induction

MEC - Expiration of Term of Service

MFA - Expiration of Term of Service

MFF - Secretarial Authority

MFG - Other

MGC - Early Release - Other

MGH - Warrant Officer program

MGJ - Early Release - Other

MGM - To accept commission

MGO - Early Release - Police Duty or Seasonal Employment

MGP - Interdepartmental transfer

MGR - Revert to Regular Army warrant officer status

MGU - To enter Service Academy

MGX - Officer Commission program

MHC - Immediate enlistment

MND - Misc reasons (in lieu of serving in lower grade than Reserve grade or by request - includes MC and DC officers) or in lieu of unqualified resignation

MNF - Other

MOD - Sole surviving son

MOJ - Early Release - In the national interest

NBD - Retirement - 20 - 30 Years Service

NDB - Dependency or Hardship

NDH - Early Release - To teach

NEF - Secretarial Authority

NET - Unqualifird for Active Duty - Other

NVC - Erroneous Enlistment or Induction

PGU - Service Academy

RB - etirement - Over 30 Years Service

RBB - Retirement - Other

RBD - Retirement - 20 - 30 Years Service

RFJ - Permanent Disability - Retired

RFJ1 - Permanent disability retired list, USAF

RFK - Temporary Disability - Retired

RFK1 - Temporary disability retired list, USAF

SBB - Attain maximum age. mandatory retirement, USN - Officers

SBB - Mandatory retirement on established date, maximum age, USAF

SBC - Attain maximum time in grade/service. mandatory retirement, USN - Officers

SBC - Mandatory retirement on established date. maximum years of service, USAF

SBD - Retirement - 20 - 30 Years Service

SFE - Placed on temporary disability retired list, USN - Officers

SFJ - Permanent Disability - Retired

SFJ - Permanent disability retirement, USAF

SFJ - Permanent disability, USN - Enlisted


SFJ - Permanent disability, USN - Officers

SFK - Place on temporary disability retired list, USAF

SFK - Placed on temporary disability retired list, USN - Enlisted


SFK - Temporary Disability - Retired

SGB - Failure of selection for promotion, permanent, USN - Officers

SGB - Retired on established date nonselection permanent promotion or retained for retirement nonselection permanent promotion, USAF

SGC - Failure of selection for promotion, temporary, USN - Officers

SKU - No definition at this time

TCC - See LCC

VFJ - Permanent Disability - Retired

VFJ - Revert to retired list with permanent disability, USAF

VFK - Revert to retired list and placed on temporary disability retired list, USAF

VFK - Temporary Disability - Retired

VNF - Other

WFK - Temporary Disability - Retired

XBK - Retirement - Other

XDM - Early Release - Other

XET - Unqualifird for Active Duty - Other

XND - Other

XOH - Dependency or Hardship

XOP - Breach of Contract

XOS - Retirement - Other

YBK - Retirement - Other

YCP - Other

YDN - Other

YFB - Minority

YKG - Fraudlent Entry

YND - Other

[Morning Dew]

14. Lol, there's one that must be a typo

GPB - Drug use


Shouldn't it be GWB?

:)

[AirAmFan]

20. Evidently there are TWO coding schemes for SPNs: One mainly numeric

(see the URL in message #8) and one mainly alphabetical. Googling "GPB - Drug use" brings back only two hits, one of which is http://www.dallassecurity.com/Investigative_Services/Codes-SPNalpha.pdf . James Dallas's site seems to be pretty comprehensive on the issue of decoding verterans' records for background checks. There are codebooks, references to articles Dallas has written in the trade press, and lots of other interesting material.

[AirAmFan]

19. Very interesting: 3 names keep popping up unexpectedly in googling about

Dubya's missing records:

Harriet Miers, a security expert who has the same odd name as Dubya's appointee to head the Texas Lottery Commission

Dan Bartlett, now WH Communications director

Bill Burkett, a whistleblower about purged Texas National Guard records after Bush become Governor

Googling these names alonside Bush's brings up thousands of hits that might be germane to finding someone who knows what happened to the records and what is--or was--on them.

Here's a "triple" hit that puts all three names in context in one paragraph:

From http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/peaks/6320/bush/altered.htm

'Newsweek reported on July 9, 2000 that the Bush campaign "launched a secretive research operation designed to scour all records relating to his Vietnam-era service" during preparation for Bush's 1998 re- election campaign. They paid "hard-nosed Dallas lawyer named Harriet Miers" $19,000 to review the records. According to Newsweek, one result of her work was to deflect charges that former Texas House Speaker Ben Barnes helped Bush get into the Texas Air National Guard despite low qualifications and a long waiting list. Barnes was later forced to testify under oath that he helped Bush. The same Newsweek article also discusses the absence of evidence that Bush fulfilled his orders to report for duty in Alabama in the fall of 1972. According to the article, "Dan Bartlett conceded that the records 'were either lost or misplaced... we are not sure.'" If Burkett's charges are true, Bartlett may have had a hand in losing or misplacing these records.'

[liveoaktx]

21. Interesting-the Gtech Lottery Scandal- Greg Palast article

(I'm from Texas and remember this Gtech mess, but not the links between these people).

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lottery/story/0,7369,425738,00.html

The Texas lottery was opened up for bids, and a Gtech competitor was designated as having the best offer. Transfer from Gtech was subject only to review and negotiations. Then - surprise! - Bush's lottery commission dumped its new director, dropped the apparent winning bidder, and the head of the state Lottery Commission, Harriett Miers, announced it was best simply to stick with Gtech. Linda Cloud, executive director, said it offered the best deal.

Up until 1997, Gtech had a lobbyist, a politico named Ben Barnes, to whom Gtech paid more than $23 million. Some malevolent soul had written to the US Justice Department earlier claiming that Barnes had fixed for Bush Jr to get the Guard slot - information which Barnes allegedly used to lock in Gtech's lucrative Texas contract for good.

But that letter, and the accusations in it, remained buried until a year ago when, confronted with it, Barnes stated in an affidavit that, indeed, it was he who called the Guard for young George.

Barnes denies he used this information for Gtech. Bush and Gtech also deny any link between Bush's military service and the Gtech contract.
(also http://www.gregpalast.com/detail.cfm?artid=19&row=3 )

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Barnes was a lobbyist for Gtech. Miers was a commissioner for the Lottery. Miers, since, has been appointed by Bush to a plum WH job, deputy chief of staff