I tried getting into the air force on two occasions, then the navy, then the marines. I'm not an unfit guy, in my own opinion, but a doctor a few years ago put down that I had asthma. Automatic DQ from service, so I went back to MEPS to take a Methacholine challenge, which I passed with no problems. For some reason, still DQ'd.
So, can I run around saying I was in the Air force, Navy, and Marines? Hell no.
What that article does is point out the crutch lefties like to lean on so much. Kerry served most of his duty on the safety of a ship off the coast of California, then the short time he was in danger he took some self-inflicted wounds and got out. He was the only one in his unit to get out with 3 purple hearts in 4 months. Another lefty 'hero', Max Cleland, blew his own legs off by picking up a live grenade.
According to Cleland's campaign manager Oct. 26, 2002
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While disembarking from a transport helicopter, Capt. Cleland reached for a grenade he believed had become dislodged from his web gear. Later it was discovered that the grenade belonged to a young soldier new to the theater. That soldier had improperly prepared the grenade pin for easy detonation and had dropped it while coming off the helicopter.
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Thank you for your service sirs, but inflicting wounds upon yourselves does not make you heroes. The real heroes are the guys over in Iraq and Afghanistan right now, and all the men and who
selflessly served in the past.