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Quick question from someone who doesn't really belong on this thread. I had a guy show me his USAF honorable discharge certificate today, and it had no signatures, just a stamped name (Not even a stamp of a signature, just a text stamp). Is it valid if it hasn't been signed? Something just seemed fishy about it... I know this thread hasn't been posted on in a while, but maybe someone out there can point me to some evidence?
(Im talking of course about the signature on the bottom from somebody much farther up the chain than him)
Last edited by Kerrycake; 05-23-2012 at 04:50 AM..
I used to drive from Dian to Phu Loi on payday to cash our pay checks (LSI) at your base finance. I remember the "Pipe Smoke" logo on the smoke stack. Quite a laundry downtown...
As to the stamp on a supposed discharge paper.......kinda question that as I have a discharge paper with a Oficiers name and rank typed and signed in INK.
Quick question from someone who doesn't really belong on this thread. I had a guy show me his USAF honorable discharge certificate today, and it had no signatures, just a stamped name (Not even a stamp of a signature, just a text stamp). Is it valid if it hasn't been signed?
Is it valid? I don't know for sure...
There are normally two discharge documents. The fancy one suitable for framing and putting on the wall and then the official document, the "DD Form 214" "Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty" which is pretty boring. A form with a lot of blocks filled in with various data...
Quick question from someone who doesn't really belong on this thread. I had a guy show me his USAF honorable discharge certificate today, and it had no signatures, just a stamped name (Not even a stamp of a signature, just a text stamp). Is it valid if it hasn't been signed? Something just seemed fishy about it... I know this thread hasn't been posted on in a while, but maybe someone out there can point me to some evidence?
(Im talking of course about the signature on the bottom from somebody much farther up the chain than him)
If you are talking about the signature of "Authorized Officer" listed in section 22, NO, not all of them will have the physical signature on the original copy the veteran may posses. The reasons why is somthing I;ll leave for others to explain, but missing signature does not mean its not real if its the original copy given to the person at discharge. NOTE: if the copy is one that was obtained direcetly from the militray or was a copy of one sent to the vetrean after discharge, it will have the signature on it.
So, only those original copies given at the immediate time of discharge may lack the authorized signature or will have a "signed on behalf of" from someone given the order to sign it for the authorized person, or a rubber stamped authorized person block name.
Jesse Ventura (James Janos) and his older brother were members of the Underwater Demolition Teams. The training (Basic Underwater Demolition) was very much the same as it was for today's SEALs. In the early eighties the two training programs were combined (UDT/SEAL Training)
Master Chief Janos was stationed in the Philippines during the Vietnam War and I'm sure he wasn't snorkeling with the locals the whole time he was there.
P.S. EVERY U.S. Navy SEAL will consider all UDT operators as SEALs as does the U.S. Navy.
I've never talked to / called anyone out on it, but I tend to see a LOT of homeless people on the side of the road, with signs that identify them as a vet ("Homeless Vet, anything helps" type signs)... Most of these people have long hair, beards, and aren't in the best of shape. On top of not really fitting the "military image", I'm pretty sure there's all sorts of programs to keep a roof over our vet's heads. I doubt (m)any true vets are homeless.
And, regarding some of the older posts, I have noticed a lot of Vets who served in the 101st, and a lot of SEALS / Rangers / Marines / Green Berets / Airbornes... I was under the assumption that these weren't very common occupational specialties.
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