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It is illegal for the Armed forces to conscript a person without some form of 'out' for the individual who is serving.
Otherwise it would be akin to 'indenturement
or slavery' from what I was told back in 1972... when I requested
discharge from the Air Force under a very little known approved proceedure.
It was 'AFM SGQ200 Request for Discharge'
'For the good of the Service'
Which means that an individual, who is serving,
and who believes it to be in the services best interest to release or
discharge the individual, can do so under honorable conditions. And with
benefits as well... Other armed service branches must have their own
manuals and section which allows for this request.
I did just that.
30 days after submitting my request I was granted
a full discharge (with no reserve or inactive duty requirement) and I was also
given a VA disability for Bronchitis to boot. My discharge had absolutely
nothing to do with any disability, as that was not diagnosed until months
afterward.
It had everything to do with the reasons I made
for the request to be discharged.
I made clear to them that I would not be an
upstanding airman and I would have to be told what to do at every turn. I
would not ascribe to hair styles and would not ever wear my uniform offbase. I
also made clear the I felt the AF recruited some halfway intelligent people,
then turned them into a bunch of sibling idiots where everyone came out
talking the same walking the same and looking the same and I absolutely
refused to be shaped by their cookie cutter process. I objected to everything
the service stood for and would be a constant burden for them to have
around... and that I believed it would be in the best interest of the service
to just let me the hell out.
and they did...
I still have my DD214 with the reason for
discharge, and that is was honorable, and there was no reserve or inactive
time left for me to need consider... I never even had to register for the
draft afterwards...
So,,, while all those men were returning from Nam
with self induced drug problems, and getting dishonorable discharges as a
result, there was a much simpler and legitimate way...
they kept telling me to read the manuals... read
the manuals... and that is where I found the little known 'out' that exists
for anyone brave enough to stand up to them and say "I don't fit so let
me out, it's for the good of the service".
I wish I could let every service man know this
little bit of information... so they don't have to spend time behind bars before
aquireing their freedom...
I don't know what YOU do but there it is...
Help them if you can...
...some just don't fit in... it should not be
a crime.
Dan
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