"One does not get an Honorable Discharge unless one earns it. One is not rewarded with one if one deserts or is AWOL. That's a simple fact that will still evade most critics."

Not exactly. One *is not supposed to* get an Honorable Discharge unless one earns it.

In the real world sometimes what is supposed to happen does not., and the unworthy are sometimes rewarded and the worthy are sometimes not. That's a simple fact.

An important man or his son is occasionally treated better than the common man.

I recall "the Colonel" telling me that what I was complaining about could not have happened because it would be contrary to regulations. Can you see the flaw in his logic?

clint