which proves nothing because
the two Washington guardsmen who failed their HRP were both honorably
discharged

You are a clueless SOB aren't you? Removal from PRP (modern day equivelent of
HRP) is non-punitive. You may be removed (temporary or permanent) from PRP due
to illegal activity (drugs, DUI or generally any crime), but being removed in
and of itself doesn't constitute illegal behavior. We had a guy in my missile
squadron permenantly decertified for having a tremendous credit problem. It
bordered on illegality, but he was never charged. Bottom line, he was removed
from PRP, cross trained into communications (I think?) and was never worse the
wear for it. You need to get a clue before you open your mouth, you're looking
pretty foolish.

This is ludicrous. It's like saying a school child is more qualified to
tell you how a school district functions than a superintendant who
didn't attend that particular school district.

In your case, you are not nearly as knowledgeable as a school superintendant.
Keeping with your anology, I'd say you're a person who once read about school.

My dad was in the Army. I suspect that if he had asked for a transfer
from Fort Bragg to another base and had had that request denied but
still failed to show up at Fort Bragg for 12 months, he would have been
court martialled. But then, his daddy wasn't a congressman.

Your knowledge about how active duty works (although far from complicated)
seems complete, but you need to stick to that aspect since you've no idea how
the guard or reserves work. Don't feel bad. neither do I, the BUFF reserve guys
I've played golf with confuse the hell out of me. Had a guy activated after
9-11, do a stint over Afghanistan, return to CONUS and then finish his
activiation teaching ROTC at Colorado State Univ. Guard & reserve guys can do
some interesting stuff.


BUFDRVR

"Stay on the bomb run boys, I'm gonna get those bomb doors open if it harelips
everyone on Bear Creek"