--- In alchemy61@yahoogroups.com, gellie618@... wrote:

This was originally to Military.com.
Though I am a member here, I have been unable to get access to my
military records through your system, or any system to access military
records found in Google. Perhaps it is the incompatibility of this WebTV
with more advanced systems.
Apparently, anyone can gain access into anyone else's military
record. This could violate medical confidentiality. Why are military
records as open as criminal records or offender's lists?
An aweful lot of guys lie about their military experience. I think
lying about seeing action is despicable. It is illegal to claim to have
a Purple Heart fraudulently.
But, regardless of that, my cousin's husband, Eddie, who was a
32° Freemason, said he had been a Marine fighting in the South Seas,
was temporarily captured by the Japanese, but escaped, and "caught
shrapnel" (worthy of a Purple Heart); whereas, he was dishonorably
discharged from the Navy, in this country, a few months after joining.
This military disgrace, like the grain of sand in an oyster,
initiated the fantastic pearl of his tremendous lying career. He claimed
to have been a cop when he never was a cop. And, he knew that if he
included despicable acts, most people would want to believe him.
It seems amazing that people will want to believe something bad
admitted by a person, that never happened, and swallow everything else
with it.
Eddie was a master of deceit. When his past was exposed after his
death, quite harmlessly, it left a lot of laughs. Harmlessly? If he
didn't repent before he died, liars are condemned to the Lake of Fire.
Do you think leaving military records wide open to everyone is a
violation of confidentiality? Will people refrain from military service
to avoid the public exposure of possible screw ups? Is this breach of
privacy a threat to national security?

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