September - Discharge, Training & 30th Class Reunion
Jeffery Voigt and Unofficial Best Beard Class of 1987 30th Reunion Photo courtesy of Jeffery Voigt The month of September was a busy time for me so I was not able to post. I wanted to share what happened. I found most of the documentation I needed to request my discharge be upgraded. I scanned in all of the documentation and sent it off to the Outserve/SLDN (Servicemembers Legal Defense Network) in hopes that they could help me. Included were the letters of recommendations from the Brigade Commander, Deputy Brigade Commander and Division Commander of the unit that I was attached too during the Persian Gulf War. It was after the fighting over that my discharge was initiated. I contacted the former Deputy Brigade Commander and asked him if he would be willing to update his recommendation from General to Honorable Discharge . He is now a retired 4-star General and it is my hope is that his recommendation would carry some weight with the review board. Gratefully he agreed