ˆTossing my two cents in to the «a href="http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=12526_Bush_Guard_Documents-_Forged#comments"»CBS forged«/a» «a href="http://www.indcjournal.com/archives/000838.php"»documents fray«/a»:
The upper right corner has a date in the standard notation: 18 August 1973
I dunno if anything has changed, but I was once verbally flogged by 1SGT Gengalo for typing a date in the format. The military uses day, then the first three letters of the month, then the year. It should read 16 AUG 1973.
Standards standards standards. That date format appeared on everything, because according to 1SGT Gengalo, the military way was the best way, and it was his way, and by GOD, I will do it that way while printing up vehicle dispatches. Naturally, I remember.
For my money, this thing is bogus. Officers can't type worth a damn to begin with, and I've always seen 'em farm out the job to the office clerk or some poor corporal on CQ duty. I just can't see the document coming out the exact same as a MS Word with standard margins and typeface. And to me, the date format is a real blunder, 'cos anyone who has had to type military stuff (assuming they did it that way back then, I dunno, but I bet they did) would automatically type it as 19 AUG 1973...it took me a long time to break the habit, and I still sometimes do it.
Still, I could be wrong.Be nice if someone could tell me yea or nay. allow_pings1id120blog_id3titl