The citation for the Navy-Marine Corps Achievement Medal received by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Joshua Hendershot praised his “superior professionalism, exceptional performance and selfless devotion.” (Tony Perry / Los Angeles Times)Romance Dooms Navy Career Of Honored Sailor -- L.A. Times
Joshua Hendershot had received a coveted achievement medal three times. Months later, he was given a discharge precluding use of the GI Bill.
Reporting from San Diego -- In March, Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Joshua Hendershot received a coveted Navy-Marine Corps Achievement Medal — the third during a Navy career in which he was consistently rated as a top-notch performer assigned the difficult task of maintaining and operating the Tomahawk missile control systems.
The citation praised the 25-year-old for "superior professionalism, exceptional performance and selfless devotion." One superior said he would make an excellent commissioned officer.
But within a few months, Hendershot was booted out of the Navy, branded as a habitual troublemaker unfit to serve. He was given a discharge of a kind that makes him ineligible for the GI Bill to pay for college.
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