I have an 88 camaro and for some reason or another, i have to keep replacing the battery every month or so. The car is rarely driven as i am away in the military, but my pa keeps telling me the battery wont hold a charge after a month or so. ITs a new alternator and distributor... any ideas?  

most computerized cars have parasitic draws.    these are small loads to keep electronic memorys alive...  the ecm, the radio,  are 2 of them....   they will usually run a battery down in 2 or 3 weeks...    if the battery is totally discharged... it can be recharged... but... it will act like it won't hold a charge until it is slow charged for several hours...

if someone hooks up a 10 amp or more charger to a totally discharged battery ... some chargers will not charge it ... their electronics prevent it...    fast charging deeply discharged batterys will damage them..  slow... less than 2 amps...

for decades i have brought back deeply discharged batterys with a current limiting power supply...    set at half an amp in short circuit at 17 volts ..  

after the battery is brought up to a full charge... 12.65 volts after a minute with the head lights on to remove the surface charge..    test the charging system...    should be over 14.1 volts dc.. actually closer to 14.5 volts with the engine running on that car..    anything less... look for dirty battery terminals..   battery side terminals that are encased in rubber can get corroded behind the rubber...   sometimes if you split on end of the rubber ring that goes over the top of the terminal.. this way you can clean the brass terminal on both sides and get the special bolt out for cleaning..

loose fan belt..  

Aside form making sure the terminals on the battery are clean and the positive battery cable is in good condition (one that old I'd replace if it's still the car's original).

From there, when the battery's fully charged, have your Dad take the positive battery cable, and just touch it to the positive terminal on the battery. If he sees a good arc, that means there's a short or other problem in the electrical system that's creating a larger than normal constant draw on the battery.