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To: combjelly who wrote (138152)	7/14/2001 8:25:02 PM
From: hmaly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1584266

Combjelly re.. Bush's military record. From "The Boston Globe" boston.com; Good find. You will notice that he only had one month less of sevice than your hero Al. Indeed, in the first four years of his six-year commitment, Bush spent the equivalent of 21 months on active duty, including 18 months in flight school. His Democratic opponent, Vice President Al Gore, who enlisted in the Army for two years and spent five months in Vietnam, logged only about a month more active service, since he won an early release from service.<<< You will note in this section about GW. Said Udell, ''I would rank him in the top 5 percent of pilots I knew. And in the thinking department, he was in the top 1 percent. He was very capable and tough as a boot.''<<<< Kind of shoots Ted's and the dems. "Gw is stupid theory" In interviews last week, Guard officials from that era said Bush leapfrogged over other applicants because few applicants were willing to commit to the 18 months of flight training or the inherent dangers of flying. As a pilot, the future governor appeared to do well. After eight weeks of basic training in the summer of 1968 - and a two-month break to work on a Senate race in Florida - Bush attended 55 weeks of flight school at Moody Air Force Base in Georgia, from November 1968 to November 1969, followed by five months of full-time training on the F-102 back at Ellington. Retired Colonel Maurice H. Udell, Bush's instructor in the F-102, said he was impressed with Bush's talent and his attitude. ''He had his boots shined, his uniform pressed, his hair cut and he said, `Yes, sir' and `No, sir,''' the instructor recalled. Said Udell, ''I would rank him in the top 5 percent of pilots I knew. And in the thinking department, he was in the top 1 percent. He was very capable and tough as a boot.'' But 22 months after finishing his training, and with two years left on his six-year commitment, Bush gave up flying - for good, it would turn out. He sought permission to do ''equivalent training'' at a Guard unit in Alabama, where he planned to work for several months on the Republican Senate campaign of Winton Blount, a friend of Bush's father. The proposed move took Bush off flight status, since no Alabama Guard unit had the F-102 he was trained to fly. At that point, starting in May 1972, First Lieutenant Bush began to disappear from the Guard's radar screen.<<<<<< In total, Gw may have used his dad's connections, but he was a very capable pilot when he cared. The fact that he transferred to Al. shouldn't hurt him that much. After all, Al also opted out of military service early also. How come you liberals aren't complaining about that.