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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ish who wrote (281985)	7/30/2002 5:30:11 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Negative. He refused to take the medical exam and was penalized <demoted> for it: More Background: George W. Bush served five years of his six-year Air National Guard obligation between 1968 and 1973. However, 1972-1973 records were redacted "for administrative reasons" and have not been released. After undergoing two years of expensive jet fighter training at taxpayer expense, in April 1972, during the Viet Nam War, George Bush simply quit flying. He did not show up to take his required annual flight physical, and the penalty he received was automatic suspension of his right to fly and a final 15 months of disciplinary action, for which he was demoted to the Obligated Reserve Section in Denver. Official interesting points: - In April 1972, random drug testing was implemented in the military. - Bush has previously stated that he had not used drugs “since 1974.” - Official verbal answer from Bush campaign: Governor Bush “decided to not fly any longer” so he did not take the required military flight physical. However, as anyone in the military knows, one does not simply “decide” to give up a military assignment. "As the State Plans Officer for the Texas National Guard, I was on full-time duty at Camp Mabry when Dan Bartlett was cleansing the George W Bush file prior to GW's Presidential announcement. For most soldiers at Camp Mabry, this was a generally known event. The archives were closely scrutinized to make sure that the Bush autobiography plans and the record did not directly contradict each other. In essence it was the script of the autobiography which Dan Bartlett and his small team used to scrub a file to be released. This effort was further involved by General Daniel James and Chief of Staff William W. Goodwin at Camp Mabry. -- Bill Burkett - contact: (915-673-0429) talion.com FINALLY, THE TRUTH ABOUT BUSH'S MILITARY SERVICE RECORD: "...But the records indicate that George W Bush missed a year of service." "... Bush's unsatisfactory attendance could have resulted in being ordered to active duty for a period up to two years -- including a tour in Vietnam. Lieutenant Bush would have been aware of this as he had signed a statement which listed the penalties for poor attendance and unsatisfactory participation. Bush could also have faced a general court martial. But this was unlikely as it would have also meant dragging in the two officers who had signed off on his annual evaluation." "Going after officers in this way would have been outside the norm. Most often an officer would be subject to career damaging letters of reprimand and poor Officers Effectiveness Ratings. These types of punishment would often result in the resignation of the officer. In Bush's case, as someone who still had a commitment for time not served, he could have been brought back and made to do drills. But this would have been a further embarrassment to the service as it would have made it semi-public that a Lieutenant Colonel and squadron commander had let one of his subordinates go missing for a year." "For the Guard, for the ranking officers involved and for Lieutenant Bush the easiest and quietest thing to do was adding time onto his commitment and placing that time in the inactive reserves." tompaine.com

To: Ish who wrote (281985)	7/30/2002 5:42:59 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Respond to of 769670

benegesserit.com "...BushJr's unit was "lackadaisical in holding him to his commitment. Many states, Texas among them, had a record during the Vietnam War of providing a haven in the Guard for the sons of the well-connected, and a tendency to excuse shirking by those with political connections." [Robinson, 2000] "BushJr did not start out shirking. From his initial training until April 1972, there are logs of numerous hours of duty. He exceeded the minimum requirements for pilots with that guard unit. BushJr had a six-year commitment to the guard. During the first four years, he spent 18 months in flight school and then did the equivalent of three more months on active duty, leaving him only one month short of Al Gore's length of service with the Army." "However, BushJr's participation suddenly all stopped after April 1972." "Does this gap in BushJr's military records correspond to anything else that's been reported about him during that time period? It's prior to the time that BushJr indicates he has not used cocaine, ie 1974 to present. It coincides " with a well-publicized incident during the 1972 Christmas holidays: Bush had a confrontation with his father after he took his younger brother, Marvin, out drinking and returned to the family's Washington home after knocking over some garbage cans on the ride home. " [Robinson, 2000] Note: This also confirms that at least BushSr and BushJr's brother Marvin knew he wasn't in Alabama that Christmas."