From: "PAW"
Date: 8/25/2004 8:52 AM Central



Think of the line they would have had if *all* you had to do was a 4 year
active guard hitch to go to *flight school*. Heck, I would have gone in a
heartbeat rather than the SIX years of active duty I got stuck with. Not
that I should complain. I managed to stay out of Vietnam too. They sent me
to Okinawa instead. Anyhow, GW was one lucky guy. Anyone else would have
been yanked into active duty or charged with a crime.


What crime would that be? Despite all the sputtering by the anti Bush no one
has yet come up with proof he had done anything wrong. The fact remains he
served and was honourably discharged.


And you're correct. They handled enlisted ranks much different. They could
mix it up... 2 active (draft) 4 inactive, 3 and 3, 4 and 2, or all 6. GW had
none of these as options.

Phil

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired