"Buzzer" wrote in message
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On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 10:20:29 -0500, "Lawrence Dillard"
wrote:

Agreed, to a certain extent; I could have expressed myself somewhat more
clearly. GWB was *assigned* to ARF/ARPC in Oct. of 1972. ARF is the
location where Guard Members' *records* are sent for among other things,
disciplinary reasons. (My mistake, I was typing too quickly. I certainly
don't run an anti-GWB website, and had no intent to astonish anyone.) To
reiterate, "discipline" need not necessarily mean either brig time nor
any
type of *physical restraint*. Apparently, there are some on this NG who
do
understand that, for example,*probation* is a form of discipline
(custody)
which does not involve restraint or incarceration. A JAG or Army
equivalent
could explain.

I can't find anything official that being assigned to ARPC is some
type of mark against a persons record. Could you provide some official
source for that thought?

I did find this at the ARPC site, but nothing about it being some type
of punishment..
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I think what is happening is that folks are misinterpreting what was
meant by "assigned" to ARPC. Let's take a step back to look at this.

When you are in the military (Air Force, ANG, or AF Reserves in this
case), you have a local office that handles your personnel records, issues,
etc. Currently, that is referred to as a Military Personnel Flight (MPF --
for us old-timers, it used to be CBPO). When you leave the military, those
records are then transferred to another central location. You are
"assigned" (a.k.a handled by) a central office (in this case ARPC or AFPC)
as you no longer have a local MPF to work with. For folks in an inactive
reserve status, ARPC is the "assigned" MPF.

Mike