Why didn't GWB join the U.S. Air Force ?

He did join the US Air Force.

The Texas Air National Guard is NOT the U. S. Air Force.

It is a COMPONENT of the Air Force just as the Reserves, Retired Reserves etc
are.


So do flying officers in the US Air Force go through six weeks of training --
as enlisted men -- and then are commissioned as officers?

Do -any- Air Force officers do that?

Bush's military resume clearly states that he was an enlisted man one day and a
commissoned officer the next.

There has been a lot of back and forth on this, but no consensus on through
which means officers are accessed into the ANG vice the Air Force.

I'd really be surprised to find that the Air Force runs potential officers
through a six week program in which they are considered enlisted men. In the
Marine Corps, officer candidates are NOT considered enlisted men. I know
there are some differences between the Guard/Reserve and also between the
Army/Air Force and the Marine Corps/Navy way of doing things.

But going straight from being an enlisted man, as Bush did, to being an officer
the very next day seems pretty strange.

And here's the link to Bush's military resume:

http://users.cis.net/coldfeet/doc14.gif

I can tell by some subsequent follow on notes, that people are not going to
these links I post, but I can't help that.

If some of ya'll can screw up your courage and actually look at that link,
you'll see that it makes -no- mention of Bush -ever- being in Alabama.

The reason for that is pretty clear. Bush skipped out on the last two years
of his commitment.

Walt

Walt