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From: "Steven P. McNicoll"
Date: 9/5/2004 2:49 PM Central Daylight Time
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From: (ArtKramr)
Date: 9/5/2004 11:59 AM Central Daylight Time
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Why did Bush join the National Guard instrae do the Army, Navy or
Air Force?
why?


He DID go into the Air Force. The ANG is a component of the USAF.


Yes, but Art asked about the National Guard.

Which is a component of the Army which Bush never clauims to have joined.

Not exactly. "The National Guard" would most accurately describe the federal
umbrella organization, represented at its highest by the National Guard
Bureau (NGB). Which as an entity is not slotted under either the Army or Air
Force, but is instead a joint bureau that reports to *both* of those service
component headquarters. The chief of NGB (currently an ARNG three star, but
it usually rotates from service to service) has deputies who oversee each of
the two components, ARNG and ANG.

Brooks


Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired