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

He didn't go to officer candidate school because the Air National Guard
doesn't have one. You have been told that repeatedly but keep
repeating the same old tired lies even when you know they are lies.

Someone -- I didn't keep track -- said that Bush DID go to OTS. When I asked
if OTS attendees were considered to be enlisted men, I got nothing back.

It's also been alleged that the ANG was part of the Air Force. "No", that's
not right", someone else said.

Now I know in the Marine Corps the training requirements for reserve and
regular officers are identical. Every Marine officer goes through TBS, the
Basic School, even the academy graduates.

And I know that the National Guard are not strictly speaking reserve forces.
That is, they report to the governors of the various states in a way, and under
certain conditions, that the active reserves do not.

Maybe I missed it, but can anyone confirm that ANG fliers do receive officer
specific training or not? Bush's military resume states he went from an
enlisted status to an officer status on the following day. James Webb
characterized this service by saying that Bush never attended OCS (I think that
was the term he used).

Who's got the straight scoop on this?

Walt

WalterM140 wrote:
He didn't go to officer candidate school because the Air National Guard
doesn't have one. You have been told that repeatedly but keep
repeating the same old tired lies even when you know they are lies.


Someone -- I didn't keep track -- said that Bush DID go to OTS. When I asked
if OTS attendees were considered to be enlisted men, I got nothing back.


Personnel attending officer training programs typically do have
enlisted rank, even if only for administrative purposes (IIRC, I was an
E-2 while in ROTC in college, although the closest I ever came to
wearing a uniform with enlisted rank were the cadet ranks during my
first two years of ROTC).

Several enlisted troops in my group have been selected for OTS, and
will maintain their enlisted rank until completion of training, at which
time they will be discharged from enlisted service and then sworn in
as 2Lt's.

Mike Williamson