Subject: Change the rules for the National Guard.?
From: 362436 (Ron)
Date: 2/20/04 6:49 PM Pacific Standard Time
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Just because some chose the guard, is not an indictment of the guard
itself.

Probably more of the process and those individuals.



Ron
Tanker 65, C-54E (DC-4)


Exactly.

But I will also assert that applying for ANG military pilot duty is not
avoiding anything. 2 years of active duty for training, and then learning to
fly an F-102 is not exactly something for the risk averse, or for one looking
for a guarantee to avoid combat. Sure, there are those that look back and
say
how that unit did not see combat, but that was in the cold war, and the
balloon
could have gone up...Luckily it did not.

I can say that if I had been in that situation, you can bet your ass I would
have accepted a guard pilot slot. Strapping on an F-102 is certainly more to
most peoples likeing then strapping on an M-16. Probably a whole hell of a
lot
more fun too.




Ron
Tanker 65, C-54E (DC-4)



In WW II your chances of survival were better in the tank corps than in the
air. Know when you have it good and don't do anything dumb..It's the high
price of glamour.


Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
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