The point is that someone said that Bush volunteered for Viet Nam,
but there is
a document extant that shows he -did-not- volunteer for overseas
assignment at
one point.


Why is that a point worth debating?

It seems to be a false statement.

The part about not volunteering certainly is.

Bush apparently did not volunteer for Viet Nam. Someone here said he did.

You seem to think that he was under some obligation to transfer
to the regular Air Force ASAP. No such obligation existed.


Not at all. And joining the Air Guard and flying F-102's would have been a
perfectly acceptable way to serve.

The problem with Bush's service is that there is strong circumstantial evidence
that he didn't participate for the last two years of his service.

I got an e-mail from the guy doing the research on Awolbush.com.

I was wrong about the one document that shows no entry between 26 May '72 and 1
Oct 73. Although it looks identical to documents in the Marine Corps, it did
not serve the same function. It's an AF form 11. Reserve points were not
shown. Further, that form was no longer used after 1 May, 73.

The new link on www.awolbush.com has strong circumstantial evidence that Bush
actually -was- declared a deserter and that the documentation that should have
followed from that has been destroyed, as has been the paperwork on the
mandatory inquiry on Bush's grounding.

Surely some of the former Air Force pilots who post here are wondering about
this.

What little I know indcates that most pilots will do about anything to keep
flying and stay current in their aircraft. This didn't seem to be a factor for
Bush.

When you think that Bush is an untreated alcohlic even now, it's not much of a
stretch to think he found cocaine more alluring that flying back in 1972.

Walt