Bush Flew Fighter Jets During Vietnam

Walt asked in amazement:
ANG pilots were direct commissioned? All of them?


Those getting commissions with out prior service could get a direct commission
without a formal training program.
When the Aviation Cadet Program was still in existence, a lot of ANG pilot and
nav trainees went through the program.
All it took to get a comission in the Guard during the mid 60's was 60 college
semester hours and meeting a comissioning panel, sometimes basic training was
not even required.
Basic training became a requirement about 1967. By then most states also put
their people through some kind of OCS program.
It helped if Dad was a Senator or ANG General, but it was OK if Dad was an E-7
Technician or Mom was a secretary at Group HQ. But it was not manditory, a
sharp troop with a good record and test taking capability had a good chance.

Rick Clark

Basic training became a requirement about 1967. By then most states also put
their people through some kind of OCS program.

Bush did not complete any sort of officer qulification program.

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Walt

But it was not manditory, a
sharp troop with a good record and test taking capability had a good chance.

Bush scored in the lowest percentile allowed to qualify for pilot training. He
did not complete any sort of officer qualification course.

Walt

Subject: Bush Flew Fighter Jets During Vietnam
From: (WalterM140)
Date: 7/11/2004 6:03 AM Pacific Standard Time
Message-id:

But it was not manditory, a
sharp troop with a good record and test taking capability had a good chance.

Bush scored in the lowest percentile allowed to qualify for pilot training.
He
did not complete any sort of officer qualification course.

Walt


And he was a "C: student through school. Not exactly the most coloful crayon in
the box.


Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
Visit my WW II B-26 website at:
http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer

"ArtKramr" wrote

And he was a "C: student through school. Not exactly the most coloful crayon in
the box.

I don't know what your grades were, but neither of us have never been Governor,
or President, so I guess the grades don't mean much in real life, do they?

rom: (ArtKramr)

And he was a "C: student through school. Not exactly the most coloful crayon
in
the box.


Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS


Art, I was a C student in school for exactly the same reason: I am dyslexic. I
don't know what Bush's IQ is, but mine is 142. Are you going to tell me I'm
stupid?

Don't let your neo-left bitterness get in the way.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

(ArtKramr) wrote in
:

[snip]

And he was a "C: student through school. Not exactly the most coloful
crayon in the box.

Einstein failed math. Whats your point?

IBM


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(WalterM140) wrote in
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But it was not manditory, a
sharp troop with a good record and test taking capability had a good
chance.

Bush scored in the lowest percentile allowed to qualify for pilot
training. He did not complete any sort of officer qualification
course.

Ed Rasimus claims otherwise and he was in a position to actually
know about such things. Bush got the same basic training as many
other ANG officer candidates.

IBM

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