Bush didn't show up in Alabama, say two men who served.

[burnedout]

that Dipsh!t Terry MaCaulife..

to my knowledge, he never served in the military - active or reserve.

 

[jahawkin]

Originally posted by: X-Man
Whoops

Of course I'm sure it will be said that this guy is lying or something.

Double Whoops

Roberts also reports the first eyewitness who claims he can put President Bush on the Alabama National Guard base came forward. Bill Calhoun, a former Guard officer says Mr. Bush was assigned to him.

"He sat in my office he would study his training manuals, read safety magazines. military type stuff," Calhoun told Roberts. Calhoun provided records to CBS News to prove he was on the base at the time. He says the President regularly drilled during the months of May through October 1972, when Mr. Bush was working on an election campaign.

"I know he was in there on drills, uh, four months. And it could have been five and it even could have been six."

But Calhoun's account appears to be at odds with records released by the White House. They show that President Bush logged no Guard duty -- anywhere -- from April 17th until October 28th.

And another quote from the guy from the Memphis Flyer article:

And former Guard Pilot Bob Mintz -- who was with the Alabama unit at the time -- says the base was all abuzz about a politically-connected Lieutenant coming in. But Mintz claims he never saw Mr. Bush -- and expects the newcomer would have stood out.

"I just don't see how you could, ah, walk into a military squadron of people who are intimately familiar with each other and their jobs and things and not recognize him as a stranger, ya know?" said Mintz.

 

[AndrewR]

Originally posted by: Ultra Quiet

Its too bad they have him as commander in chief. He doesn't know crap about military affairs. The last 3 years history shows that.

The vast majority of people who are actually serving do not share your sentiments.

Haven't you noticed that veterans are so up in arms over President Bush because he questioned the wisdom of double-dipping with retirement and non-service related disability payments? I wonder when it happens that the mindset changes from seeing military service as a duty and a privilege to one where military service is a ticket to lifelong and limitless benefits.

 

[UltraQuiet]

Originally posted by: AndrewR

Originally posted by: Ultra Quiet

Its too bad they have him as commander in chief. He doesn't know crap about military affairs. The last 3 years history shows that.

The vast majority of people who are actually serving do not share your sentiments.

Haven't you noticed that veterans are so up in arms over President Bush because he questioned the wisdom of double-dipping with retirement and non-service related disability payments? I wonder when it happens that the mindset changes from seeing military service as a duty and a privilege to one where military service is a ticket to lifelong and limitless benefits.

In response to your first question yes I have noticed it and in response to your second I don't know. But lets be honest about it, those lifelong benefits were/are a factor in making career decisions. They may not have been a factor in initial enlistment decsion making but they were certainly a factor in any reenlistment decision. It certainly factored into mine. As someone who has about a month left on active duty before I retire I will tell you what I expect as a retiree. I expect no less than what retirees were receiving when I reenlisted the first time.