Today's AWOL Air Force Reserve punishment unit DOC - media says?

[papau]

I wasn't AWOL; I was ARF (transferred to a penalty unit - the document being presented is from the Air Force Reserve punishment unit, not the Air National Guard. Note the ARF (Air Reserve Force) listing at the top, rather than the ANG designator, which would indicate it was from the Air National Guard.)Bush being sent to ARF means he did NOT fulfill his obligations - People that fulfill their obligations don't have this happen to them. So at the very least Bush did not meet the standards he signed up for. The "character attack" commerical writes itself.

As for missing drills in regular National Guard (one drill=4 hours of weekend service, so a weekend=4 drills), once you'd missed 12 drills, you were handed over to your local draft board for two years of regular army. Unless your father had lots of clout, obviously.

[burmartesq]

1. Clarify Please...

I have no idea what this whole post means, or the context of it. Can you be a bit clearer? It seems you have interesting information.

[papau]

2. A punishment unit granted him credits and discharged him.

details are at

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=103&topic_id=34133

cut and paste with links in reply # 1 and reply #2.

Quick and dirty - the paper sent out by the WH today was an ARF document - not a TANG document.

You go to ARF as punishment.

AWOL and failure to carry out order to be drug tested/physical would seem to be the cause - but that can only be proven by other doc's that Bush is having a problem giving permission for their release.

[papau]

3. nine days of active duty between May 1972 and May 1973 proves AWOL

nine days of active duty between May 1972 and May 1973 proves AWOL


The documents indicate that Bush received credit for nine days of active duty between May 1972 and May 1973, the period that has been cited by Democrats as evidence that Bush shirked his military responsibilities.

fOR A reservist. A weekend counted as 4 days. Each AM/PM period counted as one. (A 4 hour week night counted as 1)

So 9 Days does not a year make!

Thanks for the evidence!