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NOTE: THIS IS A WORKING DRAFT FOR COMMENT, AND IS PART OF THE AWOL PROJECT,
A LARGE SERIES OF ARTICLES EXAMINING BUSH'S MILITARY RECORDS WITHIN THE
CONTEXT OF THE FEDERAL STATUTES, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE REGULATIONS, AND AIR
FORCE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES OF THAT ERA.

COMMENTS, CORRECTIONS, AND SUGGESTIONS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO awol@glcq.com.

DESERTER

THE STORY OF GEORGE W. BUSH AFTER HE QUIT THE TEXAS AIR NATIONAL GUARD

SUMMARY

An examination of the Bush military files within the context of US Statutory
Law, Department of Defense regulations, and Air Force policies and
procedures of that era lead to a single conclusion: George W. Bush was
considered a deserter by the United States Air Force.

After Bush quit TXANG, he still had nine months of his six-year military
commitment left to serve. As a result, Bush became a member of the Air
Force Reserves and was transferred to the authority of the Air Reserve
Personnel Center (ARPC) in Denver, Colorado. Because this was supposed to
be a temporary assignment, ARPC had to review Bush's records to determine
where he should ultimately be assigned. That examination would have led to
three conclusions: That Bush had "failed to satisfactorily participate" as
defined by United States law and Air Force policy, that TXANG could not
account for Bush's actions for an entire year, and that Bush's medical
records were not up to date. Regardless of what actions ARPC contemplated
when reviewing Bush's records, all options required that Bush be certified
as physically fit to serve, or as unfit to serve. ARPC thus had to order
Bush to get a physical examination, for which Bush did not show up. ARPC
then designated Bush as AWOL and a "non-locatee" (i.e. a deserter) who had
failed to satisfactorily participate in TXANG, and certified him for
immediate induction through his local draft board. Once the Houston draft
board got wind of the situation, strings were pulled; and documents were
generated which directly contradict Air Force policy, and which were
inconsistent with the rest of the records released by the White House.

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

BACKGROUND

Organization of the Air Reserve Forces

Bush's Service Requirements

Bush's Record as a Member of the Texas Air National Guard

BUSH, THE AIR NATIONAL GUARD, AND THE AIR FORCE

THE RECORDS OF A DESERTER

"FAILURE TO SATISFACTORILY PARTICIPATE"

ALL ROADS LEAD TO A MEDICAL EXAMINATION

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SEPTEMBER 15TH

A CONVENIENT WORD FOR "DESERTER"

HOUSTON, YOU HAVE A PROBLEM

THE REHABILITATION OF GEORGE W. BUSH

DID BUSH'S REHABILITATION REALLY HAPPEN?

APPENDIX 1: THE "NOT OBSERVED" OETR, AND THE UNIFORM MILITARY PERSONNEL
RECORD

APPENDIX 2-THE "NON-LOCATEE" ADDRESS SEQUENCE

APPENDIX 3-THE SIXTH MONTHS EXTENSION OF SERVICE CONTROVERSY

INTRODUCTION

For the eighteen months prior to his quitting the Texas Air National Guard
(TXANG), George W. Bush had ignored his obligations to the US Military,
statutory and regulatory US Law, and Air Force regulations and policies.
And for as long as he was being "supervised" by TXANG, he got away with it.

Very little attention has been paid to the period of Bush's "service" after
he left Texas and was assigned to the Air Reserve Personnel Center (ARPC) in
Denver, Colorado. But it is during this period that Bush's dereliction of
duty-including his failure to participate in mandatory training, and his
failure to maintain his flight status-came home to roost.

Unlike TXANG, ARPC took America's national security-and the role played by
Guardsmen and Reservists in maintaining US security-quite seriously.

The proof of this is the "ARF Retirement Credit Summary" dated January 30,
1974, which shows that Bush was placed in an "Inactive Status" effective
September 15th, 1973. This document is the proverbial "smoking gun" which
proves that the Air Force considered George W. Bush to have been a deserter.

ARF RETIREMENT CREDIT SUMMARY (AF Form 526) for 1973-74 "RETIREMENT
YEAR"

From AFM 35-3, Chapter 19, Para 19-2

Under Air Force policy in force at that time, the only way that someone in
Bush's position could be placed in an "Inactive Status" was if they were
being "completely severed from military status." And the only way that
could happen is if someone had become permanently disabled, or deserted.
Bush was not disabled.

Instead, consistent with contemporaneous laws, regulations, and procedures,
ARPC had reviewed Bush's records, and found that he had failed to
"satisfactorily participate" as a member of TXANG. Bush was then ordered to
active duty, for which he did not show up. ARPC then certified him for
immediate induction as a "non-locatee" (e.g. a deserter) through the
Selective Service System.

This is the only explanation that is consistent with Bush's military records
and Air Force policy of that era.

It is also clear that the Bush records were tampered with to hide this fact.
Many documents were thrown out that should have been kept, and there is
indisputable evidence that at least one key document has been altered.

The documentary evidence also strongly suggests that when news of Bush's
situation reached Texas, strings were pulled that resulted in Bush being
"rehabilitated" in a manner completely inconsistent with Air Force policy.

The paper trail is incomplete, and in some cases ambiguous. But "clerical
error" is not sufficient to explain the anomalies, because the level of
"coincidence" required for a "clerical error" explanation is well beyond any
rational possibility.

Because Bush's records are incomplete, a full understanding of what Bush's
records represent, and how they must be interpreted, can only be achieved
through an understanding of what each document means within its specific
context.

BACKGROUND

(Note: What happened after Bush quit the Texas Air National Guard was based
in large part on what Bush did as a member of TXANG. For a more detailed
explanation of Bush's military obligations, see BUSH'S ATTENDANCE
OBLIGATIONS AS A MEMBER OF THE US MILITARY. For fuller details concerning
reassignments between Air Force components THE RELOCATING GUARDSMAN: A
PROCEDURAL PRIMER. Scanned copies of the relevant US Statutes, Department
of Defense regulations, and Air Force policies and procedures cited in this
article are linked at the SOURCE DOCUMENTS page.)

Organization of the Air Reserve Forces

The "Reserve" component of the US Air Force was known as the Air Reserve
Forces (ARF) and was divided into two primary components, the Air National
Guard (ANG) and the United States Air Force Reserve (USARF).

From: 32 USC 501a (National Guard Training)

Overall policy was set by the ARF, and policy differences between the two
components were minor. This was true, in no small part, because United
States Statutory law required that Air National Guard discipline and
training had to "conform to that of the Air Force."

The main differences were procedural; ANG units were under the (titular)
control of the States, while USARF units were controlled directly by the
Federal government. Decisions concerning ANG personnel had to go through a
state hierarchy before being "recognized" by the US government.

The Air Reserve Personnel Center (ARPC) in Denver Colorado was where
personnel policies for ARF were administered. In general, it appears that
ARPC did not micro-manage the affairs of ANG units. But when something
especially egregious occurred, ARPC took notice.

ARPC also "commanded" reservists who were not affiliated with either USARF
or ANG units.

The Obligated Reserve Section (ORS) is where obligors (military personnel
who had an unfulfilled Military Service Obligation-the minimum term of
military service as required under Federal Statutory law) were assigned who
were not assigned to a specific National Guard or Air Force Reserves unit
with which they could train. ORS is where Bush was transferred to when he
was discharged from TXANG. ORS was a "Ready Reserve" section of ARPC,
containing those members who were required to be ready to immediately report
for active duty if the President declared a national security emergency.

The Non-Affiliated Reserve Section (NARS), was the "active status" Standby
Reserve, consisting of members who were subject to an involuntary active
duty call-up if Congress acted (e.g. declared a state of war, and/or
authorized the mobilization of Stand-by Reservists ). Members were assigned
to NARS because of hardship, because they were unfit for duty, or because
they were special case "excess personnel".

NARS-A was the section in which non-obligors would be assigned, and NARS-B
was where obligors were assigned. (Bush wound up in NARS-B, but there is no
document which explains how he got there.)

The Inactive Standby Reserve List Section (ISLRS) of ARPC was where those
who were in "inactive status" (which meant they were no longer effectively
affiliated with the Reserves) were assigned.

The term "Ready Reserve" refers to those who had a "Ready Reserve Service
Agreement" (RRSA) in effect. This was a contract that Reservists with an
MSO were required to sign, agreeing to be called up for active duty in the
event a national emergency was declared.

The RRSA was one of the ways that the ARF exercised control over the ANG.
"Federal recognition" of ANG members was contingent upon their having an
RRSA in place, and without "Federal recognition" the Federal government
would not issue you a paycheck or reimburse the state government for your
training. A current RRSA was also required to maintain draft-deferred
status.

Bush's Service Requirements

The regulations and requirements to which Bush was subject were based on his
status as an "obligor" with an RRSA. Bush's MSO referred to the length of
his required service, his RRSA defined the terms under which he would serve.

Although personnel policies are full of exceptions, those policies can be
divided into two main categories.

1) Policies concerning Reservists and Guardsmen with a "unfulfilled"
Military Service Obligation (MSO). This was the requirement to serve for a
certain number of years upon enlistment, based on US Statutory law[1]. (Bush
had a six year MSO which ended on May 26, 1974).

2) Policies concerning Reservists and Guardsmen who had completed their
MSO.

From: 10 USC 262 (Purpose of Reserves)

The purpose of the National Guard was to "provide trained units and
qualified individuals available for active duty.as the national security
requires." In order to fulfill its purpose, specific criteria was
established for both "training" and "qualifications".

Chief among these criteria was the requirement that Bush "satisfactorily
participate" as a member of the Air Reserve Forces, and the requirement to
"conform with the standards and qualifications" established for his position
(his AFSC or Air Force Specialty Code.) .

From: CFR Title 10, Sec. 101.2 (Training Requirements)

The criteria for "satisfactory participation" for Guardsmen were established
in the US Statutes and Code of Federal Regulations. This included mandatory
participation in 48 scheduled four-hour periods of "inactive duty training"
with their units (Unit Training Assemblies, or UTAs) per fiscal year.
(Until 1977, the fiscal year ran from July 1 to June 30.) UTA weekends were
held on one weekend each month, with two UTAs schedules on Saturday and two
on Sunday.

From: CFR Title 10, Sec. 101.3(b)(2) (no more than 10% "unexcused
absences") )

A missed UTA for which substitute training had been performed was considered
an "excused absence." Any missed period for which no substitute training
was performed was defined by law as an "unexcused absence". If at any point
during a given fiscal year, a Guardsman had more than four unexcused
absences (more than 10%), he had "failed to satisfactorily participate" as
defined by law.

Among the "standards and qualifications" that Bush was required to conform
to was the requirement to maintain his flight status by accomplishing an
annual physical, as well as maintaining the skills and knowledge required
for his AFSC by training as a pilot with his unit.

A Guardsman who failed to meet the requirements was subject to various
punitive measures. Chief among these was an involuntary call to active duty
for up to 24 months. A Guardsman or Reservist who failed to "satisfactorily
participate" could also lose his draft-deferred status and be certified for
immediate induction into the Armed Forces through the Selective Service
System. This latter provision, however, was only implemented when an Air
Reserve Forces member failed to show up for "involuntary active duty" as
ordered, and could not be located.

Bush's Record as a Member of the Texas Air National Guard

There is no question that Bush "failed to satisfactorily participate" as
defined under law. In fiscal year 1971-72, Bush had "unexcused absences"
from his mandatory unit training in May and June, 1972 . (Until 1977, the
fiscal year ran from July 1 to June 30.) In fiscal year 1972-73, Bush had
"unexcused absences" for three months of mandatory training (June, July,
August, 1972.) (See The Points Scam and The Payroll Scam.)

There is also no question that Bush failed to "conform to the standards and
qualifications" established for his AFSC. Chief among those qualifications
for a pilot was maintaining one's flight status, and training with his unit
of assignment. Bush's failure to maintain his flight status for the last 13
months of his tenure with TXANG, and his failure to participate in training
with his unit for at least 13 of his last 17 months with TXANG, demonstrate
conclusively that Bush was not meeting the standards for a pilot set by the
Secretary of Defense.

BUSH, THE AIR NATIONAL GUARD, AND THE AIR FORCE

Even before Bush was transferred to ARPC (ORS), he had been brought to the
attention of ARPC on two occasions. The first was when Bush tried an "end
run" around his training and participation requirements ("Training Category
A") by attempting to get a transfer to a "Training Category G" unit (the
9921st Air Reserve Squadron). The 9921st was a special kind of unit which
neither offered, nor required, the kind of training that Bush was obligated
by law to perform[2].

ARPC's response was short and to the point, and demonstrated that the Air
Force took Reserve Training seriously. TXANG was told the obvious; that the
regulations forbade the scam that Bush was trying to pull. (see The Transfer
Scam).

ARPC rejection of Bush's request to transfer to an Air Reserve
Squadron

Bush was next brought to the attention of ARPC when his superior officers
submitted Bush's annual "Officer Effectiveness Training Report" (OETR)
claiming that Bush "has not been observed at this unit" for an entire year,
stating that Bush had been doing "equivalent training in a non-flying
status" with a unit in Alabama.

This was, to say the least, a highly unusual OETR. Not only had a pilot not
shown up for a year with his assigned unit, he had spent the entire year not
flying. In addition, "equivalent training" meant that Bush had been on
active duty on the days that his Texas unit had its mandatory scheduled
monthly weekend of inactive duty training ("Unit Training Assemblies" or
UTAs). But the section of the OER where Bush's "raters" were supposed to
show the number of active duty days (and inactive duty training periods)
attended by Bush was left blank.

In other words, this OETR was highly irregular , which provides the context
in which to view the ARPC's response (Figure 4). If, as the documentary
evidence strongly suggests (see Appendix 1), ARPC had done even a cursory
examination of Bush's records, they would already know that there was
something seriously awry at Ellington Air Force Base in Texas. They also
would have known that their instructions that TXANG obtain an evaluation[3]
of Bush's performance from the 187th in Alabama would be impossible to carry
out.

ARPC response (dated 6/29/73) to TXANG's "not observed" Officer
Effectiveness Report on Bush

What may be most remarkable about this document is that APRC uses this
"Notice" for more than just getting a "corrected" training report. Instead
ARPC directly criticizes TXANG's action with concern to Bush, letting Texas
know that allowing Bush to train as anything other than a pilot is
unacceptable as long as TXANG permitted Bush to call himself a pilot, and
making it clear that TXANG was responsible for Bush's conduct.

This "Notice of Correction" demonstrates once again that the Air Force took
Bush's training requirements very seriously. Unlike with TXANG, there is no
evidence that suggests that the Air Force would not enforce the laws,
regulations, and policies to which Bush was subject.

The ARPC's actions with regard to Bush during his tenure with the Texas Air
National Guard provide the context in which the documents concerning Bush's
last year of his MSO must be interpreted. These documents show that once
Bush was placed in the hands of ARPC, he was not allowed to continue to
ignore the laws of the United States, and Air Force regulations and
policies, and that ARPC would take the steps necessary to ensure that
prescribed policies and procedures were followed. (For a more detailed look
at the OETR controversy, see The OETR Scam.)

THE RECORDS OF A DESERTER

From AFM 35-3, Chapter 12, Para 12-16b

Whenever a member of the Air National Guard was discharged to ARPC, his
record of service was reviewed. (See The Discharge Scam.) For this review
to be accomplished, the personnel office of Bush's TXANG unit (Consolidated
Base Personnel Office, or CBPO) was required to transfer his Unit Personnel
Record Group (UPRG) files to ARPC.

Yet, according to documents in the Bush files, this automatic records
transfer did not take place. Thus, APRC was not able to begin its full
review of his records. However, ARPC would have access to its own files on
Bush. And those files would have included the Notice of Missing or
Correction of Officer Effectiveness Training Report issued dated June
29,1973, demanding more information from Bush's unit (the 111th Fighter
Interceptor Squadron) on Bush's whereabouts and training. This "Notice" had
a "suspense date" (the date by which a response was required) of August 6,
1973. By mid-October, TXANG had failed to supply ARPC with the required
information.

ARPC's apparent response to the 111th's repeated failure to supply ARPC with
required information was to demand that information directly from the head
of Texas Air National Guard.

Bush's records were not transferred to ARPC until November 15, 1973.

Records Transmittal Form from the TXANG Chief of Military Personnel,
dated 11/15/03

The Record Transmittal Form demonstrates the extraordinary nature of what
was happening in Bush's records. The bottom of the form contains a section
in which the accuracy and completeness of the records are verified "BY
LOSING CBPO/GSU." This phrase is printed on the form, indicating that this
verification is supposed to be done by a member's "personnel office." Yet
this phrase is crossed out on the form, in order to indicate that Major
Charles K. Shoemake, the head of Personnel for TXANG was responsible for the
records.

On the same date (November 15, 1973) that Bush's Unit Personnel Records
Group was being transferred to ARPC, Shoemake signed a memo on behalf of the
head of the TXANG. The message was "Basic communication complied with."
The subject of the memo was the "Notice of Missing or Correction" that had
never been responded to. Attached to the memo was an AF Form 77a (a
"Supplemental Sheet" to the Officer Effectiveness Training Report).

Shoemake memo sent to ARPC dated 11/15/73

The AF Form 77a that was attached to this memo told ARPC that Bush's unit
could not provide any information regarding the training which Bush was
required to perform for an entire year.

TXANG had reported that Bush had been training in Alabama for a full year.
Under ordinary circumstances, whenever a Guardsman was assigned to another
unit for training, the "training unit" automatically supplied the Guardsman'
s unit an AF 77a, which would be submitted along with the annual training
report from the Guardsman's unit.

ARPC told TXANG that an "AF Fm 77a should be requested from the training
unit so that this officer can be rated". TXANG did not do so. Instead, it
told ARPC that Bush could not be rated for an entire year, and that the
required training report for an entire year would not be forthcoming "for
administrative reasons."

In essence, TXANG told ARPC that Bush had been AWOL for an entire year.

TXANG acknowledges it cannot account for Bush's training for an entire
year

From 10 USC 1163 (Limitations on Dismissal)

That Bush was considered AWOL is confirmed by the fact that under Federal
law, as a commissioned officer Bush could not be "dismissed" from the Armed
Forces unless he was either court-martialed, or had been determined to be
AWOL for at least three months. Because Bush could only be placed on
inactive status if he was being "completely severed from military status",
it would have been impossible under US Statutory Law for ARPC to change Bush
's status to "Inactive" if Bush had not considered AWOL.

"FAILURE TO SATISFACTORILY PARTICIPATE"

As far as ARPC would be concerned, Bush now had an entire twelve month
period that could not be accounted for. The ANG Chief of Military Personnel
for the state of Texas was disavowing responsibility for Bush's actions and
whereabouts during that period. His flight rating had been suspended, and
he had not trained in specialty for that entire year. No duty whatsoever is
recorded for eight of those twelve months, including a nearly six-month
stretch where he had shown up for duty not a single time. And there was
clear and unequivocal evidence of fraud for those periods of duty for which
Bush had been credited and paid. ARPC would also have access to Bush's
payroll and "points" records, and would have noticed that Bush had failed to
meet the attendance criteria for "satisfactory participation" for two
straight fiscal years.

It is not difficult to imagine how Bush's records, and the "report not
available for this period" response from TXANG, would have been interpreted.

From AFM 35-3, Chapter 14, Para 14-5

ARPC was looking at the record of a deserter, whose desertion had been aided
and/or ignored by the Reservist's superior officials, and then covered up by
the chain of command of the Texas Air National Guard. TXANG had ignored the
instructions in the Notice of Correction, and permitted Bush to continue to
be paid as a pilot despite his lack of pilot qualifications. Bush had
announced to his unit, well after he would had made his decision, that he
was leaving Texas. Then, he simply disappeared, and had taken no steps to
find another unit in which to serve, or another job that he could do as a
member of the Air National Guard. A single letter dated September 5th,
1973, asking to be discharged, was the only evidence ARPC had that Bush
continued to exist after the day he told TXANG he was leaving.

Under the laws, policies, and procedures governing ARPC, Bush had "failed to
satisfactorily participate" as a member of an Air Reserve component. As
someone with an unfulfilled Military Service Obligation who had served fewer
than 24 months on active duty, that meant only one thing-that Bush would be
ordered to active duty as a punitive measure.

However, there was a catch. In order for ARPC to order Bush to active duty,
Bush had to have undergone a physical examination during the previous 12
months. And according to the journalists who examined Bush's medical
records, there was nothing in those files after 1971.

From AFM 35-3, Chapter 14, Para 14-5d

So before APRC could order Bush to active duty for "failure to
satisfactorily participate", it had to give Bush 15 days to "report to the
nearest medical examining facility for medical examination." And when Bush
did not show up, ARPC would have ordered Bush to a "special tour of active
duty" to accomplish the medical exam.

And when Bush did not show up for that, he would be considered a "deserter".

ALL ROADS LEAD TO A MEDICAL EXAMINATION

Before continuing the examination of the procedures that would have been
followed based on Bush's records, it should be pointed out that "all roads
lead to a medical examination."

Assuming for the moment that Bush was not classified as an "unsatisfactory
participant" by ARPC, ARPC still had to "determine his current status and .
award an appropriate Availability Classification Code and assign the
individual to the appropriate Reserve section." In order to do this, ARPC
needed to know Bush's physical qualifications.

All members of the Air Force whose jobs required "flight status" were
required to get a physical examination each year within three months prior
to their birthday. Those not on flight status were required to get a
physical examination at least once every four years and were required to
submit a certification of physical fitness to serve each year. The periodic
physical examination for those not on flight status required exams within
eight months prior to the 27th birthday of all members of the Air Force.

From AFM 160-1, Attachment 15-1 (medical examination schedule table)

George W. Bush turned 27 on July 6, 1973. His last physical was in 1971.

Thus, regardless of what ARPC wanted to do with Bush, it was absolutely
necessary that Bush get a physical examination before they could make any
decisions. And ARPC would have instructed Bush to accomplish that physical
examination, and when he did not get that physical, ordered him to "special
active duty."

The absolute requirement for a physical examination and annual certification
of physical fitness is one of the "choke points" in Bush's military records.
All possible outcomes required that ARPC determine Bush's physical
qualifications. In order to achieve that, ARPC would have first
"instructed", then "ordered" Bush to get a physical examination. We know,
from Bush's records, that no such examination was ever accomplished. Thus
we know that Bush failed to obey a direct order to appear for active duty.

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SEPTEMBER 15TH

The "effective date" of September 15, 1973 for Bush's change to "Inactive
Status" is significant for two reasons. The first is that, based on Air
Force policy and other documents in the Bush files, the change in status
could only have occurred retroactively based on actions taken by ARPC
pursuant to Bush's service in TXANG.

Under Air Force policy, AF 526 "points summaries" such as the one which
discloses Bush's change to "Inactive Status" had to be sent to members
within 60 days of the date of a discharge ("complete severence from military
status".) The AF 526 was prepared on January 30th, 1974, meaning that the
order changing Bush's status could have occurred no earlier than December 1,
1973, two months after Bush had been officially discharged from TXANG.

But Bush was still under the command of TXANG on 9/15/73, and was not
officially discharged until October 1, 1973. Thus, it can be proven that
the reason for the change to "Inactive Status" was related to Bush's service
as a member of TXANG.

From AFM 35-3, Chapter 14, Para 14-12

But September 15 is significant for an even greater reason in that is not a
date that is related to any event in Bush's military career. Instead, it is
related to the reporting requirements under the Selective Service Act for
draft-deferred members of the Guard and Reserves. .

From AFM 35-3, Chapter 14, Para 14-14

Members had to be certified once a year as "satisfactorily participating" in
the Guard or Reserves in order to maintain their draft-deferred status
using, a DD Form 44, which was sent to each member's local draft board.
This annual requirement had an effective reporting date of September 15 of
each year.

It should be noted that, although DD44s certifying "satisfactory
participation" for the years prior to Bush's "Alabama year" were among those
documents released by the White House, no copies of DD44s with an "effective
date" of September 15, 1972 or September 15, 1973 were released.

From CFR Title 10, Sec. 100.3(d)

DD44s were also required whenever a member had completed his Military
Service Obligation (and was thus no longer eligible for being drafted) or
when he "could not be located" or had been discharged.

Under Federal law at that time, a Reservist or Guardsman could only be
certified for priority induction through the Selective Service System for
failure to "satisfactorily participate" if an order to involuntary active
duty through the Reserves had been issued, and the member had not appeared
and could not be located. And as noted above, the status of a member with
an MSO could only be changed to "inactive" if they were being "completely
severed from military status."

A CONVENIENT WORD FOR "DESERTER"

The lack of any documents in Bush's medical files after 1971, and the fact
that ARPC absolutely had to know Bush's medical/physical status in order to
do its job, make it clear that efforts must have been made to reach Bush,
but were unsuccessful.

Every member of the Air Reserve Forces was required to maintain a current
mailing address at which he could be immediately contacted in the event of a
national emergency. This address was known as the "Home of Record" (HOR).
According to the Bush documents, his ARPC files contained at least five
different HORs in the period that Bush was under the authority of ARPC after
he had quit TXANG.

Only one of these addresses (the very last one) is an actual street address
where Bush would receive mail once he had moved to Boston.

When someone was not responding to mail, APRC was required to make a
reasonable effort to locate a "missing" member before taking punitive
action. If mail to Bush was being returned as undeliverable at any
particular address, other addresses would have been tried. Mail would have
been sent to all possible addresses where Bush might have been reached,
before he was officially designated a "non-locatee."

"Non-locatee" was the term used by the Air Force when it had a deserter on
its hands who had an unfulfilled MSO. Rather than go through the
complications required to court-martial a member for desertion who had not
shown up in response to an order to active duty, ARPC had an equally
effective, and far less cumbersome, means of dealing with the problem. By
certifying a "deserter" to the Selective Service System for immediate
induction, that member was subject to criminal prosecution within the civil
court system if he failed to show up when ordered to do so.

As noted above, Bush's change in status to "Inactive" could only have been
accomplished if he was being discharged from the military. That could only
be accomplished if Bush was considered a "non-locatee" and certified for
induction through the Selective Service System. The "address sequence"
found in Bush's records provide collaborating evidence that Bush could not
be located (see Appendix 2).

HOUSTON, YOU HAVE A PROBLEM

The same people who saw to it that Bush would not be drafted to serve in
Vietnam would be sure to take the necessary steps to prevent Bush from being
inducted through the Selective Service System despite Bush's failure to
fulfill his obligations to the United States Military. These people couldn'
t care less about military discipline or national defense-their roles were
to ensure that the children of Texas' rich and powerful families remained
out of harm's way. Perhaps there were one or two members of Bush's local
draft board with a scintilla of integrity, but it only required one corrupt
official to set the wheels in motion that "rehabilitated" George W. Bush.

We don't know the precise mechanism that resulted in Bush's being given an
honorable discharge from the United States Air Reserve Forces. Certainly,
when there is no accounting for an entire year of a Reservist's service,
when that Reservist has no record of any training for months at a time, and
when that Reservist has refused to take not only his mandatory flight
physical but the physical required of all Reservists, an "honorable
discharge" should be impossible to receive.

We do know that strings were pulled, not just because there was no way that
Bush deserved an honorable discharge, but also because of what happened
next.

THE REHABILITATION OF GEORGE W. BUSH

Five weeks after the notice was sent out that Bush had been placed on
"Inactive Status", his "AFSC" had been changed from "1125D", that of an F102
pilot, to "7021", that of an "Executive Support Officer".

Change in Bush's Specialty Code (Job Title/Description) 3/7/74

But Bush was completely unqualified to be an "Executive Support Officer.",
even more than he was unqualified to be an F102 pilot. Bush had trained as
a pilot, and had served as a pilot for two years. All that Bush required
was a flight physical, and he could have remained a pilot.

From AFM 36-1, Attachment 16

The "Executive Support Officer" position required twelve months of
experience in an "executive support assignment". The AFSC manual (AFM 36-1)
even goes so far as to italicize the word "mandatory" to emphasize that this
was not an entry-level position, but one that was only available to those
who had been assigned to an "executive support" position. Other than
"trainee"[4], Bush had never had been assigned to anything other than
"pilot."

And there is no evidence that Bush ever participated in any "executive
support functions" during his time with the Texas National Guard. His
"Officer Effectiveness Reports" don't mention anything about Bush doing
anything but flying. Bush's Yale degree was in History, and he had not
taken a single management course in his academic career at Yale. The
closest he got to "management" was a freshman-level course in City Planning
he took during his sophomore year. And no one could even account for the
whole year from May 1, 1972 through April 30th, 1973. Perhaps doing
"executive support stuff" is what Bush was doing in May, June, and July 1973
when he should have been flying, but that is only three months.

So there is no way that George W. Bush qualified to be an "Executive Support
Officer." But there is a good reason why Bush would want to be one-unlike
the kind of "entry level" positions for which he was qualified, "Executive
Support Officer" allowed him to maintain his rank as First Lieutenant.
There may have been another advantage; the Air Force Reserve was probably
overflowing with fully qualified "Executive Support Officers" at that time,
so Bush could finally qualify as someone with "excess skills" that were not
needed by the military, and get transferred into NARS-B. (NARS-B was the
"active status" section of the Standby Reserves for Reservists who had an
unfulfilled Military Service Obligation.)

(Whether this change in AFSC ever really happened is questionable. Under
the regulations and policies of that time, this change should have been
recorded on Bush's AF Form 11. Yet, this change is not reflected on that
document. Nor is it reflected on Bush's official Military Biography.)

It is this document, dated March 7, 1974, which shows that the Air Force
still did not have a valid address for Bush, and was still trying to find a
way to contact him. There is no other explanation for why this particular
order was sent to the Longmont Avenue address where Bush had not resided for
at least three years.

The next document in Bush's files shows that those files have been purged of
orders and other records having to do with Bush being placed in "Inactive
Status" effective 9/15/73. Under the law and Air Force policy, when a
officer completes his Military Service Obligation and has not signed up for
further service, he is discharged from the "active status" military and
placed for at least six months on the Inactive Standby Reserve List Section
(ISLRS). A document dated May 1, 1974 provides the orders that will result
in Bush's transfer from "NARS-B" to "ISLRS" effective May 27, 1974, i.e. the
date on which Bush's MSO expired.

There are, however no documents explaining how Bush got from "Inactive
Status" back to "Active Status", a prerequisite to being placed in NARS-B.
Nor are there any documents related to the actual reassignment to NARS-B.
Under the policies concerning assignment to the Standby Reserves, Bush was
completely unqualified for the Standby Reserves in May 1974, if for no other
reason than the Air Force had no certification that he was fit to serve.

Reassignment from NARS-B to ISLRS (5/1/74)

It should be noted that, as with the change in Bush's AFSC, corroborating
evidence that should exist, showing that this order was executed, does not
exist. No mention of Bush being in NARS-B is found in Bush's official
Military Biography, nor is there any mention of Bush being transferred to
ISLRS.

This particular order does show that the Air Force continued to try and
track Bush down, and was getting closer. It was sent to "Harvard Business
School, Boston, MA 02163". They even got the zip code right this time.

Sometime after this order was mailed, George W. Bush finally communicated
with the Air Force Reserves. In an undated letter, he requests information
on how to get out of the "Standby Reserves" in order to make absolutely
certain that even in the case of the most dire national emergency, when the
USA needs the services of even those who are on the "Inactive Status" list,
George W. Bush would not be called to serve his country.

Bush's Request for Discharge from Standby Reserves (undated)

Bush even includes a mailing address, to make sure that he finds out how to
avoid any possibility of service as soon as possible.

The final document in Bush's files is his discharge from ISLRS. As noted
above, Bush was required by law to remain in ISLRS for at least 180 days.
But apparently, the Air Force was in such a hurry to get rid of Bush that
they couldn't wait even that long. Bush's discharge was effective November
21, 1974, only 178 days after he was assigned to ISLRS.

Discharge from the Air Force Reserves ( 11/21/74)

On the bright side, this last order shows that after more than year, the Air
Reserve Forces finally had an actual address where Bush would be sure to get
his mail.

DID BUSH'S REHABILITATION REALLY HAPPEN?

There is good reason to suspect that the last three "orders" in Bush's files
are not genuine orders that were carried out, but papers that were inserted
in order to cover up the fact that Bush had been designated a deserter by
the Air Force.

As noted above, there is every reason to believe that ARPC followed the
appropriate procedures for dealing with Bush after he quit TXANG. But when
ARPC made Bush "Inactive" and certified him for induction to his local draft
board, Bush's file would have been effective closed-once Bush was certified
for induction, he was no longer ARPC's responsibility.

If, as the record indicates, "strings were pulled" after the Houston draft
board found out about Bush's situation, it would behoove the string-pullers
to involve as few people as possible in "cleaning up" Bush's records. Thus,
it comes as no surprise that the last three documents found in the Bush
files have one name, and one name only, associated with them.

The change in Bush's AFSC was stamped by Capt. R.R. Kostelny, "Assistant
Director" for the "Directorate of Administration" at ARPC. The reassignment
from ARPC (NARS-B) to ARPC (ISLRS) was stamped by the same Captain Kostelny.
And the document which released Bush completely from any further military
obligation was stamped by the same Captain Kostelny.

None of these documents, however, was signed by Capt. Kostelny.

It should be noted that ARPC had a separate "Reserve Assignment Branch" in
ARPC's "Directorate of Personnel Resources", and that this office is the
most likely place where reassignments would be authorized.

It is also extremely odd that three different ARPC functions---a change in
AFSC (job classification), a change in the unit of assignment (NARS-B to
ISLRS) and a complete discharge from military service-would be emanating
from the same individual in a single office. This strongly suggests that
Bush's records received some kind of "special treatment" after he was placed
in "Inactive Status" effective 9/15/73.

Bush's 2004 Official Military Biography

As noted above, Bush's official military biography does not reflect any of
the changes that occurred after Bush resigned from TXANG.

To read this biography, one would never realize that Bush had been placed in
"Inactive" Status, that his Air Force Specialty Code had been changed to
7021 (Executive Support Officer, that he had been reassigned to ARPC
(NARS-B) at some point, or that upon completion of his MSO, that he had been
assigned to ARPC (ISLRS). According to Bush's military biography, when he
was completely discharged from the Air Force, he was still in the Ready
Reserve as a pilot. According to the records found in Bush's files, however,
he was in the Standby Reserve as an "Executive Support Officer."

A second document (which may have been the basis for this military
biography) also shows none of the changes found in the Bush files. This is
the "Chronological Listing of Service" from Bush's AF Form 11.

From Bush's AF Form 11--Chronological Listing of Service

Although there are at least eight versions of this document found in the
files released by the White House, none of them contains any entries after
October 1, 1973, despite the fact that this form was used to reflect changes
in status and AFSC until April 1974. There is, however, no question that
some of these AF Form 11 copies have been altered (see The Mystery of AF
Form 11), and it is not unlikely that copies of these forms that reflect the
change in Bush's status to "Inactive" effective 9/15/73 have been purged
from the files.

Not only do Bush's military chronologies suggest that there is something
fishy about certain documents in Bush's files, but the files lack copies of
orders that would have to exist for the "change in AFSC" and "reassignment
to ISLRS" papers to be genuine. The fact that Bush was discharged from
ISLRS before he was legally entitled to that discharge raises questions as
well.

Also missing from the files is a key document that would exist if Bush had
ever really been assigned to ARPC (NARS-B) and been transferred from there
to ISLRS. Under Air Force regulations, an AF 526 (Retirement Credit
Summary) with an effective date of May 26, 1974, would have been generated
covering the period from May 27, 1973 to May 26, 1974, and placed in Bush's
files. Only if Bush had remained in "Inactive Status" from September 15,
1973 onward would there be no such Retirement Credit Summary in Bush's
records for the final year of his Military Service Obligation.

CONCLUSION

When you compare the Bush records to the United States Statutes, Department
of Defense regulations, and Air Force policies of the early 1970s, only one
conclusion can be reached: that 30 years ago, George W. Bush shirked his
sworn duty as a member of the United States Armed Forces to the national
security of the United States of America.

However, Bush's desertion from the Armed Forces thirty years ago is not
terribly relevant. Lots of people make mistakes in their early twenties,
and those mistakes do not necessarily reflect on the character of
individuals when they are in their fifties.

What is relevant is Bush's continued lies about his service, and his
insistence upon presenting his service in the US Military as "honorable".
It was not. Bush simply blew off his last two years of required service,
and was able to get away with it because he came from a politically
influential family.

There is no other explanation for Bush's records. None.

APPENDIX 1: THE "NOT OBSERVED" OETR, AND THE UNIFORM MILITARY PERSONNEL
RECORD

The "not observed" OER was dated May 2, 1973, but ARPC's response (in the
form of a "Notice of Missing or Correction of Officer Effectiveness Training
Report") was not prepared until June 29, 1973[5]. The delay in the ARPC's
response can best be explained by reference to another document that appears
in the Bush files, a computer generated "Uniform Military Personnel Record"
that was printed on May 10, 1973[6].

Item 17 from "Uniform Military Personnel Record" (5-10-73)

Footer from "Uniform Military Personnel Record" (5-10-73)

The "footer" of this document (information that is included on the bottom of
each page) indicates that the reason this printout was done was for a
"Record Review" ("PREP FOR: RCD REVIEW). Item 17 notes, under
"PROJ-REASON", "no report for 1 year". ("NO RPT 1 YR"). This strongly
suggests that as a result of this highly irregular OER, ARPC was reacting by
doing a review of Bush's records. (see The OETR Scam).

The two most recent entries in any Bush file at ARPC would have been his
attempt to transfer to a unit that would require him to do no training, and
the orders removing him from flying status effective August 1, 1972 for
failing to take his mandatory annual pilot's physical. Even a cursory
examination of Bush's payroll records would show that he had not performed
any active duty that would justify a claim that he was performing
"equivalent training", (see The Equivalent Training Scam) and that his
attendance at these "equivalent training" periods was sporadic at best, and
well below the standards set by the Air Force for "satisfactory
participation." (see The Points Scam)

And if ARPC went further, and made a phone call to the 187th Fighter
Interceptor Group in Alabama where Bush was supposedly training, its
Commander (LtC William Turnipseed) would have told them he had not seen
Bush[7].

However, despite the strong circumstantial evidence that ARPC did conduct a
review of Bush's records prior to its responding to the "not observed" OETR,
it cannot be stated unequivocally that such a review had taken place.

APPENDIX 2-THE "NON-LOCATEE" ADDRESS SEQUENCE

Bush's request for discharge from TXANG, dated September 5, 1973, does not
contain any information regarding where mail should be sent, despite noting
that Bush was moving to Boston.

Nevertheless, Bush's discharge papers (dated 10/1/73) indicate that TXANG
had changed Bush's official address. Under "Permanent Address For Mailing
Purposes", the discharge papers say "Harvard Business School, Boston, Mass
02263."

However, this is not the first place where a "Harvard Business School"
address occurs. In his indorsement of Bush's discharge (dated 9/18/73),
Major Bobby Hodges (Commander of the 147 Fighter Interceptor Group) listed
Bush's "HOR" as "Harvard Business School, Soldiers Field, Boston, Mass
02263."

It is this same address that is included in the written orders (dated
10/16/73) that accompanied Bush's discharge itself.

Of particular note is that this is actually an incorrect address for Harvard
Business School. There is no "02263" zip code, and Harvard Business School'
s actual zip code is 02163.

It should also be noted that, despite this address appearing on three
separate documents in the Bush files, there is no evidence that either Bush
or TXANG ever officially notified ARPC (through the required "change of
address" procedures) that Bush was no longer living in Texas.

In fact, it can be determined that no official change of address occurred
prior to October 1, 1973. Bush's payroll report for the third (calendar)
quarter of 1973 (which could only have been generated on or after 10/1/73)
listed Bush's "check address" as "#4, 2910 Westheimer, Houston, TX 77006."

And it is to this "Westheimer" address that the "Retirement Credit Summary"
that was "prepared" on January 30, 1974, and that notes that Bush's status
had been changed to "Inactive", was sent..

Bush's failure to respond to mail is confirmed by the use of a different
address in a document that was mailed to Bush on March 7, 1974, a mere five
weeks after January 30. "5000 Longmont, Apt B, Houston TX 77027" was the
address that Bush listed as his residence when he signed up for TXANG in
1968. However, he had not lived at that address for at least three years on
March 7, 1974.

There are two possible reasons why the Longmont address would have been
used. The first is that "5000 Longmont" was the address that Bush had
listed as the home of his parents on the "emergency data" form that Bush had
filled out for the Air Force in 1968.

However, it appears that the "Longmont" address may have only been the
"official" address being used by George HW Bush in 1968 when he was a
congressman from Harris County (Houston), Texas. GHWB had built a "family
home" on Briar Lane in Houston when he first moved to that city in 1959
after hitting it big in the oil business. (The GWHB archives contain
documents indicating that he stilled owned the Briar Lane property in 1971,
after he had left Congress, and contemporary articles about GWHB and Barbara
Bush reference the fact that they currently live in the "family home" built
by Bush.)

The second explanation for the use of this address is that "Longmont" may
have been the most recent address that Bush's local draft board had on file
for him. APRC and Selective Service policies guaranteed that there would
have been communication between the Air Force and Bush's Houston draft
board, especially when Bush was placed on "Inactive Status", and ARPC may
have found this address on such communication.

Bush's official address had changed once again by May 1, 1974, when ARPC
notified Bush that upon the completion of his MSO, Bush would be transferred
to the "Inactive Standby Reserve List Section (ISLRS). Mail was being sent
to "Harvard Business School" address, but this time with the correct (02163)
zip code.

Bush at this point finally does provide ARPC a street address in an undated
letter in which he requests information about how to get out of the "Standby
Reserve".

The Air Force made the appropriate change in Bush's personnel data, because
the final entry in the Bush papers (dated November 21, 1974) are sent to
"mail to" address indicated by Bush in the undated letter.

This address sequence, especially the inclusion of the "Longmont" address,
can only be explained if Bush was not responding to significant
communications from the Air Force, and in fact was being treated as a
"non-locatee." Bush's status as a "non-locatee" provides the explanation
for his being placed on "inactive status" on or around January 30th, 1974,
and the fact that the Longmont address is used over a month after that date
indicates that he remained a "non-locatee" for some time.

APPENDIX 3-THE SIXTH MONTHS EXTENSION OF SERVICE CONTROVERSY

One of the more controversial aspects of Bush's military records concerns
the fact that Bush's Military Service Obligation ended as of May 26, 1974,
but Bush was not finally and completely discharged until November 21, 1974.
It has been posited that this six month extension was "added on" to Bush's
MSO for punitive reasons.

However, this is not the case.

From AFM 35-3, Chapter 10, para 8

It was simply Air Force policy for officers who were assigned to ARPC (ORS)
or ARPC (NARS-B) when they completed their MSO to be placed in the Inactive
Status List Reserve Section (ISLRS) for up to three years. ISLRS was the
"Inactive Reserves" within the "Standby Reserves", and for all intents and
purposes it was just a list of former Reservists that the Air Force would
call upon only after the pool of "Ready Reserve" and "Active Status Standby
Reserve" (NARS) members had been exhausted. This would require an act of
Congress specifically authorizing the mobilization of those in ISLRS.

Literally nothing was expected or demanded of officers who had been assigned
to ISLRS upon completion of their MSO, they were not even required to
certify that they were fit for duty.

The "order" reassigning Bush to the ISLRS from NARS-B cites the authority of
paragraph 10 of AFM 35-3, the relevant portion of which is reproduced above.

An officer who was assigned to ISLRS could request removal from the list,
and final discharge from the Reserves, effective any time up to six months
after the completion of his MSO, and would be discharged from the list (and
the Reserves themselves) automatically after three years.

Bush's undated letter, in which he states that he "would like to discharge
[sic] from the standby reserve" is Bush's request to be discharged from the
ISLRS (the "inactive status" standby reserves) pursuant to that policy.

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[1] 10 USC 511(d), 10 USC 651(a), and 50 App USC 456 (d)(1)

[2] Air Reserve Squadrons were special units that allowed certain people to
remain in the "Ready Reserves" without participation in training. These
people included Federal office holders and key Federal employees, and
individuals whose civilian professions (such as doctors and clergymen)
allowed them to maintain the skill sets that would be required of them if
they were mobilized in the event of a national emergency.

[3] "AF Fm 77a" was Air Force Form 77a, a supplemental page for the OER,
which was AF Form 77. The "unit of assignment" was responsible for filling
out the OER, and when a Reservist was "attached" to another unit for
training for any length of time, that unit would provide a form 77a to the
"unit of assignment" for evaluation purposes.

[4] Bush entered the Air National Guard as an Apprentice Administrative
Specialist. (AFSC 7023). But he did little or no training in that
specialty. Most of the training Bush did between May 27, 1968 and September
6, 1968, when he became a "Pilot Trainee" (AFSC 0006) was "basic training"
done by all new members of the Air National Guard. (One document has him
listed a pilot trainee as of August 28th, 1968). His release from basic
training record has his AFSC listed as "70010", and although the text is
blurred, it appears that his job title was "Adminsitrative Helpe.r"

[5] ARPC sent its response to the National Guard Bureau, which forwarded it
to TXANG on August 8, 1973.

[6] It is not absolutely certain that this document originated with ARPC;
however, the circumstances strongly suggest that it is as described.

[7] Turnipseed was initially certain that he had not seen Bush during the
four days in October and November 1972 when Bush had been given permission
to perform "equivalent training" with the 187th, and to report to Turnipseed
when doing so. Of late, however, Turnipseed is claiming that he might not
have been on the base at that time, that he might have Alzheimer's disease,
etc. Insofar as TXANG was telling ARPC that Bush had been with the 187th
for the entire year, it can be assumed that if a phone call was made,
Turnipseed would have reported that Bush had not been with his unit for that
entire 1- month period.

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"We are going to fight them and impose our will
on them and we will capture or, if necessary, kill
them until we have imposed law and order upon
this country,"
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how U$A is going to win 'hearts and minds'
of the subjugated people of Iraq