Pres. Bush's service int he Texas Air National Guard

On September 8, 2004, Dan Rather, an anchor for CBS Evening News, sponsored a program to ask questions about President Bush's service to the Texas Guards for 60 minutes. Instead he interviewed former Texas House Speaker Ben Barnes and Colonel Colonel Colonel who confirmed that George W. Bush accepted the Texas state guard for special treatment so that it will not be selected for the Vietnam War. Barnes, a Democrat supporter of the Kelly campaign, stated that Sid Ajie is a close friend of the Bush family and asked whether to recommend the National Guard to the young George Bush to prevent him being taken to him It was. It is overseas.

After graduating from Yale University, Bush promised to join the Texas Air National Guard on May 27, 1968 during the Vietnam War and to serve until May 26, 1974. He was promoted to lieutenant in November 1970 under the recommendation of Texas Airlines. Lieutenant Colonel Jerry B. Killian. He was the F-102 pilot until 1972. Bush retired from the Texas Air Force National Guard and transferred it to the Air Force reserve. On November 21, 1974, at the end of his six-year duty of work, he felt honored to be released from the Air Force reserve.

In May 1968, Bush was appointed Texas Air National Guard. After two years of aggressive service training, he was assigned to Houston to maneuver Convair F - 102 of the 147 Scouting Corps from the Ellington Field Joint Space Station. Critics including Former Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe, despite his pilot entrance exam scores because of his father's political position as a member of the House of Representatives, his choice is a pilot Said. Low, his attendance rate is not regular. In June 2005, the US Department of Defense announced all the records of Busch's Texas Guard service. It remained in the official file.

Bush graduated from Yale University in 1968 and received a bachelor's degree. After completing his studies at his university, he is entitled to participate in military choice. In order to fulfill his duty of work, Bush joined the Texas Air Force National Guard in 1968. He told the admissions officer that he wanted to be a pilot like his father, a doggy navy pilot of the Second World War (1939-1945). He conducted a basic training at the Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, and conducted a pilot training program at Moody Air Force Base in Valdosta, Georgia. He received praise from his boss, won the rank of lieutenant, and was proved by the Flying F-102 jet fighter during the training duties at the South and the Gulf. Until 1973, Bush stayed in the Air National Guard.