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
Read the whole thing if you haven't already. Why aren't the talking heads using this to put the smackdown on the Swift Boat Liars? Gee, an officer who can't make it past 0-2/1LT, what a loser.
