Well, well. Beloved Leader's nephew is off to become an Intel Weenie in the Navy. Good for him. At least there is one member of the family willing to put on the uniform during the Global War on Terra™.

He's going to be a "direct appointment", apparently in the Naval Reserve, which means that like his uncle he won't have a fucking clue about things like how an Officer behaves. He's off to "Knife and Fork" school for a few weeks (it used to be in Pensacola, Fl) of rudimentary education on how to keep his gig-line straight and his brass shined. He's not going to go through a commissioning program like NROTC, or the Academy or OCS/AOCS. He just walks in one day a civilian, and walks out as an Ensign, USNR for his weekend a month and two weeks a year. Gee, how Bushian.

If I sound a bit "down" on direct appointment officers, well I am. I had one in my unit, and he was not worth much. He kept thinking he actually knew shit (because someone told him how special he was to get a commission that way), and would really annoy my XO with all his "suggestions". We wrote it off to Ensign-itis, but later found that he was just as bad when he got promoted. We were glad to be rid of him, and felt sorry for his "gaining command"; all of them.

I had heard once upon a time that G.P. Bush had political ambitions, so I guess this is his way of getting that ticket punched. In future years he can always claim to have served in the Navy during the Iraq conflict. Kinda like his uncle kept the North Vietnamese Air Force away from Houston, huh? No reported bombings of downtown Houston by NVAF MIG's while Preznit Incompetant was manning the air defenses, were there?

The trick will be to see whether or not George P. Bush can top his uncle and and make it past LT(jg) (1st Lt), which was the highest rank that Beloved Leader could achieve at a time when you only had to have a minimal pulse if you were an rated aviator to make Captain.

I hear desertion, no to mention drug use runs in the family though ...