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

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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. 

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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¡XTHE ¡§NON-LOCATEE¡¨ ADDRESS SEQUENCE

APPENDIX
3¡XTHE 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¡Xincluding
his failure to participate in mandatory training, and his failure to
maintain his flight status¡Xcame home to roost. 

Unlike TXANG, ARPC took America¡¦s national security¡Xand
the role played by Guardsmen and Reservists in maintaining US security¡Xquite
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. 

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). 

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