Air Force Tried To Discharge Bush For Being AWOL!

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8/3/2004

Air Force tried to discharge Bush after discovering he was AWOL
Filed under: Exclusives— site admin @ 6:37 pm
By John Byrne | RAW STORY Editor

New research confirmed by RAW STORY and verified with federal law and military regulations, indicates that in late 1973 or early 1974, the United States Air Force, which supervises and whose jurisdiction supercedes the Air National Guard, attempted to discharge then-Lieutenant George W. Bush.

Effective September 15, 1973, four years into Bush’s six-year duty requirement, the Air Force placed Bush on inactive status. This document, in Bush’s military record, was dated January 30, 1974, suggesting that it was backdated.



As he was signed up to fulfill a military service requirement, the only reason the military would have placed him on inactive status was if they intended “complete severance of military status.”



In order for him to be placed on inactive status, then, the military would have planned to discharge him – and not honorably.

Like with many regulations in the military, there are, of course, exceptions. Lieutenant Bush could have told the Air Force he intended to become a clergyman. He could have informed them he was disabled, or he could have been dead. He could also have been court-martialed.

But aside from those options – none of which he fit – the only reason Bush would have been placed on inactive status was if the military had found him to be absent for three months – precisely the number of months Bush had been AWOL from in fiscal year 1973.



Thus, the military knew Bush had been absent without leave, and attempted to discharge him.

Some have noted that officers could request to be placed on inactive status. This was not true of guardsmen with a military obligations, or “obligors,” such as Bush.

Others note, correctly, that he began Harvard Business School in the fall of 1973. But he wouldn’t have been placed on inactive duty for this – he’d simply have been transferred into another unit to complete the rest of his required service.

He had 60 days from the date he received his Texas Guard discharge, postmarked October 16, 1973 to find another unit. At the end of this period the wheels would have started turning at the Air Force.

Forensic research suggests that Bush was then set for priority induction into the Selective Service system (the draft). His name would have come up before his local draft board in Houston, Texas, just months after his father, George Herbert Walker Bush, had been named head of the Republican National Committee.

Shortly thereafter, Bush acquired a new post – executive officer – for which he was not qualified. He served no further duty.