Bob,

Think of the line they would have had if *all* you had to do was a 4 year
active guard hitch to go to *flight school*. Heck, I would have gone in a
heartbeat rather than the SIX years of active duty I got stuck with. Not
that I should complain. I managed to stay out of Vietnam too. They sent me
to Okinawa instead. Anyhow, GW was one lucky guy. Anyone else would have
been yanked into active duty or charged with a crime.

And you're correct. They handled enlisted ranks much different. They could
mix it up... 2 active (draft) 4 inactive, 3 and 3, 4 and 2, or all 6. GW had
none of these as options.

Phil


Phil,

You have been listening to too much hype and not enough facts regarding GW's NG
duty. He did serve his full two years of full time duty and there is only a
question about the last year of weekend duty. Even then, the record keeping
for the weekend NG wasn't all that great and I know of several people who
skipped many of their weekend calls. Rather he did or didn't really doesn't
make one bit of difference now.


Bob Reed
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