"Jonathan Ganz" wrote
SAIL LOCO wrote:
...... The only "line" to get in the NG was for inlisted men. Bush
was an officer. There was no "line" of officers to jump ahead in.

A recruiter for the Texas ANG (at the time) told me that LBJ had adjusted
Texas' draft quota so that it could easily be filled without drafting any
privileged kids like Bush so there was so little fear of being drafted to
'nam that, unlike other states, there was no line to get into the ANG and
that the ANG was advertising for anyone willing to take an officer billet
with a 2-year committment. I believe it given LBJ's perchance for pulling
strings for Texas.