"Don" wrote in message
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"Calif Bill" wrote
At least Bush served. More than a lot of politco's and union head's
sons
did.

As if that's a good thing.
The militaries take advantage of youthful naivete and most of them get out
after their first term.
If you had *served* you would already know this.



Did you serve? I went in in 1965. Air Force. Draft notice went to the
wrong address late 1964, so knew they were looking for me. Never left the
States. assigned to a military airlift wing. Electronics. Spent most of
the time in an air-conditioned shop at Travis AFB fixing radar's off misc.
transports. I even get to check the Viet Nam era veteran box. Did turn
down chopper pilot offer from the army while at Keesler AFB. 1965 was not a
good year to be flying choppers. The one bad thing about the all volunteer
army is the need for fast, young guns. Get slower, more knowledgeable
gunners.