He came back from Alabama, took the physical with his unit and failed it. BIG difference from not taking it at all. And I can tell from experience that it is VERY hard to maintain your normal physical fittness much less the tough standards for a flight physical. And before you go expounding more unfounded conspiracy stuff, you can flunk a flight physical for simply not meeting the prescribed height/weight standards.
Your fact checking is quite sloppy. First year writers for the National Enquirer do a better job than you do.
This is taken from a post by FReeper Robert A Cook P.E. from the thread Debunking The Bush AWOL Story - Straight From The Horses Mouth:
"I'm looking at a copy of Bush's 1973 carrear summary:
As of 1 Oct 73 it credits him with duty at these assignments:
"HD TR TexANG Per ANGR36-05, SO ANG-A 158, State of Texas AG Dept, Austin, Tx and transferred to ARPC (ORS), 3800 York St, denver, CO 80205 effective 2 October 1973. (DOS TexANG 1 Oct 73)."
That means he was satisfactorily discharged ( to inactive Reserve in Denver on 1 Oct 73 (start of the fiscal year), after duty in Tex Air National Gaurd Headqtrs, and officially credited duty for the Alabama Air National Guard: ANG-A 158!
Further: His Officer's Fitness Report (OER Form) for 1 May 72 to 30 Apr 73 from Texas credits him with a routine "Not Observed" default markings - exactly correct when an officer is serving, but not at the same continuous duty station as his commanding officer. The CO can't evaluate him, and the temporary station does NOT EVER issue OER's.
Hint: An Officer "AWOL" (or under any discipline!) does not get that kind of OER."
This seems to back up my assertations earlier about his OER and the marking contained on it.
Below is the link to the page on the above mentioned discussion thread with a copy of the papers proving this AWOL story is a LIE. If it still loads, post #169 has a copy of the papers that exonerate Pres. Bush.
I'm looking at a copy of Bush's 1973 carrear summary:
As of 1 Oct 73 it credits him with duty at these assignments:
"HD TR TexANG Per ANGR36-05, SO ANG-A 158, State of Texas AG Dept, Austin, Tx and transferred to ARPC (ORS), 3800 York St, denver, CO 80205 effective 2 October 1973. (DOS TexANG 1 Oct 73)."
That means he was satisfactorily discharged ( to inactive Reserve in Denver on 1 Oct 73 (start of the fiscal year), after duty in Tex Air National Gaurd Headqtrs, and officially credited duty for the Alabama Air National Guard: ANG-A 158!
Further: His Officer's Fitness Report (OER Form) for 1 May 72 to 30 Apr 73 from Texas credits him with a routine "Not Observed" default markings - exactly correct when an officer is serving, but not at the same continuous duty station as his commanding officer. The CO can't evaluate him, and the temporary station does NOT EVER issue OER's.
Hint: An Officer "AWOL" (or under any discipline!) does not get that kind of OER.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1073076/posts?q=1&&page=151 Next time I suggest you bring your A Game if you're gonna try and spread crud like this.
You state that President Bush came back from Alabama to take his physical with his unit and that he failed it. What is your source for this assertion? When did he take the physical? You also assert that it is VERY hard to maintain your normal physical fitness. What does that mean? When you are in the military, you are required to maintain your fitness. If you do not, you are either derelict or injured. I have not seen any evidence that Lt Bush was injured.