[Maria S]

I ran thru search, but with my current record, this has already been posted somewhere else!

[DJtex]

Seems to be an objective article--certainly not biased towards Bush. If this was published in Time or Newsweek verbatim, the entire AWOL issue would vanish. Frankly, how Bush or Kerry spent their teens and 20's is of little current relavance. They were both kids who accomplished impressive military feats, both perhaps took some advantage of the system, and were both much more patriotic than Bill Clinton.

[Defender2]

Outstandingly good and Technically accurate article, Maria S, Thank You Very Much for Posting it!!!!:-)

[Kozak]

And to those who stIll poo-poo "Oh it's just the Guard", from my personal experience as a flight surgeon, I helped investigate 3 Guard crashes,during my 3 years as a FS. One involved a Georgia ANG F4 that left us pulling the pieces of the aircrew out of the swamp for 3 days ( while I was stationed at Moody, GW's old training base). Tell THEIR families they were just "Weekend Warriors"....

[Mo1]

Nice article but it won't stop the liberal press on their attacks

With that said .. they are showing to the public how pathetic they are ...

[b9]

This article just proves that the issue will NEVER go away. They'll parse every week of his 4 years in the guard forever, trying to make him look like a light-weight.

Never mind that the bomber he was trained for was designed to intercept Russian invaders in the event of war on America, the most dangerous prospect possible at the time.

These idiots that make light of the military and those who serve don't deserve to live in America. But that won't stop the military from protecting them anyway. Too bad.

[oyez]

I thinks it takes just a little more hair to fly an obsolete airplane maintained by part time mechanics. I'd be very reluctant to strap the puppy on.

[Dilbert56]

..he had served 313 days as a second lieutenant during his second year in the Air Guard. On June 23, he graduated from Combat Crew Training School. This completed his active-duty career with a cumulative total of about 21 months in uniform.

How many months of active duty did Kerry have?