CalPundit: ARF!....

[grytpype]

Another aWol bombshell!!!!

http://www.calpundit.com/archives/003220.html

ARF stands for Army Reserve Force, and among other things it's where members of the guard are sent for disciplinary reasons. As we all know, Bush failed to show up for his annual physical in July 1972, he was suspended in August, and the suspension was recorded on September 29. He was apparently transferred to ARF at that time and began accumulating ARF points in October.

ARF is a "paper unit" based in Denver that requires no drills and no attendance. For active guard members it is disciplinary because ARF members can theoretically be called up for active duty in the regular military, although this obviously never happened to George Bush.

To make a long story short, Bush apparently blew off drills beginning in May 1972, failed to show up for his physical, and was then grounded and transferred to ARF as a disciplinary measure. He didn't return to his original Texas Guard unit and cram in 36 days of active duty in 1973 — as Time magazine and others continue to mistakenly assert — but rather accumulated only ARF points during that period. In fact, it's unclear even what the points on the ARF record are for, but what is clear is that Bush's official records from Texas show no actual duty after May 1972. . . .

[Nlighten1]

1. Once again...

a blogger doing the Corporate Media's job for them.

[MsChiff]

2. among other things

>ARF stands for Army Reserve Force, and among other things it's where members of the guard are sent for disciplinary reasons.


What other things are reasons for being sent to ARF? I didn't see an explanation of that on any of Kevin's links.

[HerbieHeadhunter]

3. I've waited four years for this story to have legs...

and now maybe it will. Good work CalPundit!

[Bushknew]

4. kick