Time to raise the Question Again..Why didn't Dubya make Captain

[TrueAmerican]

Captain is almost an automatic rank. After five years of honorable service, surely he would of rose to the Rank of Captain/0-3.

hmmmmmmmm

[TOhioLiberal]

1. the operative word here is...

...'honorable'.

[Walt Starr]

2. Why is he wearing awards not listed in his ARG22

Left to right, that's the AFOUA and the SAEMR. Neither are listed here:

[Gin]

3. HE DID MAKE CAPTAIN...........of the cheerleading squad...

g

[TrueAmerican]

4. LOL n/t

LOL

[napi21]

5. I don't know anything about all these abbreviations.

I did see 2 decorations listed in box 24. Could they be the same ones you see in the picture?

[Karenina]

8. Somebody help me here...

Isn't wearing medals you DID NOT EARN a really, really, BIG NO-NO in the military???? :freak:

[Warpy]

6. he didn't really make lieutenant!

Because of a quirk in Texas law, he was simply handed his commission when he showed up for duty the first time, without attending OCS or any other preparation for command.

[DeepModem Mom]

7. Interesting questions -- military DUers?

[trof]

9. OK, personal experience:

TrueAmerican is absolutely correct.
I've brought this up - W* not making Captain - many times, in many places.
I've been pretty much ignored.
I was a pilot in the Alabama Air national Guard, '63-'71.
It wasn't a 'quirk' in Texas law. I was in the same (or very similar) program in Alabama.

Minimum application qualifications were 2 years of college (which I barely had, and don't ask about my grades), uncorrected 20/20 vision, no disqualifying physical 'defects'.
I took a 4 hour Air Force Officer Qualification Test (AFOQT) and a four hour Flight Aptitude test. Passed those and moved on to a flight physical. Passed that and was subjected to FBI background check for a security clearance. Passed that and had an interview with the commanding general. Passed that.

Attended the next drill week-end, raised my right hand and swore to "protect and defend", and they pinned on my gold bars and I was a 2nd Lt. No boot camp, no nuthin'. I was not, and have never been, a member of a wealthy or powerful political family with any kind of pull whatsoever.

Progressing through the ranks - Three years in grade as a 2nd Lt. and I automatically made 1st Lt. Silver bars.
Two years in grade as 1st Lt. and I automatically made Captain. Two silver bars, or 'railroad tracks'.

That W* didn't have enough time-in-grade to muster out as Captain is very telling. But, according to every 'news' outlet I have contacted, "That is old news."

[DeepModem Mom]

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