OMFG!!! * was awarded NO Texas National Guard Medals!!!

[Walt Starr]

There are two medals awarded to members of the Texas National Guard basically for showing up:



Texas Govt Code 431.134 Para 1
Texas Faithful Service Medal

The Texas Faithful Service Medal shall be awarded to a member of the state military forces who has completed five years of honorable service during which the person has shown fidelity to duty, efficient service, and great loyalty to the state.

and



Texas Govt Code 431.134 Para 5
Texas State Guard Service Medal

The Texas State Guard Service Medal, shall be awarded to a person completing three consecutive years of honorable service in the Texas State Guard during which the person has shown fidelity to duty, efficient service, and great loyalty to the state.

According to his ANG22 (The Air National Guard discharge papers), * Received *NO* Texas National Guard Medals. This means he did not faithfully execute his duty for five years in the TANG. He also did not even faithfully execute his duty for *three* years in the TANG. This supports the AWOL charges.

Furthermore, in the following photograph he wears two Air Force ribbons, Air Force Outstanding Unit Award, and the Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon :



Neither of which show up on this line of his ARG22:



They *may* be listed in Bush's DD214, however, he REFUSES TO RELEASE HIS DD214 which everybody with military experience knows could reveal precisely under what circumstances Bush was released from service under. Even an "honorable discharge" could be shown to be questionable given the codes contained in a DD214.

Assuming Bush was wearing authorized awards, here is a comparison of Kerry and Bush's awards records:

Kerry

Kerry' s




Dubya*



I have verified the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award and Air Force Small Arms Expert Marksmanship ribbon only via a photograph of George W. Bush. Other Air Force awards can only be verified if Bush releases his DD214.

Top to bottom, left to right as you look at them

Kerry:

Silver Star (Verified via DD214)
Bronze Star (Should have Bronze Combat "V" Device, Verified via DD214)
Purple Heart (Should have two Gold Star devices for subsequent awards, Verified via DD214)
Combat Action Ribbon (Verified via DD214)
Presidential Unit Citation (Verified via DD215, worn above left pocket per Navy regs)
Navy Unit Commendation (Verified via DD215)
National Defense Service Medal (Verified via DD214)
Vietnam Service Medal(Verified via DD214, w/four bronze star devices verified via DD215)
Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation (Verified via DD215)
Republic of Vietnam Civil Actions Unit Citation (Verified via DD215)
Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal (Verified via DD215)

Dubya:

Air Force Outstanding Unit Award (verified via photograph only)
Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon (verified via photograph only)

Comparing in order of precedence, The Air Force Outstanding Unit Award falls below Kerry's Navy Unit Commendation and above his National Defense Service Medal. The Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon falls between Kerry's Vietnam Service Medal and his Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation.

[A_Possum]

1. Reporter should ask him to display his medals

That way you don't need the record, and he has to say he "lost" them.

[vetwife]

91. Here is George's medals

[krkaufman]

120. (Insert of "medals" image for broken original image link)

(grabbed from Walt's post further down in the thread)

[joefree1]

2. Thank you

Now we know. How do we get this out to the regular folk?


Download the free poster/sign here:
http://ediablo.com/eDiabloGallery.html

[LibertyorDeath]

3. Send to Kerry Campaign NOW!!

GREAT FIND!!

[napi21]

4. Isn't the DD214 available via the FOIA?

I thought several newspapers requested W's records under the FOIA. Wouldn't this DD214 have been among them?

[artfan]

6. The DD214

Is in many the most important paper in a person's military record. When my hubby retired he was told to file a copy with a local courthouse so that he would be able to get an 'official' copy if he ever needed it quickly because it can take months to get one from the federal gvt.

Both bush and Kerry need to release this document so the American people can compare.

[Walt Starr]

24. Kerry *HAS* released *ALL* of his military records

http://www.johnkerry.com/about/john_kerry/military_records.html

That was how I was able to put together Kerry's fruit salad.

I've been poking about since yesterday trying to put together *'s awards. I *ASSUMED* he got the Texas Air National Guard medals for showing up, until I went over his ARG22 thoroughly and discovered HE DID NOT RECEIVE TANG MEDALS AWARDED FOR SHWING UP!

[wellstone_democrat]

32. No *automatic* promotion to Captain either

that was a gimme for completing Guard service in those days. EVERYONE got out with it---why's Chimpo a 1st Lt??????? A Congressman's son with "honorable" service and NO terminal captaincy? hmmmmm


there's another little clue.

[Stephanie]

35. *edit* - replied to wrong post

.

[stray cat]

101. why does the media keep saying Kerry hasn't released all his records

Does anyone know what the media expects Kerry to still release regarding his war records? Even the Washinton Post is still saying they haven't gotten all the records and can't completely clarify the incidents in Vietnam as a result.

[artfan]

5. You NEED to send a copy of this to

the media local and national and to anyone else you can think of. If it is OK with you I would like to copy it and 'forget' it the next time I go to the base.

great job

[Walt Starr]

26. I'm hoping other DUers can help spread this for me

I'm doing more research on the records right now.

[Blue-Jay]

7. Nice work, Walt!

That's homepage material.

[Walt Starr]

27. It took a lot of digging

and I'm still not sure exactly what awards Bush may or may not have had. All I can conclude without a DD214 or DD215 is that Bush was wearing awards in that photograph that he did not earn.

And even with a DD214, it's still questionable because all military awards are now questionable. After all, Kerry's are listed in his DD214, but the Smear Boat Liars for Bush want to question them anyway!

[spooky3]

78. Thank you!!!!!

[Raven]

8. Do you think Bush lied about the two bars he's wearing? After all

as I remember, all you had to do was go the the PX and buy those things. On one ever questioned you.

[underseasurveyor]

9. Come on John Kerry

Make the Dim-son BRING IT ON :bounce:

Nice going Walt :thumbsup:
Saved and Nominated.

[wurzel]

10. That is priceless. n/t

[grytpype]

11. Here are some pics with the right devices:

[NightOwwl]

12. Great detective work Walt!

But my god, you could have warned us about the disturbing image. Excuse me now while I go wash my eyes out with soap.

[Walt Starr]

29. Sorry about that

It was the only picture I could find with awards.

:shrug:

[LTR]

47. He did have somewhat of an eyebrow problem

President Monobrow.

[NightOwwl]

48. I was joking about the warning...

I wouldn't want you to think I was criticizing you. :hi:

[Walt Starr]

49. I know, I was kidding back!

:silly:

[Lisa]

97. that in itself is interesting, isn't it ...

I don't recall seeing him wearing them when meeting veterans, even when he's wearing the hat ...

[fishface]

13. Not true...

He got the Obnoxious Drunk with Oak Cluster

(made ya look hehehe)

[Bunny]

25. Does that come with a V device?

;)

[Xipe Totec]

55. No, It Comes with V.S.O.P. Device

And crossed bottles.

[Bunny]

56. ***spew***

There went some wine onto the keyboard! V.S.O.P! Too funny!

[blm]

14. Excellent.

Send to PeteNYC.

[grasswire]

15. did he earn those medals, or not??

The marksman medal and the other one.

It's time to send up a hue and cry about this.

The medals Bush is wearing in the photo are not listed on the service records he supplied to the media.

The medals Bush is wearing in the photo are not listed on the service records he supplied to the media.

The medals Bush is wearing in the photo are not listed on the service records he supplied to the media.

[blm]

16. I wonder if he's wearing his DADDY'S medals???????

Wouldn't that be JUST like him?

[Massacure]

20. Bush Snr. has a Distinguished Flying Cross and 3 Air medals

I couldn't find any others.

[LiberalFighter]

93. What about the medals bush I received for...

deserting his plane and leaving his crew behind?

[charlie105]

17. Beautiful. Now if this can be vetted, mainstream media, here

we come!

[Zorra]

18. Maybe those ribbons are cheerleading awards he won in high school.

[K8-EEE]

19. BRAVO WALT!!

OMG...YOU ROCK!!

Watch out Lying Liars -- your gig is up!

[Beetwasher]

21. ARE THOSE MEDALS HE'S WEARING THAT HE WASN'T AWARDED????

Who's are they? I think the public deserves to know!!! I don't think we can assume that they were authorized!

[blm]

22. Didn't an officer commit suicide when they found he wore unearned medals?

.

[Octafish]

84. Adm. Jeremy M. Boorda

The admiral was the first enlisted man to rise to become top salt.

Jeremy Michael Boorda
Admiral, United States Navy
Chief of Naval Operations

From a comtemporary news report:

The nation's top Navy officer, distraught after some of his military awards were called into question, died Thursday, May 16, 1996, from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Adm. Jeremy Boorda was to have met about the time of the shooting with the Washington bureau chief of Newsweek magazine, which was working on a story concerning his medals. Administration officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said there was no evidence the shooting was accidental and no suspicion of foul play. Two notes were found at Boorda's residence; they were sealed by investigating police.

At the White House, President Clinton praised Boorda, the first enlisted sailor in the history of the Navy to rise to its top position, as a man of ''extraordinary energy, dedication and good humor.''

Navy Secretary John Dalton said he had met with Boorda a day earlier. ''He was in great spirits,'' Dalton said. 

CONTINUED...

http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/borda.htm

[Walt Starr]

23. *'s ARG22

Look at the bottom, 5 years 0 months, 28 days, yet no award of the Texas Faithful Service Medal, not even the TSG Service Medal awarded for three years, which would coincide with an AWOL period:




No mention of the two awards he is wearing in the picture.

This begs the question, did * EARN the ribbons he is wearing in the photograph? We have no documentation to verify it!

[Sparkly]

30. I'm kinda confused

So the TAFMS and TAFCS listed on the form are the "just showing up" awards, but he's not wearing them in the photo?

And the photo shows him wearing things that aren't on the form?

[Walt Starr]

31. Nope, I had to dig on that. Those are *NOT* Awards

TAFMS = TOTAL ACTIVE FEDERAL MILITARY SERVICE

TAFCS = TOTAL ACTIVE FEDERAL COMMISSION SERVICE

There is *NOTHINT* listed from either service. According to his ARG22, George W. Bush received NO AWARDS. That means no Texas Guard Medals for just showing up for three and five years.

Now, the DD214 is the final listing and since both awards he is wearing are Air Force awards and not Guard awards, they *COULD* be listed on his DD214, BUT HE WILL NOT RELEASE HIS DD214!!!

[kurtyboy]

74. I gotta go check my separation papers

I don't think the state awards show up at all on the DD-214, in fact, I don't know if I posess ANY record of my state awards (marksman, commendations, etc...)

I was a VERY decorated air guardsman in the early eighties, earning more than three full rows of ribbons in less than six years, all without a war.

I am not saying GW Bush was medal-less---only that the official records may not be the best place to start investigating a person's valor-----

Trust me, I believe that * got a free ride in the Guard and He dishonors all of us who ACTUALLY served--but we need REAL evidence to fight this fight.

On Edit---------I was part of two AF UNIT citations in the eighties--and I actually participated in neither--I was just a member when they were awarded. Nonetheless, I was required to wear them since I was an active member when the awared period occured. This could explain half of the ribbons in Bush's photo.......

[Walt Starr]

75. ANG22 IS the National Guard Discharge

NG equivalent of a DD214. If he had Guard awards, they would be on this document.

No guard awards in any document Bush released. Not one.

Read post 67. I did an exhaustive search for ANY indication that ANY unit * was in was awarded the AFOUA while * was assigned to it. NONE!

There is one, and only one, record of the SAEMR in an AF11 document. There's an "alleged" military biography that was released by the Bush asdministration this year. It is NOT an offical military document. It lists an NDSM and an SAEMR as the offical awards, but NO AFOUA.

The only conclusion that can be made is * wore a ribbon he was not authorized to wear.

[Sweet Freedom]

28. WOW

Just nominated for homepage...GREAT FIND!!

[Fridays Child]

33. Kicked and nominated. Good show, Walt!

:thumbsup: :hug:

[Walt Starr]

34. OMFG!!! HE *WAS* WEARING UNEARNED RIBBONS!!!!!!!!!

As of May 16, 1971, *'s AF11 lists NO MILITARY DECORATIONS OR AWARDS!!!!!

It's in the following packet released by his campaign in 2000:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/bushdocs/10-5_2000_Personnel_File.pdf

[Beetwasher]

37. Walt, You Kick Some SERIOUS ASS BUD!

This is phenomenal! Spread it FAR AND WIDE!

[Walt Starr]

39. Thanks, Beetwasher, I'm still scouring the internet

for more information.

[Walt Starr]

42. Same AF11 form listing NO DECORATIONS OR AWARDS

From May 16, 1971 was in this packet released by the white house in 2004:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/bushdocs/11-3_2004_Personnel_File.pdf

It seems Bush has been releasing and re-releasing the same records over and over again, but still no DD214!

[Walt Starr]

43. Clearer copy of AF11, he earned the SAEMR, but NOT the AFOUA

Only *ONE* can be verified. He earned the Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon. I now concede it, unlees you take into account that even the records are now to be taken into doubt under the standard set by the Smear Boat Liars for Bush.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/bushdocs/11-4_2004_Personnel_File.pdf

[Stephanie]

36. My favorite old thread, in which EVERY DU VETERAN confirms

that they know EXACTLY where to find their DD214:

BOSSHOG - A Question for my Fellow Veterans

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40. KICK KICK KICK We Love You Walt!

Wow...no wonder they are after Kerry's military record, huh?

[Walt Starr]

41. Okay, it now gets officially WEIRD!

In a packet released in 2004, there is a "military biography" which lists the following two awards:

Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon
National Defense Service Medal

It DOES NOT list the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award.

* would have been eligible for the National Defense Service Medal *ONLY* if he had served ACTIVE DUTY during his enlistment. Bush IS NOT WEARING the NDSM in the above photograph.

This "military biography" is NOT an offical military document and has no Air Force, National Guard, or Department of Defense designation. It lists his dates of service as 27 MAY 1968 to 21 November 1974, thus was *CLEARLY* written after his seperation. It's inclusion in the following packet of personnel information remains a mystery:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/bushdocs/11-1_2004_Personnel_File.pdf

[Walt Starr]

44. WEIRDER YET, AF form 1712 dated May 10, 1973 shows NO AWARDS!

It's in this packet released this year by the White House:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/bushdocs/11-5_2004_Personnel_File.pdf

Clearly, with the discrepancies I've uncoverd about Bush's military awards, he MUST release his DD214 to verify he wore ribbons he earned.

[Beetwasher]

45. How Can He Be Wearing USAF Awards

if he was not in the Air Force? Is that possible?

So let me get this straigh:

He's wearing 2 Air Force Medals in the pic, none of which there's a record of him receiving.

There's no OFFICIAL record of him receiving anything.

An unofficial bio lists two awards but they are NOT the awards being worn.

Is this correct?

[Walt Starr]

50. Air force National Guard members are eligible for Air Force awards

Unfortunately, the only record of any award I can find is in an obscure AF11 form and only for the SAEMR. This award is NOT listed on his Air National Guard seperation document, the ANG22. The AFOUA (which he wears in that photograph) is listed nowhere. There is a "military biography" that is in no way an offical document lists a NDSM and a SAEMR, but Bush is wearing the AFOUA and not the NDSM. Also, the NDSM requires that he be Active Duty in order for him to be eligible, he was a Guardsman and his unit was never activated during his enlistment period. If anything, the NDSM listing is damning as he would have been considered Active Duty while transferred to the Denver organization as shown in some documents.

IIRC, the AFOUA is the ribbon a general ended up committing suicide over when it was discovered he was not eligible to wear the award.

[Sparkly]

51. You are sooooo way ahead of me

It'll take me awhile to understand it. But just wanted to be sure you've seen this site, in case it helps:

http://users.cis.net/coldfeet/document.htm

[Walt Starr]

52. I've seen all of those documents on other sites

and then some.

[Sparkly]

53. OK, figured you had

but wanted to make sure. :)

[Walt Starr]

80. Found the criteria for the NDSM

And Bush was definitely INELIGIBLE for the NDSM:

http://honours.homestead.com/usndsm.html

General :
Qualifying Periods :
27June 1950 to 27 July 1954 - The Korean War.
1 January 1961 to 14 Aug 1974 - The Vietnam War
2 August 1990 to 30 November 1995 - The Gulf War.
1 May 2002 to (to be decided) - The Global War on Terrorism
Subsequent Awards :
If a service member earned the medal during one of the first two periods and who again
became entitled to the medal will wear a bronze star on the ribbon to denote the second
award of the medal.
Criteria :
a The medal is awarded for honorurable, active, service for any period during the abovenamed
qualifying periods
b For the purpose of this award, the following persons shall not be considered as performing
active service:
1 Army National Guard and US Army Reserve forces personnel on short tours of duty to
fulfill training obligations under an inactive duty training programme.
2 Any service member on temporary duty or tempoaray active duty to serve on boards,
courts, commissions, and like organisations.
3 Any service member on active duty for the sole purpose of undergoing a physical examination
c In addition to the conditions listed in b. above, Executive Order 12776 extended the award of
the NDSM to all members of the Army National Guard and the US Army Reserve who were
part of the selected Reservein good standing during the period 2 August 1990 to 30 November
1995. During this period, soldiers in the following catagories will not be considered eliglble
1 Any soldier of the inividual ready reserve, Inactive National Guard, or the standby or
retired Reserve whose active duty service was for the sole purpose of undergoing a
physical \examination.
2 Any soldier of the Individual Ready Reserve, Inactive National Guard, or the standy or
retired reserve whose active duty service was for training only, or to serve on Boards, Courts, Commissions and like orgasnisations.
d Any Member of the Army National Guard or US Army Reserves who after 31 December 1960,
becomes eligible for the award of the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal or the Vietnam
Servce Medal, Is also eligible for the award of the NDSM. The NDSM may awarded to
members of the Reserve Component who are ordered to Federal active duty regardless of the
duration (except for catagories listed in 'b' above.

[LTR]

46. I DARE you to post this on the Swiftnuts message board

Awesome research!

YOU DA MAN!!!

:toast:

[cidliz2004]

54. I hope that you don't mind

but I forwarded this to Keith Obermann on MSNBC, he has been one of the best on the news shows and I hope that he picks this up and runs with it!

Thanks for the GREAT information!

[NightOwwl]

58. self-delete

[underseasurveyor]

61. Um, ........................................See post #26 please

:headbang: :dem:

[NightOwwl]

62. Sorry about that. I deleted my post. n/t

[underseasurveyor]

63. You're a doll

:hug: Thanks :pals:

[David Zephyr]

57. Great Stuff, Walt Starr!

You da man! :thumbsup: :hi:

[Catherine Vincent]

59. He probably borrowed someone else's jacket.

What a liar!

[Spazito]

60. Kick

:kick: for a great investigative job!!!

[arwalden]

64. Bush = Slacker

[farmbo]

65. Actually he tossed them over the fence at the "Up With People" concert...

...at the 1972 Republican National Convention. During the excitement over the arrival of BeBe Rabozo's limousine.

[yellerpup]

66. Outstanding Research, Excellent Reporting

You're a hero, Walt Starr. Thanks.

[Walt Starr]

67. Okay, after much research, some conclusions

One obscure AF document, an AF11 dated May 16, 1971, shows Bush was awarded the SAEMR.

A "military biography" released by the Bush administration this year lists a NDSM and a SAEMR as awards. There is no mention of the AFOUA and this alleged "military biography" was prepared after Bush was discharged as it includes his dates of service. This is not an official document.

There is no record of Bush being awarded the Texas National Guard service medals listed above. I am unsure as to when exactly Texas began the awarding of the Texas State Guard Service Medal, however, apparently the Texas Faithful Service Award has been awarded since before World War II.

I cannot find any document anywhere that shows Bush was awarded the AFOUA he is wearing in the picture. I cannot find any biography of any person to have served with Bush at the same time who was awarded the AFOUA. I cannot find any record of any unit in which Bush served that was awarded the AFOUA while Bush served. I have found a second hand source which claims the unit Bush would join in 1968 was awarded the AFOUA in 1966. Bush would not be eligible to wear this award, however, as he was not a member of the Unit during the specified time. I cannot, however, confirm the veracity of this claim about the unit award in 1966, although the point is moot as Bush was not a member at the time.

Final conclusion, Bush wore an award he was not entitled to wear in the picture above. This can be proven to be a false conclusion, but only by providing the DD214 that would clear this up.

[SidDithers]

68. Great Job, Walt..

Kick back up to the top.

Sid

[Sparkly]

69. Question about uncovering the DD214

I was just talking to my husband about this -- he's a Vietnam-era Navy vet. Like everybody else here, he says he knows where his DD214 is, and thinks anybody would know where theirs was, too.

Given the benefits veterans of that era were entitled to, and the fact that the DD214 was required in order to get them, wouldn't even a wealthy person have taken advantage of this -- say, for example, in applying to Harvard Business School, for tuition reimbursement? Or getting a business loan? Or getting a mortgage? Why leave money you're entitled to on the table?

If so, there are copies out there, in dusty files of the school or the bank... I don't know how they'd be uncovered, but hubby suggests if somebody like George Soros offered a million bucks for a copy, clerks everywhere would start searching the files!

What do you think?

[Walt Starr]

71. Oh I guarantee you, it's out there somewhere

And wearing an award he was not entitled to may be enough to get some enterprising young reporter to dig up a copy!

But given ALL of the documentation released, George W. Bush was photographed wearing an award he is not entitled to.

[Karenina]

76. Someone

needs to ask him about this little "discrepancy." :evilgrin:

[DemBones DemBones]

113. Yes, if you'd go to the base to get a couple of fillings in your teeth,

I'd bet you'd grab any $$$ you could!

Remember, John Kerry has shrapnel from Nam in his leg. . .

and George W.Bush has fillings from Bama in his teeth. What a Rambo!

[opihimoimoi]

70. Walt, you did it again., I SALUTE YOU,

sending fish and poi, wine and caviar, smoked salmon and Tony Roma Ribs, beer and cheer....You iz da MAN.

:kick:

[0rganism]

72. Would W get DD214 or NGB22?

I've seen some claims by alleged ex-NG that you didn't get a DD214 for Vietnam-era Nat'l Guard service, that it's covered by the NGB22 instead. But I don't know for sure.

[Walt Starr]

73. Well, he had an ANG22, see post 23

The ANG22 lists ABSOLUTELY NO AWARDS!!!

[muchacho]

77. wow

nice work

[underpants]

79. OMG! **I** was awarded more medals than W (zero for the shrubster)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x2248756

[Karmadillo]

81. This is great, Walt. What can we do to make sure it doesn't die?

n/t

[Walt Starr]

82. Get the information to the media!

I'll work on a compiled verion of everything today!

[Onlooker]

83. This is really great

Would be great if this info could be posted on its own website so that we could refer people to it.

[Brister2]

85. Way to go guys!

I've been vigorously defending Kerry on the ultra conservative military.com forums (I'm a vet) and you guys just made a fool of me!!!!!!!!

PLEASE, PLEASE take the time to check out your facts! I took this post and AWOLbush's word and got burned.

The ANG does NOT issue DD-214's, they issue 22's, which is what is in Bush's records.

It really doesn't do the fight any good at all when we get things wrong.

[Walt Starr]

90. Then Bush wore awards he did not earn

because he has no listing of the AFOUA in any documentation anywehere.

[spanone]

86. Great Work, unfortunately the mainstream press could care less.

bush* single-handedly won the vietnam war.

[Brister2]

87. Whoa...

Slow down people. I've been around the Air Force 24 years and scanning through this thread there's a fair bit of stuff off the mark.

It doesn't do the cause any good unless we get it right.

[Walt Starr]

89. Put it up

Present what's wrong with the following:

FACT: Bush was wearing an AFOUA and SAEMR in the above photograph.
FACT: Bush was a National Guardsman for Five years zero months and 28 days according to his ARG22.
FACT: Bush's ARG22 lists NO medals or awards.
FACT: IF Bush had faithfully executed his oligation under his enlistment in the Texas Air National Guard for the term of his enlistment, he would have qualified for the Texas Faithful Service Medal.
FACT: A Form AF11 dated May 16, 1971 lists ONLY the SAEMR as an award received by George W. Bush.
FACT: Form AF 1712 dated May 10, 1973 lists NO Awards.
FACT: A "military biography" of dubious origin released by the White House contains his enlisment dates, the units he was attached to, and lists the NDSM and SAEMR as his awards, but NOT the AFOUA.
FACT: No document provided by the Bush team lists the AFOUA as one of his awards, by comparison both the DD214 and DD215 provided by John Kerry lists multiple Unit awards.
FACT: To date, no document has been presented to demonstrate Bush earned the AFOUA he was wearing in the picture above.
FACT: No document has been presented that any unit Bush served in was awarded the AFOUA during the period of time in which Bush served.

[kskiska]

88. Don't know about medals, but Poppy pinned him

and the accompanying article tells how he was admitted into the Guard despite his lousy driving record.


Bush's driving records disclosed
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-02-12-bush-records_x.htm

[Lefty48197]

92. Here's Kerry's salad bowl

[LiberalFighter]

94. Need clarification...

Texas Govt Code 431.134 Para 1 and Texas Govt Code 431.134 Para 5

Was that language in the Texas Code in existence at the time of gw*s discharge?

It should indicate when the code was modified/revised if at all. If it was revised after his discharge then the language at the time of the discharge needs to be used. Hopefully, it was the same or similar that he everyone would had received a similar medal.

[Walt Starr]

96. That's not even the important issue, wearing an unauthorized ribbon is

Bush wore the AFOUA, but no document shows he was eligible to wear the AFOUA, not even the "military biography" bushco wrote for him!

[Nevernose]

98. Good point. Where's WestLaw when you need it?

n/t

[Armstead]

95. kick

[Xipe Totec]

99. Why Has Dumya's Picture Disappeared?

All I get is the little red x where the photo ought to be. I know I saw the picture last night. Did the source website pull the picture down?

I hope somebody has, or can get a copy before it gets doctored. :scared:

[Walt Starr]

103. The site I found it at has stopped allowing it to be linked to

I saved it to another site, though:

[Xipe Totec]

107. Excellent!

And, may I say with all due respect, as one data analyst to another:

You put the anal in analyst!

Good Job! :toast:

[Walt Starr]

108. Thanks for the kind words

but it does no good if nobody in the mainstream media picks it up.

Hopefully the emails that have gone out will have some results.

[Karmadillo]

100. Kick

n/t

[Keirsey]

105. I saved it

and uploaded it

http://tinypic.com/34f2c

[RadiDem]

102. Kick ! Anybody save the pic of Sasquatch the Deserter ?

I hope so

[mitchum]

104. Kicking a great post...

thanks Walt!

[EST]

106. Kick!

n/t

[Onlooker]

109. Kick, and suggestion

Walt Starr, I think you've uncovered some info that's really useful. Not only is it possible that there are problems with Bush's medals, at the very least your info could be used to put pressure on Bush to release more military details. Further, some of the questions you raise really point to the heart of the matter: That Bush did not serve his country while others were dying for it in Vietnam.

I gather a few of the posts have led you to raise some new questions and possibly drop some. Perhaps here or in a new thread, you could update the status of your findings. I think your post and this thread is the most newsworthy thing I've seen on DU in a very long time, and your timing couldn't be better.

[Walt Starr]

112. I've made sort of a report

Here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x654437

[DeepModem Mom]

110. kick

[No Mandate Here.]

111. One more time... Great Find! <nt>

[Clinton Crusader]

114. Has this all been verified....

if yes, it should be sent to Chris Matthews...

:kick:

[Walt Starr]

116. I have verified that Bush wore a ribbon he did not earn!

George W. Bush was photographed wearing a ribbon he did not earn

[timerigger]

119. more questions...

posted by "bushsux" over at dailyKos


there is a DIFFERENCE between the Texas STATE Guard, and the
Texas NATIONAL Guard.  Believe it or not, Texas actually does
have its own "army" separate and distinct from the
Texas National Guard.  The failure of Bush to be get
ribbons/medals that were awarded to members of the Texas STATE
guard (i.e. the Texas Faithful Service Medal and the Texas
State Guard Service Medal) is of no consequence.

[Old and In the Way]

115. Great work, Walt!

Any idea when W's picture was taken? That would be an interesting fact to know.

[Walt Starr]

117. I've been researching it, no date as of yet...

Developing....

[grasswire]

118. there's new info in the other thread, folks

This story is getting huge, considering the fact that George's grandfather lied about his WW1 medals, too.

I've been tipping reporters for half an hour now. Daily Kos has linked to DU.

Let's create the whirlwind for this that we did for Ken Cordier.

Spread out. Post the link to Walt's other thread everywhere you can.

[David Zephyr]

121. Kick Again.

:kick: