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Originally posted by Secret_Agent_Man
Mebbe as a matter of doctrine -- although most active-duty soldiers don't tend to see it all as equivalent. (Especially before the post-Cold War drawdown of active forces. One weekend a month and two weeks in the summer (mostly for b.s. drill) vs. up at 5:30 for PT every day? Come on.)
Anyways, WTF does this statement have to do with Bush's service in the Texas Air National Guard? Just tell me how the National Guard is "part of the main force" (except, perhaps, as a matter of very, very technical doctrine). I don't think anyone can say with a straight face that the Texas Air NG is "the Air Force" or the Ohio Army NG is "the Army"* -- especially not in the 1970s. No way.
S_A_M
* No offense intended to those individuals who got the shocks of their life post-9/11 and have been activated for extended periods. When you're in that situation, you're "in the main force." Bush wasn't.
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(Sigh.) Okay. One more.
From the ANG website:
"Although the Air National Guard was not established as a separate component of the U.S. Air Force until 1947, National Guard aviators have played significant roles in all of America's wars and most of its major contingencies since the beginning of the 20th Century."
If you look at the org charts, it's considered a part of the Air Force. Always has been. (Well, since 1947.)
As to the Green Beret example, you're trying to go the wrong way on the charts. I'm in one particular unit of my company. I'm also in the company. But that doesn't mean I'm in another particular unit of my company.
