Bush Outserves Kerry

[Rudey]

So what's going on with the calculations above for hours?

-Rudey

Originally posted by DeltAlum
No.

Providing there were no "early outs" granted, they both had a six year obligation.

Kerry was in the regular Navy, which was a four year active duty committment.

Bush was in the National Guard which was a six month active duty committment.

It is very likely that Bush had to agree to an additional couple of years in order to get into pilot school. Probably not four years, though.

I think in a post just prior to mine, Hoosier said something about the F-102 (Delta Dart) becomming obsolete. That's true, however when that happens, a guard unit is upgraded to newer aircraft and the pilots in the unit upgrade as well. When an aircraft is retired, its pilots aren't retired with it.