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.

[DeltAlum]

I guess that's some part of a formula the National Guard uses to rate its members.

When you are on active duty, you work whenever the officer or noncom above you tells you to work. For all intents and purposes you are on duty 24/7 -- although you really aren't except in a combat zone.