Quote Originally Posted by Red Harvest
Hiding in the ANG? That isn't in the war effort, that's hiding from it. Of family members I know of who served in the guard at the time, I can safely say that none of them wanted to go to Vietnam. The ones who did want to go to Vietnam did not serve in the Guard, and they went.
Care to guess how many National Guard units were in Vietnam?

The ANG MAKES him a chickenhawk extraordaniare. He had strings pulled to get the position, was a discipline problem, failed to fulfill his obligations, etc., didn't even find it necessary to keep his flight status. What useful service was he performing in the ANG? He couldn't even be bothered to do his job. He struts around saying what a great "War President" he is despite mismanaging the two wars he has on his hands right now. Quintessential chickenhawk.
Not necessarily - I know several individuals who were in the National Guard who ended up going to Vietnam - I also know of whole units that were deployed to Vietnam. For instance you might want to check out the history of one of the Ranger Regiments that was in Vietnam - if I remember the state correctly the unit was from Illinois.