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Home Front: Politix
Prez Controversial Ribbon Legit. - Earned During Basic Training
2004-09-13
MATT DRUDGE IS 2 for 2 today!By Gene J. Koprowski
United Press International
The Air Force has knocked down allegations by a Web site that said President Bush, when serving as an officer in the Texas Air National Guard, wore a ribbon he was not authorized to wear -- a military offense that could have led to a bad-conduct discharge from the service if true. The original story was offered to United Press International during late August by operatives from Democrats.com, an Internet activist group whose founder had earlier this year served as a source for The Boston Globe and other media outlets on stories about Bush's service in the guard in the 1960s and 1970s...

The Air Force and the White House last week in interviews with UPI said the allegations were misleading. White House spokesman Trent Duffy referred UPI to the Air Reserve Personnel Center in Colorado where Technical Sgt. Rob Mims is the spokesman. Mims said the claims were "not true. I verified that (Thursday). Lieutenant Bush received Air Force Outstanding Unit Award while he was in basic training with the 3724th Basic Military Training Squadron at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas."



Ribbon on the left is the one in question.
Ribbon on the right is for marksmanship.
Posted by:BigEd

#12  LOL BigEd - I was actually thinking "blue state" when I did that but the Blue Monday angle is even better!
Posted by: AzCat   2004-09-13 6:32:35 PM  

#11  AzCat - Talk about BLUE MONDAY!
Posted by: BigEd   2004-09-13 6:20:22 PM  

#10  Speaking of Delerious Dan ....
Posted by: AzCat   2004-09-13 6:17:58 PM  

#9  mojo - friend - It's been a LOOOOOONNNNNGGG weekend.

Not as long as it's been for Danny Delerious, and the CBS keystone cops, but a long one...
Posted by: BigEd   2004-09-13 6:11:16 PM  

#8  Youse is keerect - my bad - "Outstanding Unit Award", an AF decoration:

http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/ribbons/AirForce1.html

Maybe I can get a job at CBS, huh?
Posted by: mojo   2004-09-13 6:08:01 PM  

#7  Thanx Sarge
Posted by: BigEd   2004-09-13 6:04:58 PM  

#6  Mojo, A PUC has a GOLD frame around it and is a SOLID blue color. You would know it if you had one. Please check this link: http://www.af.mil/news/airman/0104/awards.html
Posted by: Cyber Sarge   2004-09-13 6:02:17 PM  

#5  Kerry surrogate attacks against Bush = 0
Bush surrogate attacks against Kerry = hmmm...

cambodia, shooting teenager, bandaids, lucky hats, purple hearts, Combat Vs, lies about atrocities, refusing to support body armor, etc, etc, etc.

You think they'd try to focus on Kerry's record in the Senate....zero is better than negative.
Posted by: feeling bitchy   2004-09-13 5:03:42 PM  

#4  mojo - B&W photo confuses the colors.
Posted by: BigEd   2004-09-13 5:03:41 PM  

#3  Um, guys...

The one on the left looks a hell of a lot like a Presidential Unit Citation ribbon.

I have one myself, as it happens, but with 3 oak leaf clusters.
Posted by: mojo   2004-09-13 4:59:40 PM  

#2  These guys are getting desparate. Going after a unit ribbon...what a reach. Want to do an expose on this one, Danny Boy?
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2004-09-13 4:48:17 PM  

#1  This question that should be asked of these idiots, is have they EVER served in the Armed Forces. Every Zoomie knows that if you are assigned to a unit the gets the AFOUA you get too. You could have been there one day or 1000 you still get to wear the ribbon. Most Airman have multiple awards of the AFOUA. It’s probably the most awarded ribbon outside the Air Force Training ribbon, and the Marksmanship (the one on the right in the photo).
Posted by: Cyber Sarge   2004-09-13 4:30:19 PM  

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