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2007-03-22 Home Front: Politix
George P. Bush Joins Navy Reserve
George P. Bush, a nephew of President Bush who was a hit on the campaign trail, has been accepted in the Navy Reserve as an intelligence officer and has begun the process of being commissioned for eight years of service.

Bush, 30, said in a telephone interview from his office at a real estate development firm in Fort Worth, Texas, that he was moved to join the service in part when he attended the rainy commissioning in October of the aircraft carrier named for his grandfather -- the USS George H.W. Bush. "My grandfather's my hero, and what really sold me on the ultimate decision was having the chance to see the CVN-77 be commissioned under his name," he said. "That was pretty moving, and I had a chance to meet some Navy admirals, as well. I had a chance to talk to them briefly about the opportunity, and I was won over."

George Prescott Bush, the oldest son of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, said the death of Pat Tillman, the NFL player and Army Ranger who was killed in Afghanistan in 2004 in what was later determined to be a friendly-fire incident, "was a wake-up call for me." He said he even "looked into active duty" and had somber conversations with his wife about the possibility.

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Bush said he had not intended to announce his plans. "Honestly, I'm kind of a little disappointed that the word got out," he said. "I was hoping to keep this as confidential as possible. I'm not doing it for political purposes or anything along those lines. I'm just doing it because I've been inspired by the friends of mine that have served, either through the JAG (military law) program or through the Reserves. I thought this was a small way that I could get involved."

Bush expects to receive his commission in a month or two. He will go to officer candidate school in Rhode Island, then intelligence school in Virginia Beach. The commitment involves two weeks of annual training. He can volunteer for active duty or be deployed after he finishes his intelligence certification, which takes about two years.

He'll have to run a mile and a half in 13 minutes, which he said he can do now, but he's trying to get down to the 10 minutes and 30 seconds required for SEALs and special operations. He's also a golfer and weightlifter.

Though he was raised in Florida, Bush settled in Texas after graduating from Rice University and the University of Texas Law School.
Posted by Steve White 2007-03-22 00:13|| || Front Page|| [11137 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Sniff, sniff, runs in the family. GOLF??? I tried "experimenting" wid playing golf - sorry to say just wasn't personally impressed wid the game, although I'm aware many national bigwigs/personages are. Maybe when I'm older.
Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-03-22 01:00||   2007-03-22 01:00|| Front Page Top

#2 
I met him on the campaign trail. Very nice guy without the usual BS that family members of politicians ooze. I wish him the best.
Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader  2007-03-22 07:35||   2007-03-22 07:35|| Front Page Top

#3 He looks Mexican. Now I know why his Uncle is such an illegal lover.
Posted by Chiper Threreger8956 2007-03-22 08:36||   2007-03-22 08:36|| Front Page Top

#4 His mom Columba is Mexican. Jeb Bush taught English in Mexico for awhile.
Posted by Shipman">Shipman  2007-03-22 09:14||   2007-03-22 09:14|| Front Page Top

#5 Was he the "little brown one" that HW once referred to? Just asking....
Posted by 0369_Grunt 2007-03-22 11:03||   2007-03-22 11:03|| Front Page Top

#6 Don't bother, Joe. I went out shooting golf once. They're really tough and they taste like rubber.
Posted by Fred 2007-03-22 11:12||   2007-03-22 11:12|| Front Page Top

#7 I went out to shoot golf but they took away my rifle and gave me a bag full of clubs and a bunch of Golf eggs. What you do is whack one of the Golf eggs with one of the clubs and hope a Golf comes out of it's hole to retrieve the egg. Then you whack it over the head. I think you were eating Golf eggs, Fred. Those eggs are really tough and hard as a rock.
Posted by Deacon Blues 2007-03-22 12:11||   2007-03-22 12:11|| Front Page Top

#8 0369, Yes. Jebs kids are the little brown ones. Handsome devils too. Dubya is speak good SpangLish, but Jeb is speaker the Castilian and fluent Mexican versions. They are damn good people. They used to live about 3/4 mile away.
Posted by Shipman">Shipman  2007-03-22 16:31||   2007-03-22 16:31|| Front Page Top

#9 Oh. Well. In that case I'll stay away from the nasty things.

Not to worry, though. It's springtime, so my chickens should be sprouting any time now.
Posted by Fred 2007-03-22 19:23||   2007-03-22 19:23|| Front Page Top

#10 He looks Mexican. Now I know why his Uncle is such an illegal lover.

And the award for the Most Stupid Comment of the Week by a Bigot goes to...
Posted by Pappy 2007-03-22 22:09||   2007-03-22 22:09|| Front Page Top

#11 a non-nym'd troll. I was wondering if I was the only one to take offense.
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2007-03-22 23:40||   2007-03-22 23:40|| Front Page Top

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