George W. Bush Was AWOL, But What’s “Truth” Got to Do With It?
Dan Rather and Mary Mapes weren't the first to report that George W. Bush was AWOL during Vietnam. But they screwed up so badly they were the last.theintercept.com
Story is behind a paywall, so not interested.
You know what, guy... you can go on all day, but screaming about something that happened 35 years earlier when everyone was finding creative ways to avoid Vietnam
Bush served. That more than Trump did. It's more than Biden did. It's more than Obama did (although he came of age during the volunteer military). It's more than Slick Willy did.
Bush couldn't go AWOL because there's no AWOL designation in the National Guard. At worst, he could be an unsatisfactory participant in a Unit Training Assembly (UTA), and have been coded for administrative action, such as a transfer to the IRR (Individual Ready Reserve). There's no evidence this happened.