MAJOR GENERAL CARL SCHNEIDER (Ret.)
As the Deputy Wing Commander for Operations at Moody Air Force Base during the time of Lt. Bush's pilot course, I was aware of any student that was having serious problems in his flying, academic, officer or military training. At no time did Lt. Bush's name come to my attention for any deficiencies. Having many pilot training classes under my general area of responsibility, I received a weekly student deficiency report and Lt. Bush's name was never on any of these reports. I know that he was performing up to the very high standards required of all pilot training students and I know that he graduated in the upper echelons of his very demanding and complex course in November, 1969.

I am proud to fully support him and to know that he successfully graduated and went on to serve honorably in the Texas Air National Guard--flying more than his share of cold war missions along the southern border of the United States. His objective was to identify bombers from the Soviet Union who probed our defenses constantly in that area. If ordered, he would have taken offense action against any invading force, a mission that he was fully qualified and capable of performing. Had a war been initiated by the USSR, he would have been in the first line of defense.

Lt. Bush would have been eager to go to Vietnam if his unit had been "Federalized" and ordered to an active combat zone (just as the guard and reserve units are now performing so well in the war in the Middle East).

He has proven to be a superb Commander-in-Chief and deserves to be chosen by our U.S. citizens to serve another four-year term. He is highly respected by the members of our armed forces. It would be a serious mistake to change commanders at this time as he is leading our Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard and allied forces very successfully.