The best thing about Arnold's victory

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Originally posted by Radar
Even if he did go to Alabama, he did so without a transfer and violated his orders, his assignment, etc. and was absent from the location he was assigned to

The documents seem to indicate this chain of events: he applied for transfer to Alabama. The Alabama unit approved it, but AF HQ denied it for reasons I can't figure out (I think they're saying a National Guardsman can't be reassigned to a Reserve unit). So he requested a temporary transfer for three months to a different Alabama National Guard unit instead.

Again, none of this means a thing. People have stuff that comes up all the time, and making such exceptions is routine. The National Guard and Reserves try very hard to keep employers happy whenever possible, because they recognize the sacrifice employers make when reservists are called up. Your suggestion that it was "sugar-coated" because of "daddy's connections" is absurd.