Just as a point of fact, the fact that Mr. Bush earned a certain number of "points"...842 in 4 years according to pdq's post Sept. 8 at 9:00 pm...doesn't mean that he served 700 days as pdq stated today at 6:40 pm. Retirement points can be earned in a number of ways: active duty counts 1 for 1, weekend drills count 2 for 1 (ie, one weekend equals 4 points) and correspondence courses count 1 point for each 5 credit hours. In addition, reserve/guard members get 15 points per year just for belonging, whether they show up or not. The maximum points earnable in a year is 365, but only 50 is required to have a "good year." Any figure over 100 points in a year would indicate a significant amount of active duty.