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The Truth

Sarah Palin's Son Track was not involved in the 2005 vandalism case. He volunteered to join the US Army. Army forbids these arrangements.

All of the military branch's recruiting regulations now prohibit military recruiters from becoming involved in criminal proceedings for any military applicant. Specifically, Army Regulation 601-210, paragraph 4-8b, forbids this [4]

Applicant who, as a condition for any civil conviction or adverse disposition or any other reason through a civil or criminal court, is ordered or subjected to a sentence that implies or imposes enlistment into the Armed Forces of the United States is not eligible for enlistment"

Four teen boys were arrested in 2005 for vandalizing some school buses [2] "Track wasn't with me. Track had nothing to do with it," participant Deryck Harris, 20. "I was friends with him. We hung out. But he wasn't there," Harris said, describing the incident as a senior prank gone awry. [3]

Track Palin, 19, graduated from Wasilla High, joined the Army last year and is set to leave for Iraq this Thursday. [3]


Even the National Enquirer gave up on this story.

Sources:

• [1] New Story Breaking - Track Palin School Bus Vandalism in 2005
• [2] Frontiersman article on 12/5/2005 Bus vandals charged "Alaska State Troopers arrested four teenage boys at their Mat-Su homes Monday after they were charged in last week's vandalism of 44 Mat-Su school buses - an incident that forced the Mat-Su Borough School District to close schools for a day on Nov. 29."
• [3] New York Daily News article on 9/10/2008 Reports that Track Palin vandalized school buses aren't true
• [4] About.com article Join the Military or Go to Jail? (from a Tipster Robert S)