The hell it doesn't. Virtually all of us who went through Air Force Undergraduate Pilot Training (UPT) got a commercial ticket w/instrument rating, etc. before even leaving the UPT base for your next assignment. Cost me a whopping ten bucks. Guarantee this guy has it, and probably an ATP as well.
I was a heavy driver (KC-135's), but if you think all airline pilots were former military heavy drivers vs. fighter pilots, think again.
I respect A.A. Cunningham (having read his posts on FR for a long time) and while I do know something about military aviation, civil aviation isn’t something I know a great deal about, so I didn’t really feel that I could dispute his point, even if it did introduce some degree of discouraging doubt to me.
I appreciate your input, because I cannot tell you how disappointed I would be if the guy was being dishonest. I have to tell you, I walked away after talking to him with a deep admiration for his outlook and devotion to Christian and American principles.