[johniegrad]

Foster, who previously worked as a flight mechanic in the Air Force after enlisting as a teen, began dating Mitchell about ten years ago. He had to leave for basic training just two months after Mitchell had to have all four limbs amputated following sepsis. Her then-boyfriend Foster was discharged from the Air Force, aged 19, to becomer her full time carer.

Something about this smells to me. How does an enlisted get discharged from the military to take care of a girlfriend?

[sport]

I read that he was an Air Traffic Controller

[2CAVTrooper]

“Something about this smells to me. How does an enlisted get discharged from the military to take care of a girlfriend?”

They don’t.

Sounds more like the tough guy got a FTA (Failure To Adapt) discharge.

We had a guy in basic that started crying wanting to go home the minute the doors of the cattle car opened up. The Army made damn sure they were going to get their money’s worth out of him. He spent the entire 8 weeks alternating between KP and CQ duties, and it wasn’t until two weeks after graduation that he got cut loose to go home with a FTA, and barred from trying to enlist again.

On the other hand, I had a blast in basic, and if I could go back in time I’d be more than happy to do it all over again.