I call shenanigans on this.
Seems too ridiculous. Why would he get into the service only to ruin his career.
Free education, had no intention of a career.
I knew an Air Force Captain(reserve) working as a civilian who claimed to be an anarchist. He was very up front about it. He said he went to the academy for the free education and toed the line long enough in the AF to get them to send him to graduate school at Caltech. After that he got vocal and sank his career, didn’t care since according to him he didn’t need the AF anymore.
Because it was supposed to be Hillary’s turn.
He would have lead the fast track for advancement.
I thought so too at first.
But maybe he doesn't want an army career and is trying to get out of his obligation to serve.
Doing this he's making a name for himself in left-wing circles and that may be where his future is.
If it's all a joke, it's one that it's going to be very hard to take back.
It is true, though, that Al Franken started out joking about stuff like this, and look how far he got.