And all he has to do is sign the proper form attesting to that and it is over and done with. He chose not to. He decided the $700 was worth less than the extra time it would take to process the form.
"all he has to do is sign the proper form attesting to that and it is over and done with."
You are so wrong...and so is the Army. If we chase our vets away with this kind of attitude, we will lose their experience and it will destroy the moral of the troops.
If you did 20 years in 2 wars you should know better.
But no matter what you were...you are wrong now.