It struck me as odd, too. Anyone on FR who served with him?
I think he should have kept his mouth shut and left the ink in the pen
1. Why didn’t he stay for 20 and qualify for retirement annuity and other benefits?
2. Are some or all of his health problems service related, such as to qualify him for a special class of separation from service with ongoing medical treatment?
3. Can’t he get medical treatment from the VA?
Not to disparage his remarkable achievements in any sense, but his words convey a flavor of immaturity, which is not incompatible with near reckless bravery.
I couldn’t pick out why the Shooter left the Navy at 16 years. Did he fail promotion several times? It’s hard for to me to imagine why a service member would leave just one reenlistment short of 20 years and retirement. I don’t want to sound unsympathetic but he knew the routine. I think it’s neat that he shot Bin Laden but so what? A lot of us have killed people for our country and then we carried on with our careers and then on to our next challenges. He needs to do the same as the rest of us.
I find it hard to believe that a man of his stature and character would have a problem getting a job. This article wreaks of BS. West Point=job. Navy Seal=job. Any company run by decent capitalists want honest, character filled servicemen. ESPECIALLY ones that have been through the riggers of the Seals, Army Rangers or Green Berets.
It’s about time that somebody, much more talented than me, put out a parody of the “The Man Who Killed Osama bin Laden’.
Esquire sank to Rolling Stone level years ago.
Hoaxed.