Several years as an enlisted man and then OCS perhaps?
Something tells me the numbers don’t add up in his favor. Maybe OCS after a year or two as enlisted but “5 years, 2nd Lt.” sounds like his future in the Army is going to be brief. Something else that is not going to support his promotion is “making waves” and “taking his case to the public”. You don’t do stupid things like that if you think you have a future in the Army.