He never got past E-1 after 5 years? I never heard of this.
From military.com”Johnson was a private first class (E-3) at the time of discharge in April 2015, the Army said....Johnson was a carpentry and masonry specialist with a military occupational specialty of 12W, the service said.”
He was a reservist which means he was serving one weekend a month for a lot of that 5 years.Obviouly the time in trashcanistan was different.