THE PENTAGON IS INCREDIBLY VINDICTIVE AND LEGALISTIC. IMAGINE THE MOST SPITEFUL QUEEN YOU CAN IMAGINE. IT'S LIKE THAT.
THEY WILL ALWAYS FIND A WAY TO GET YOU.
THAT IS WHY I NEVER ATTEMPTED TO COLLECT ANY OF MY GI BENEFITS. THEY THREATENED ALL OF US WITH LOCKED PSYCHIATRIC WARDS IN A VA HOSPITAL IF WE DID. I TOOK THEM AT THEIR WORD AND I STILL DO.
THEY ALSO TOLD US TO NEVER ADMIT WE WERE IN THE MILITARY AND NOT TO TELL ANYONE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED--ESPECIALLY THEIR REFUSAL TO LET WOMEN WITH COLLEGE DEGREES HAVE THE SAME PROMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AS MEN.
CHELSEA MANNING SHOULD HAVE WAITED UNTIL S/HE WAS OUT BEFORE SHE LEAKED AND IT TURNS OUT IT WAS ONLY OLD NEWS THAT EVERYONE ALREADY KNEW SO NOW S/HE IS GOING TO PAY DEARLY. MORON.