Thats not the point...........this stuff happens all the time. A good friend of mine was a scout sniper in the Marine Corps. and was only required to do two tours in Iraq, he ended up doing 3 (the third was voluntary) and became one of the highest decorated soilders in the entire state of MO (he was a Silver Star Recipient). He'd been done with his active duty in the military for about a year, locked down a job he loved coaching football at the high school we went to and became engaged. Then somehow the Military changed their policy and somehow (don't know all the specifics) tried to force him into a fourth tour in Iraq. Meanwhile his friend, who desperately wanted to do anther tour, was denied reinlistment because he had gotten some tattoos below his elbows. My buddy pretty much told the Marine Corps. to shove it up there ass but it took the help of Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill to get the whole thing to go away. It was rediculous.