Navyfag here in reply to post 8162904 (lb) regarding Pete Buttplug's military record. I was also an officer recruiter at one point in my career, so when I saw his supposed record with all its gaps my bullshit radar immediately flagged it. Let me explain how Navy Officer programs work, at least when I was recruiting around 2013.

Intelligence Officer candidates are required to sign up for at least 4 years Active Duty, 4 years Reserve. One's military record will not have gaps like Pete's does. Barring being medically dismissed or some other misconduct (like Hunter's coke snorting), when you sign that contract you are expected to fill those 4 AD/4 Res years with no gaps. So if you joined, say, Jan 1, 2010, then you would serve AD until at least Jan 1, 2014 and then in the Reserves until Jan 1, 2018. Your record will show a continuous service from Jan 1, 2010 to Jan 1, 2018 or whenever you officially decide to leave the military. In other words, THERE WOULD BE NO GAPS OF SERVICE UNTIL YOU OFFICIALLY LEAVE!

Now, let's examine those gaps.

May 31, 2010 - Dec 1, 2011 ~ 18 months

Feb 28, 2013 - Feb 28, 2014 - 12 months

and so on, I'm not going to list them all because I can make my point without doing so. The military does allow in special circumstances for a member to leave the service for short periods of time. Example, your father dies and you need time to go take care of putting the family farm up for sale or take care of your sick, elderly mother until other arrangements can be made. But these are extreme circumstances that require more than a few weeks to manage.

Another reason for a gap is you got out as an Enlisted, went to school, go a degree, and now want to come back as an Officer. This isn't Pete's case, but I thought I bring it up nonettheless.

The fact that Pete has this many gaps in his record and each one at least a year in length, this is not normal. It should be one continuous date from Feb 1st, 2010 to May 30, 2016. Even then, there is still as two year contract gap. He should have served either AD or Res until at least Feb 1, 2018. I would know because I transitioned from AD to Res after 6.5 years AD and still had to serve a minimum of 1.5 years in the Reserves before my contract was considered fulfilled and I got legally get out of the military entirely.

Q+, if you're reading this and Pete happens to be your opponent, nail him on his supposed military record in the debates. This is some shady shit here.