It says, “while he was gone, someone had filled his old job.”, and that he took 2 other jobs which combined paid less? So PerryChase, he did lose his job. Anyway, I am against the massive spending on military and our government’s offensive use of military. I was just feeling bad for this guy. As barnaby said, many join the military because they have few good options in life, so this guy may not have been the sharpest card in the deck, and was uninformed about his rights.