Sergeants don't retire lmfao. He's just some dink who did four to six years and got out. That's an enlistment, not a retirement.
He's disabled. Maybe he was one, got hurt, and honorably discharged?
Oh, I'm sure he was a sergeant, but you're only "retired" if you served 20 years.
If he got hurt while active he was probably medically seperated under honorable conditions. If he just did four to six years and then got our, he could still get disability from the VA. That's what I did. Four years, two combat tours. Got blown up in Afghanistan but didn't lost any limbs or anything, just got thrown and hit my head very hard.
After I was honorably discharged I developed a seizure disorder from an undiagnosed Traumatic Brain Injury. Now I'm 100% disabled. But I'm not "retired."
Also, don't let the title "disabled veteran" make you immediately think, "War Hero." Chances are good it's not. You get like a 30% rating for PTSD just by virtue of asking for it. If you have a Combat Action Ribbon you'll get a 50% rating just for PTSD almost whether you claim it or not.
But some bitch buying Starbucks on Camp Dwyer in Afghanistan that heard a gunshot in the distance (which would have been Marines zeroing in their optics) she could come back home, claim PTSD, and label herself a disabled veteran even though she was a refrigeration technician who never took their rifle out of the armory more than twice a year and never on a deployment.
you're only "retired" if you served 20 years
If you served at all, you know that's not true, dude. Medical retirement is a thing, don't pretend otherwise.
https://tricare.mil/LifeEvents/Retiring/MedicalRetirement
DoD Directive 1332.18: SEPARATION OR RETIREMENT FOR PHYSICAL DISABILITY
Permanent disability retirement occurs if the member is found unfit, the disability is determined permanent and stable and rated at a minimum of 30%
Stop being a gatekeeping faggot. You're playing a game of semantics over your personal opinion about the word "retired."
Oh, I don't doubt he was a sergeant. It's a semantic things. You're not retired unless you did 20 or more.
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