3rd former officer Brian Bentley comes out on misconduct by LAPD

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19. You're right, he was.

Even at that, there is a loss of income that is significant, if he was both drilling, doing his two weeks of fun time, and being deployed to Bahrain for six months at a pop (which, as I've said in other threads, is a great place to buy gold, but it's not Afghanistan or Iraq).

Even if it's not his principal source of income, there's a culture to military service that envelops. Separating from military service is a bit of a shock to the system even when one goes out on one's own steam, choosing to retire rather than take that next set of orders; I have seen the effects of both medical retirements and Failures of Selection on folks who really liked what they are doing and did not want to leave--it's often a painful and sad set of circumstances.