Amen brother. And by the way folks, here's how the military works....
Enlisted soldiers (and Officers too) don't get to choose where they deploy. So, to say "he was in for this many years, but he only went here or there, and so he wasn't REALLY in the military" is ridiculous. You're in, you go where you're told to go, and then you retire or you separate when you're able. And if the military doesn't want you to leave, or they NEED you to serve for whatever reason, they don't let you leave. But if they let you leave the service, then separating or retiring when you're ready is legit.
And if you never served, then you need to just shut your pie hole.