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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nApparently, folks are calling into question Arizona Republican State Senator Jeff Dial’s military service. According to the Arizona Republic<\/a>, he was on the fat boy program for most of his enlistment, rocketed up to Private First Class and then placed on the Individual Ready Reserve where his career stagnated.<\/p>\n But what Dial doesn’t say about his military experience is that soon after joining the U.S. Army Reserve in 1996, he got in trouble for his weight, triggering a personnel action against him and making him ineligible for promotion. Four years into his eight-year commitment, he was transferred to the inactive list for “unsatisfactory participation.”<\/p>\n While other reservists were being called up to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan, Dial remained on the individual ready reserve list from 2000 to 2004. Dial, a Republican who represents parts of Ahwatukee Foothills, Tempe, Mesa and Chandler, received an honorable discharge when his service commitment ended in 2004.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Well, if this is at all accurate, he’s probably not even close to being a veteran, but all I see on his campaign website is one mention of his service;<\/p>\n So, I’m not sure how big of an issue it should be. You folks in Arizona probably know more about it than me. But some of our friends are quoted in the article;<\/p>\n Larry Bailey, retired after 27 years as a Navy Seal, said he believes the idea that Dial is a veteran is “laughable.” He said Dial should not have an honorable discharge with his military record.<\/p>\n Bailey is on the Stolen Valor team of B.G. Burkett, an author and military-service watchdog who investigates fraudulent claims of military service.<\/p>\n He said Dial is a veteran in technical terms since he went through basic training. But Bailey said Dial “did nothing” after that, so it was “pitiful” for him to campaign on being a veteran.<\/p>\n “I don’t understand why anyone would claim to be a veteran” with that record, Bailey said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Yeah, I don’t think I would even mention that I had been in the military if that was the extent of my record. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"Jeff](\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Jeff-Dial-campaign-website-300x165.jpg\")
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