Absolutely. The craziest thing for me was that it seemed like everyone all the way up my chain suddenly stopped caring about regs or laws. I never experienced that phenomenon in my 26 years.

I was practically shouting from the rooftops the reg and my legal argument but nobody wanted any part of it. EVERYONE I knew in the Army just complied, no questions asked.

It was definitely a long, stressful last couple years on alone on my island. As of now, it looks like I will be allowed to retire (coincidentally another obscure reg I had to bring to the JAG's attention.)

Absolutely.