Here's the best case scenario:
She did serve in the Air Force for 5 years. She achieved the rank of Senior Airman. She earned 4 ribbon/medal awards during that time: Air Force Good Conduct Medal, Air Force Longevity Award, Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon, and Air Force Training Ribbon. She was an average, run of the mill Airman that used sex politics to get cushy job assignments. She spent her operational time at Nellis Air Force Base at Las Vegas.
Here's another scenario:
Air Force Amy gets washed out of Air Force basic training. Or, she did serve, but not for her entire contract.
Here's the worst case scenario: She never served.
Red flags go up the more you read her Air Force claims.
First, she's quick to brag about what she accomplished. She offers this out of the blue, not in defense against someone questioning her veteran status.
Second, when she does brag, she sounds like she's reciting something. Both, tone of voice and facial features, become tense. She ends up sounding "robotic."
Third, she claimed awards that she couldn't have earned, given her time in service. Phony veterans are notorious for claiming medals that:
* Weren't authorized for the period that contains their time of service...
* Were authorized before they served...
* Weren't around until after they got out of service...
* They didn't earn at all, for the above three reasons, and for the fact that they didn't serve...
It's like the phony Vietnam veteran, in his 60s, wearing the Word War II victory medal.
Fourth, there's a mismatch between her stories and her claimed awards. For instance, the Meritorious Service Medal is usually awarded to senior NCOs and Officers. She was only a Senior Airman.
She claimed the John Levitow Award, which is awarded at a leadership course. Her profile ribbon rack is missing another award that she would've gotten for going to this course. This ribbon is awarded for successful attendance at a leadership course.
Fifth, she embellishes what she did, and stretches things out of proportion.
Her claims, about what she did with regards to being an instructor, don't match with similar claims of people who've been through similar training.
Sixth, she gives conflicting stories as to why she got out of the Air Force. A real veteran would've given a consistent story... even if they wanted to hide the circumstances behind their getting out.
Seventh, her administrative claims don't match actual military procedures. For example, DOD FMRs govern all branches of the service when it comes to pay and finance. The one covering separations, to include DOD travel regulations, specify that discharged people are given money to pay for their way to the place they entered active duty. If they're not given money, they're given a government ticket for a trip back to the home of record.
Eighth, the retention personnel would've tried to work her wishes. They would've been the same ones that told her that her wishes wouldn't be possible. The CO could give base level, or unit level, re-enlistment level incentives.
Ninth, her profile places her at conflicting units of assignment. These assignment periods don't support her claims of when she served.
She lists herself at three different places from 1983 to 1987. One of those places wasn't activated until 2 years after she "got out." The second two are in Las Vegas, which takes her out of the equation when it came to the Marcos ouster. Her final assignment runs from 84 to 89, at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. This puts her in conflict with her first three listed assignments.
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