Rugrunner,
You never said you ETS'd. You said you got out because you terminated your jump status.
Here's what I think....I could be wrong. If I am correct me:
1. Your unit was set to deploy for 30 days to NTC in California.
2. You didn't want to go because you put your own personal needs above those of the Army's, and used your wife and kids as an excuse (sound familiar?).
3. You did something stupid (faked an illness or injury) to get "PULLED" from jump status (NOBODY terminates their own status....You CANNOT do that...don't forget, I was a paratrooper too) so that you wouldn't have to deploy.
4. By doing what you did in #3 above, you effectively became redundant to your unit and they booted you out of it and tried reclassifying you to another job (thus your statement that you didn't like legland...otherwise known as support units) which you failed to do effectively as well.
5. You did NOT choose to leave the service, but rather were put out under Chapter 14 or something similar as being unfit for military duty....a quitter.
These assumptions of mine are further made evident by the fact that you left the Army with only an AAM. With 6 years in, you SHOULD'VE had two Good Conduct Medals, had you simply done your job. They are automatic for soldiers that meet the BARE MINIMUM requirements.
You show a great deal of lack of respect for authority, inability to get along in a team environment, and jealousy of those that have more than you (even though they earned it).
My career is so interesting to you because like all other things in our lives, I seem to be ahead of you (at least to you....in all honesty, we are both successful in one way or another).
I put guys like you out of the service quite a few times Rug.
You quit your job because you didn't want to go to California for 30 days.
You let your buddies down and used your wife and kids as an excuse to get out.
I bet you hated shining your boots too, right?