I think the most informative piece in that list is the SLDN bio, which suggests the good "general" was only on active duty as an enlisted man, and that all of his commissioned service (which supposedly makes him 'credible') was in the reserves. In fact, the guy is basically a college professor! He became a general only in the CA National Guard in early 1991 and served as a BG until 1995.
This guy is hardly a hard core regular army airborne ranger combat veteran.
He should have been given Dishorable Dicharge as an enlisted troop and the rest would not have happened..