"Jeff" is not worthy of your time...he was in error and knows it. For him to expect you to violate the rule to save his butt is totally unprofessional.
Thanks. I agree. The penalty for lying and giving a false report is ‘separation’, as in kicked out. Jeff knew that. What he didn’t see is me running all over the barracks looking for him and delaying reporting my headcount, in hopes that he would show up. My room was adjacent to his, so the last few weeks of school were interesting. But I didn’t care - it was his fault, not mine.