An out of control United States Army, feeding on its own (think "Soylent Green")...

The thing about Army red tape — it sticks

“According to the rest of the Free World, he’s not in the Army,” said Faulkner, who plans on arguing in court that Miller is a civilian. “We’ve talked to numerous agencies both on and off Fort Carson and as far as we know, none of them show that Reuben Miller is still in the Army.”