By Rob O’Dell, The Republic | azcentral.com
State Sen. Jeff Dial touted his military service during successful campaigns for the Arizona House and later the Senate.
Gov. Jan Brewer endorsed him as a “veteran of the Armed Forces.” And he serves on the Legislature’s veterans caucus, formed to help create bipartisan solutions for problems involving veterans.
But what Dial doesn’t say about his military experience is that soon after joining the U.S. Army Reserve in 1996, he got in trouble for his weight, triggering a personnel action against him and making him ineligible for promotion. Four years into his eight-year commitment, he was transferred to the inactive list for “unsatisfactory participation.”
