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honorably separated from active duty and transferred to the Reserve Control Group.

       More than a decade later, on February 18, 1982, Burkins enlisted in the Hawaii

Army National Guard (Guard) and the next year was promoted to staff sergeant. In June

of 1984, during a field training exercise, Burkins became hysterical. He made references

to the North Vietnamese Army, shouted in Vietnamese, attempted to tie up a fellow

Guard member, and fired blanks in the faces of other Guard members. Later that month,

Burkins told his supervisor that he was quitting the Guard because of stress. He wastold

that he could not quit, but he did so anyway and became absent without leave or

permission. Burkins commenced psychiatric counseling on September 19, 1984, and

remained in continuous therapy until the end of 1989. After he left the Guard, a unit

administrator in his Guard unit transferred him to inactive duty status by forging his name

to a transfer request.

       After Burkins left the Guard and was fraudulently transferred to inactive duty, the

only formal involvement he had with the Guard was to submit to a periodic Guard

medical examination on March 18, 1987. During the examination, Burkins told the

physician that he was receiving treatment from a psychiatrist for combat-related stress, he

had frequent trouble sleeping, he suffered from depression or excessive worry, and he

suffered from nervous trouble.