I honestly don't know what "being in position for them to get him back" means... I know he's been in Navy Intelligence for over 4 years now so I don't think they're going to take him back after dismissal, if that's what you mean.
Anyways, armies seem to always have lack of speciality guys. I served my time (mandatory in Finland) as a weatherman and there wasn't too many guys trying to be one (well, they actually didn't advertise the good sides of being a weatherman in the army).
Anyways, there's only so much time you can invest into teaching the infantry which side of the tree a left-handed guy should shoot
