Yes you can request a discharge (i've been in the military for several yrs) i've seen it happen. It's a process and you can't just walk of work and go home (then you will most likely end up in jail) and if in Iraq or Afghanistan you most definitly can't just up n leave even if you wanted to (yes just walk out the gate and stick ur finger out do some hitch hiking back to the states, im sure you'll make it out alive). In the military one of the main things that keep soldiers inline (other then the self discipline they've gotten used to)and away from trouble is the fear of losing pay, one of the down sides of any disciplinary problems or misbehavior is losing rank (which means losing money). A soldier gets in trouble and charged under the UCMJ for example, he then goes to a disciplinary board where they issue a judgement/punishment (depending on how sever it can be a slap on the wrist, lose of rank, pay cut for a certain amount of time, discharge from the military or even jail time( on occasion's a mix of the last 4 in worst case scenarios). If all of a sudden a soldier (especially one who might have had a history of behavior issues) comes upon millions of dollars he becomes a liability because what's going to keep him from not following orders, disrespecting senior NCO's, not showing up to work at the stated time and in the correct uniform etc...He will no longer worry about losing rank/pay if he gets in trouble. That is why the military will try to seperate/honorably them as soon as possible, IF they request it....if they don't request and stay in but cause trouble then they would be brought up on UCMJ charges for whatever they've been doing wrong and get seperated (possibly dis-honorably).