The school has been calling and emailing the 28-year-old electrician's apprentice to get her to return and complete her final assignment: an exit exam.

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For Mensack, the Army veteran, whose final assignment in the military was teaching Ethics at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, NY, he is banking on having his case heard, and fully recorded, this time around.

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