Donald Trump has a troubled history with American veterans — not only was he caught fibbing about raising substantial sums for veterans' causes [1], but he also has a history of not hiring veterans [2] because of their military commitments. Now, after implying that US military members who served in Iraq [3] stole "millions and millions" of dollars, one Army vet is sharing his own story — and urging voters to take everything the GOP candidate says about the military with a hefty grain of salt.

Take a look at what Corbin Reiff [4], a self-described veteran-turned-music-writer, had to say about Trump's inflammatory comments on Twitter. It gives a lot of insight about what it's like to deploy overseas and will definitely make you think twice before taking politicians' sweeping statements at face value . . . especially when they have absolutely no military experience of their own.

Just a small warning, I'm about to go on a bit of a rant.

— Corbin Reiff (@CorbinReiff) June 15, 2016 [5]

I rarely discuss politics on this platform, but yesterday, the Republican nominee for President said something that compels me to speak out.

— Corbin Reiff (@CorbinReiff) June 15, 2016 [6]

I spent five years, from 2006-2011 as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army.

— Corbin Reiff (@CorbinReiff) June 15, 2016 [7]

When I deployed to Iraq in 2009 I was made Non Commissioned Officer in Charge of Foreign Claims for the entirety of Western Baghdad.

— Corbin Reiff (@CorbinReiff) June 15, 2016 [8]

That's an area that covers roughly 5 million people. I was 21 years old and will admit, very much in over my head.

— Corbin Reiff (@CorbinReiff) June 15, 2016 [9]

My job for a whole year was to assess damage to Iraqi citizen's property, and person and compensate them monetarily.

— Corbin Reiff (@CorbinReiff) June 15, 2016 [10]

So if a helicopter dropped a flare and burned a kid, or an MRAP ran into a generator or someone's goat while on patrol...

— Corbin Reiff (@CorbinReiff) June 15, 2016 [11]

Or we killed someone in the line of fire, it was my job to make it right.

— Corbin Reiff (@CorbinReiff) June 15, 2016 [12]

Affected citizens would make the drive from as far as Lebanon on a weekly basis to see if their claims had been adjudicated.

— Corbin Reiff (@CorbinReiff) June 15, 2016 [13]

The job was tough, almost impossible, but it was the just thing to do and helped build a bridge of trust between us and the citizenry.

— Corbin Reiff (@CorbinReiff) June 15, 2016 [14]

I basically spent a year of my life in an aluminum trailer, away from my friends and family enduring mortar attacks nearly every night.

— Corbin Reiff (@CorbinReiff) June 15, 2016 [15]

There was always more to do, and the stack of files and faces never dwindled. I got half a day off every two weeks.

— Corbin Reiff (@CorbinReiff) June 15, 2016 [16]

I had to look widows and orphans in the eye as tears ran down their cheeks telling me through an interpreter their heartbreaking stories.

— Corbin Reiff (@CorbinReiff) June 15, 2016 [17]

Every mission out into the city carried with it tremendous risk, but we had a job to do, and forcibly put that out of our minds.

— Corbin Reiff (@CorbinReiff) June 15, 2016 [18]

In the course of my job, I was entrusted with a lot of taxpayer money, all in American cash.

— Corbin Reiff (@CorbinReiff) June 15, 2016 [19]

As a result, we instantly became a high value target for insurgents who wanted to relieve us of said cash at one of our weekly gatherings.

— Corbin Reiff (@CorbinReiff) June 15, 2016 [20]

Yesterday, @realDonaldTrump [21], a man who never served in any capacity said this about me and my brethren that served in Iraq.

— Corbin Reiff (@CorbinReiff) June 15, 2016 [22]

"How about bringing baskets of money — millions and millions of dollars — and handing it out?"

— Corbin Reiff (@CorbinReiff) June 15, 2016 [23]

"I want to know who were the soldiers that had that job, because I think they're living very well right now." https://t.co/DFZU5VEKhN [24]

— Corbin Reiff (@CorbinReiff) June 15, 2016 [25]

I am living well right now - some student loan debt aside - but not because I pocketed the hard-earned taxpayer money that I was entrusted.

— Corbin Reiff (@CorbinReiff) June 15, 2016 [26]

In my time overseas, the procedures that were put in place to prevent that from happening were frustratingly thorough.

— Corbin Reiff (@CorbinReiff) June 15, 2016 [27]

The idea that Trump would call out the integrity of those who answered the call of service and deployed to a war zone is repellant.

— Corbin Reiff (@CorbinReiff) June 15, 2016 [28]

For this reason, and many more, he's proven that he's someone with neither the temperament, nor the character, to be Commander in Chief.

— Corbin Reiff (@CorbinReiff) June 15, 2016 [29]

Don't believe him when he says he's for Veterans. It's lip service entirely.

— Corbin Reiff (@CorbinReiff) June 15, 2016 [30]

A very very young me with my interpreter out in Baghdad around 2010. pic.twitter.com/q21cQwETD0 [31]

— Corbin Reiff (@CorbinReiff) June 15, 2016 [32]