Quitting the Army job and reapplying does not give you the extra dialogue option, where the interviewer questions why you applied and quit just to reapply. This is a needed dialogue option for the affronted merit. It seems you have to use job points to get promoted before the interviewer gives you this option?
Are there any other jobs in the Affronted Merit where this is a hidden requirement? The Casino? Grocer?
It would be super frustrating to wait 5 days for the job points to get promoted, use your promotion to complete pissing off the army recruiter, just to find out you need to start all over because you need 5 merits to get promoted and piss off the Casino interviewer.