Robert David Gulledge, 60, was sentenced in a Florida federal district court to three months in prison for gaining work and benefits by falsifying a military discharge form. (File)

A Florida veteran who used a falsified military discharge form to secure government jobs and unearned benefits has been sentenced to federal prison.

Robert Gulledge, 60, of Jacksonville, was sentenced May 8 to three months in prison and fined $2,500 for making false statements to a federal agency. He pleaded guilty in December.

Gulledge served more than six years in the Marine Corps as a field radio operator and water survival instructor before being honorably discharged in 1989, according to a grand jury indictment.

After leaving the service, he created a fake discharge document that falsely identified him as a reconnaissance troop, and both a parachute and scuba instructor, court records show.

The form also claimed he had earned multiple military honors, including a Bronze Star with V device, a high decoration for valor.

Gulledge first used the fraudulent document in 2009 to land a job as an intelligence analyst on a government contract, according to a statement from the U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Florida.

He later submitted it for other contracting roles and repeatedly claimed benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs to which he was not entitled.

Prosecutors said Gulledge used the fake form at least 10 times between 2009 and 2024.

He is scheduled to report to prison on July 8.