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[Battlestar Galactica] A Question about the Final Five?

How did Number One manage to insert Col. Saul Tigh into his role in the Colonial Fleet? Surely, the Colonial Military would have records to establish that at the very least he didn't go to the academy/serve in one of the jr. ranks? Am I missing something?
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Saul didn’t start in the military but was initially part of the merchant marine after the first cylon war, which may have allowed One to place the final five across the colonies as the electronic infrastructure of IDs and birth certificates must have been devastated during a war against machines. After enough time in the merchant marine he applied and gotten into the navy with his friend he made there, William Adama, it was then he probably got the schooling needed for a colonial officer

As a last point “skin jobs” weren’t known then, it was machines against humans. That a human who may have missing or possibly only a few intact physical documentation was applying for the merchant marine and then colonial navy was probably looked at as interesting but nothing really suspicious.