I work at a flight school where we are about 80% retired military. All of them had to fill out an 8710 online and then setup an appointment with the FSDO. From there they took all their military forms with them, the FSDO reviewed them, and then printed them out a temp certificate.
I can also through this in that if the guy was T-38, F-15, or any multi in the military that was centerline thrust as deemed by the FAA, not the military, they will have that restriction.