I have been talking to General James Barry for almost a year now and he is very convincing but I still feel he is not who he says he is.
You have never been talking to General James Barry. You have been talking to an African romance scammer who is posing as General James Barry. This is 100% certain.
He is asking me to help him by sending money to pay for retirement papers so he can come home.
1) Generals do not need other people to pay for things for them. They make plenty of money themselves.
2) If a soldier (regardless of rank) is eligible to retire, he simply does so. There is no cost to retire. If he is not eligible to retire, he cannot. He has to continue to serve until he is eligible. In either scenario, there is no money to be paid by him, you, or anyone else for retirement papers. This scenario only exists in the fictional world of African scammers.
Are all the profiles the same scammer? Possibly. But it is equally possible that different scammers are behind the 3 profiles, as there are thousands of Young African men running these scams, and it is not uncommon for them to sell/copy/steal each to/from other scammers.