Introduction: In response to a strong focus on suicide prevention for all veterans, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) recently revised policy to provide emergency mental healthcare for veterans who received Other Than Honorable (OTH) discharges from the military. This current study takes a ...
Those dis- charged under other-than-honorable conditions or other punitive discharges do not enjoy protections under the act.21Upon an upgraded discharge status to honorable or general- under-honorable conditions, a service member who otherwise meets eligibility criteria of the act may once again ...
Service members who are court-martialed but who do not receive bad conduct or dishonorable discharges as punishment may, nevertheless, be processed for administrative separation under other than honorable conditions. A service member may also be separated with an OTH even if not convicted at a court...
More than 800 veterans who were kicked out of the military for their sexual orientation under a policy that banned gays and lesbians from openly serving, known as "don't ask, don't tell," will receive honorable discharges, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin announced Tuesday. "Under Presid...
A member recommended for discharge (Respondent) must be offered a hearing by an administrative discharge board if the command seeks to characterize the Respondent’s service as Under Other Than Honorable Conditions (also known as “UOTHC” or “OTH”). In addition, there are other criteria that...
Here are some real stories of military members whose discharges were upgraded through the Review Boards Process (Source:DoD Boards of Review Reading Rooms). A soldier was discharged with an under other-than-honorable conditions discharge (UOTHC) for drug abuse. He was found guilty of using illeg...
Types of Military Discharges – Understanding the Difference There are many types of military discharges, including an honorable military discharge, general discharge, under other than honorable conditions, bad conduct discharge, dishonorable discharge, and entry-level separation. This guide explains the di...
Military hunts for answers to mysterious brain injuries among troops
thousands who had already received a blue discharge for homosexuality were still denied benefits. And at the end of 1947, the military reverted back to dismissing homosexuals under ambiguously honorable conditions. Instead of “blue discharges,” itlabeled themsimply “other than honorable discharges....
All of the U.S. military services have now begun disciplinary actions and discharges for troops who have refused to get the mandated coronavirus vaccine, officials said, with as many as 20,000 unvaccinated forces at risk of being removed from service. ...