It's been more than a decade since Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel issued a 2014 memo calling for "liberal consideration" of discharge upgrade requests from veterans with symptoms of post-traumatic ...

Since 2001, more than 100,000 troops have left the military with an other-than-honorable discharge. The "bad paper" puts benefits and medical care... Other-Than-Honorable Discharge Burdens Like A ...

As the push to find housing for all of L.A.’s homeless military veterans hurls towards a summer deadline, service providers say they’re running into one type of vet over and over again: someone who’s ...

(WTNH)–After the Vietnam War, thousands of soldiers came back to the states but didn’t receive a warm welcome home. On top of that, many who suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder weren’t given ...

Q. I received a bad-conduct discharge 20 years ago. I have since stayed out of trouble and have become very involved in my community. Would that be enough to get my discharge upgraded? A. Good ...

When Michael Hartnett was getting kicked out of the U.S. Marine Corps, he was too deep into post-traumatic stress disorder, drugs and alcohol to care as his battalion commander explained to the young ...

Whelan received a "bad conduct discharge" from the Marines in 2008. In terms of severity of punishment, this form of discharge is second to — and distinct from — a dishonorable discharge. On Dec. 8, ...

What Is a Dishonorable Discharge? A dishonorable discharge is a type of military separation given as a punishment for a felony-level offense during service, whether in the military or civilian ...

Service members with Other-Than-Honorable discharges receive no veterans benefits and are much more likely to become homeless. But the military has no consistent standards about who gets a dreaded ...

Since 2001, more than 100,000 troops have left the military with an other-than-honorable discharge. The "bad paper" puts benefits and medical care... Other-Than-Honorable Discharge Burdens Like A ...