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 ...

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Five veteran-focused nonprofits urged President Joe Biden this week to pardon thousands of veterans with other-than-honorable ...

A new federal lawsuit says the Pentagon should change the discharge paperwork of the tens of thousands of service members who were forced out of the military because of their sexuality. Until 2011, ...

The stigma of an unfavorable discharge from the service can have life-long consequences. Even for wounded veterans, “bad paper” may preclude Veterans Affairs benefits including health care, ...

Three out of every five service members in the armed forces discharged for misconduct had mental health issues like post traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury or other “adjustment” issues ...

TUCSON - Looking at the first half of his service record, Jeff Osterhoudt could be Captain America. He was an Army Ranger with combat tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. He was selected for special ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) – No medical or mental health care. No subsidized college or work training. For many who leave the U.S. military with less-than-honorable discharges, including thousands who suffered ...

In mid-December, on the same day that he granted clemency to 1,500 Americans, President Joe Biden issued pardons to 15 of the nation’s military veterans. These pardon recipients were mainly former ...

Mona McGuire was 19 when she started as a military police officer. Less than a year later, the Army ended her career "under other than honorable conditions" and "for the good of the service in lieu of ...