Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s been more than a decade since Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel issued a 2014 memo calling for “liberal consideration” of ...

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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, ...

More than 100,000 troops left the service with other-than-honorable discharges in the last 10 years. The consequences of a bad discharge can last... Help Is Hard To Get For Veterans After A Bad ...

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 ...