Updated DD Form 293 (DEC 2019 Edition) for Discharge Review Boards
In December, the Department of Defense updated the DD Form 293, which is necessary to begin a case at any of the discharge review boards. The newest version bears the date Dec 2019 in the lower-left corner of the form and must be used for all future applications. The new form can be found here… Read More
Automatic Discharge Upgrades
Every now and then, discharge upgrade lawyers like to remind everyone of something very, very important about military discharges. It may sound simple, but it is so popular that it deserves its own post. Less-than-honorable discharges do not upgrade automatically. Ever.
Preparing to Upgrade a Military Discharge
Here are a few hints that will help you to be fully prepared to try and get your military discharge upgraded. First, the process begins before you leave the military. In fact, it begins the moment you are told that you might be separated for less-than-honorable reasons. Second, you should pay attention to everything and… Read More
Upgrading Other Than Honorable to General Discharge
If you’ve been discharged less than honorably from the military, you might have an Other Than Honorable discharge that is preventing you from qualifying for military benefits you worked hard to obtain. It is not uncommon for people with this type of OTH discharge to feel they have been short-changed and even cheated by the… Read More
Sexual Assault Discharge Upgrades
Sexual assault in the military is a topic that has been getting more attention in recent years. Previously, people who were sexually assaulted in the military did not report their incidences out of shame or for fear of backlash. Other times, people reported the sexual assault but did not receive help. The trauma from sexual… Read More
How a Discharge Upgrade Helps Veterans Get Jobs
Employment discrimination against veterans who were discharged for relatively minor reasons continues to be a problem for veterans seeking jobs in the United States and overseas. A less than honorable discharge, unless upgraded, follows a veteran around for the extent of their civilian careers. People often contact our discharge upgrade lawyers to try to upgrade… Read More
Recent Military Law News
- This Week in Military Justice – February 16, 2020
- Scholarship Saturday: Calling for a more liberal approach to nullification in the military justice system
- The NMCCA finds no ineffective assistance in a defense counsel’s advice about sex offender registration
- Opinion Analysis: With a per curiam opinion, a majority of CAAF remands United States v. Muller for a new review by the Air Force CCA
- Opinion Analysis: The failure to object to a military judge’s instructions is waiver (even with well-settled precedent and a Rule for Courts-Martial to the contrary), in United States v. Davis
- The Army CCA affirms a conviction despite the military judge’s “personal and emotionally intimate relationship” with the wife of a junior judge advocate
- CAAF Argument Audio: Clark and Carter
- JSC publishes proposed changes to the MCM for 2020
- This Week in Military Justice – February 9, 2020
- Argument Preview: Reviewing potential ineffective assistance of counsel, a denied request for a mistrial, and admission of cell-site evidence, in United States v. Carter