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
Military on CBD
The Department of Defense has once again ramped up efforts to crack down on CBD products for members of the military. “The warning, along with the policies issued recently by the Air Force, Coast Guard and Department of the Navy, comes as CBD is becoming increasingly ubiquitous across the country in many forms, from coffee… Read More
Discharge Upgrade for Vets with PTSD
Since the Department of Defense announced several years ago that it would give different consideration to upgrading the discharges of veterans with PTSD, many people inaccurately assume that it is now extremely easy for any vet who claims to have PTSD to get a discharge upgrade. This assumption has become one more myth about the… Read More
Recent Military Law News
- This Week in Military Justice – December 8, 2019
- Criminal cases collapse in alleged Marine Corps human smuggling and drug rings after arrests ruled unlawful
- Two CAAF grants: A Hills error, and a mistake of fact issue that evenly split the Air Force CCA (en banc)
- CAAF Argument Audio: Easterly and Finch
- This Week in Military Justice – December 1, 2019
- NMCCA Argument Audio: Begani (reconsideration)
- Argument Preview: Considering whether a prior statement was admissible under either part of Mil. R. Evid. 801(d)(1)(B), in United States v. Finch, No. 19-0298/AR
- Dick Spencer rewrites history
- Argument Preview: Reviewing an omitted instruction for plain error – or maybe not – in United States v. Easterly, No. 19-0398/AF
- SOC Gallagher’s brother warns about moral hazards