Veterans injured in secret military experiments that tested hallucinogens and nerve gas on young troops more than 50 years ...

Other than honorable discharges are usually issued when a veteran is separated from the military for misconduct. Advocates for veterans describe it as a "U.S. scarlet letter" because the discharge ...

Officials from the three services said they have no plans to modify or pause use of the Sig Sauer pistol after the death of ...

Military grants honorable discharges to some ousted by ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’© Tom Brenner/For the Washington Post ...

As a result, military boards have denied requests from those service members to upgrade their records. “Some of these records don’t show a discharge due to sexual orientation,” Perkowski said.

The discharge serves as a scarlet letter of dishonor, and the effects can be severe: Ex-military members with mental health problems or post-traumatic stress disorder can’t turn to Veterans ...

“The discharge process represents a complete severance of all military status, which can be extremely challenging in and of itself, but if that process is also unpleasant it can lead to serious ...

The discharge review boards exist for all branches of the military and have the power to correct inequities or improprieties in military service records. This can mean upgrading a discharge from ...