Military Defense Blog

If you are facing a court martial, review board or security clearing determination, you know that you are in some potential trouble and you need an attorney to help you. But the problem for many people in this situation is choosing their legal counsel. How do you know...

There are many actions that could result in a discharge from the military. Some of these actions are criminal in the civilian criminal codes, some fall under the Uniform Military Code of Justice (UCMJ) and some are simply behavior that jeopardizes a military member’s...

Anyone who works in any level of government intelligence, and many other military personnel, require security clearance to do that jobs. If you have a job that requires security clearance, the revocation of that clearance could be catastrophic to your career and your...

Your military record will follow you for the rest of your life. The rest of your military career and even your civilian career if you want to work in the private sector will both suffer if you have negative reports on your military record. A tarnished military record...

As citizens of the liberal democracy that is the United States, we enjoy tremendous personal freedoms not shared by every nation. We have the liberty to generally do the things we want in privacy, as long as these actions don’t unduly harm others. However, this...

For almost anyone who has been discharged from military service, the character of your discharge matters. A negative discharge status like dishonorable discharge or bad-conduct discharge will remain on your record and follow you for the rest of your life. An...

As a member of the United States military, you know the importance of your security clearance and ranking. Maintaining these are critical to your career, your future and your reputation. In a previous post, we discussed the potential for excessive debt to keep you...

Receiving a court-martial is never a positive event in a military career. You know that you are facing potentially serious trouble, but if you have never been through the process, you probably don’t know what to expect. There are three types of courts-martial, which...

If you have been court-martialed, you know that you are facing potentially serious consequences. However, not every court-martial is the same. Depending on the type of court-martial, the rules and procedures will be different. It is critical to know what type of...

The general court-martial is the military’s highest level trial court, involving the most serious of offenses and penalties. If you have been cart-martialed with a general court-martial, you could be facing dishonorable discharge or even death, depending on the...