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...
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Month: March 2021
Answers to your questions about suitability determinations
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...
What you need to know about courts-martial, part 2 of 3: Special courts-martial
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...
What you need to know about courts-martial, part 1 of 3: Summary courts-martial
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...
What you need to know about courts-martial, part 3 of 3: General courts-martial
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...
The basics of administrative separation boards and boards of inquiry
Notice to appear before a separation board or a board of inquiry is an unhappy event for anyone in the military. A hearing generally results from an accusation of non-performance of contractual duties or misconduct of some kind. A board of inquiry (BOI) or separation...