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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...

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...

As a military service member, you know that you have a set of standards to uphold. When you joined the military, the regimented and structured lifestyle may have been something that appealed to you in the first place. As your career in the armed forces has progressed,...

When you joined the military, you may have intended to make it your nearly life-long career. You wanted to serve your country, learn new skills, find personal growth and gain many other benefits that come along with military service. What you did not anticipate,...

Joining the military may have been a dream of yours from a young age. You may even have had family members who served and caused you to have a strong respect and admiration for military service members. Whatever the reason, you chose to make the military a significant...

Integrity is a virtue the military values highly. After all, members of the armed services defend the country's ideals. Therefore, each branch of the military sets standards for morality that are higher than those of the general public. This is because of the serious...