BY KATHLEEN GILBERD Recent memoranda from the Department of Defense have provided helpful guidance to the services’ review boards, raising the possibility of better outcomes for veterans with less than honorable discharges. Two of these, the Hagel and Kurta memos, were discussed…Read More »
Swords to Plowshares has published a new self-help guide for veterans on discharge review, “Upgrading Your Discharge and Changing the Reason for Your Discharge.” It’s comprehensive, easy to understand, and covers the recent Hagel and Kurta memos on cases involving PTSD, TBI,…Read More »
The Department of Defense has issued a new guidance on discharge upgrade applications based on mental health conditions, traumatic brain injury, sexual assault, and sexual harassment. In the past few years, the department has issued guidance for consideration of post-traumatic stress disorder…Read More »
This publication replaces “Discharge Upgrading and Discharge Review: Introductory Materials & Forms for Attorneys and Counselors.” Most of the content in the first two parts is still current and was not changed, but the third and fourth parts discuss important new policies.…Read More »
The National Archives and Records Administration Military Personnel Records Center is the official repository for records of military personnel who have been discharged from the U.S. Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Coast Guard. Requests using DD 214 can come from…Read More »