The military discharge papers of the victim of a fatal stabbing can be used as evidence by the defense in an upcoming murder trial. The attorney for defendant Jason Lee Schmidt believes information ...

Five veteran-focused nonprofits urged President Joe Biden this week to pardon thousands of veterans with other-than-honorable military discharges before he leaves the White House in January. In a ...

For military servicemen during World War II, the sight of a blue discharge paper was a sentence for struggle. The color, indicating a dishonorable discharge from the military during a time long before ...

HARRISBURG — Montgomery County Recorder of Deeds Jeanne Sorg was thrilled to take part in the signing of Pennsylvania House Bill 269, which amends the state statute of 1868 authorizing Recorders of ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — No medical or mental health care. No subsidized college or work training. For many who leave the U.S. military with less-than-honorable discharges, including thousands who suffered ...

The Pentagon is launching an effort to right the wrongs of the past by reviewing the cases of thousands LGBTQ+ veterans who were dishonorably discharged from the U.S. military over the sexuality. Tim ...

Supporters of LGBTQ rights hold placards in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in 2019. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP) (CN) — A lawsuit filed by LGBTQ+ veterans who were discharged under rules that barred gay ...

The characterizations of the discharge from military service are primarily honorable; general under honorable conditions; general under other than honorable conditions; and dishonorable. Most VA ...

Don't Ask, Don't Tell, a policy which barred openly gay people from serving in the military, was repealed in 2011. But the government engaged in ongoing disparate treatment of LGBTQ+ veterans because ...

Service members must continue proving their military status after completing their final military career. Veterans must demonstrate their military service after retiring from service because they need ...

WASHINGTON — The Defense Department has reached a class-action settlement with more than 35,000 LGBTQ+ veterans who claimed they were wrongfully discharged from military duty and denied benefits ...