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 ...

Until “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” was repealed four years ago, gays and lesbians could be discharged from military. Now, there’s an effort change their less-than-honorable discharges to “honorable” ones.

A federal judge in Connecticut has ruled that thousands of Navy and Marine Corps veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan who developed post-traumatic stress disorder but were denied Veterans Affairs benefits ...

When service members leave the military, they receive a discharge that describes the conditions of their separation. For many veterans, that discharge tells only part of the story. While some […] The ...

Veterans who were kicked out of the military under policies that prohibited gay and lesbian service members would have an expedited way to get their discharge status upgraded or references to their ...

Five veteran-focused nonprofits asked President Biden this week to issue a blanket pardon for veterans with administrative discharges that disqualify them from VA benefits. (Alex Brandon/AP) Five ...

The Pentagon will review the records of 8,700 service members discharged for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine and offer them a path back to military service, officials announced on Sunday. More than ...

The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by LGBTQ+ veterans who were discharged from the military because of rules like Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell that barred them from ...

This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in ...