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The term "Section 8" eventually came to mean any service member given such a discharge, or behaving as if deserving such a discharge, as in the expression, "he's a Section 8". Section 8 discharges were often given to members of the LGBT community, as they were deemed mentally unfit to serve in the military. A Section 8 discharge often made it ...
The article currently describes Section 8 as being an "undesirable" discharge, but this is not one of the four types listed in the military discharge article. What is the exact type of discharge that Section 8 produces? --137.22.3.33 14:15, 30 May 2005 (UTC) It is a dishonorable discharge. --Victor 03:23, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
With a dishonorable discharge, all or almost all benefits are forfeited, regardless of any past honorable service, and this type of discharge is regarded as shameful in the military. As with many bad conduct discharges, dishonorable discharges are normally preceded by military prison sentences and are formally issued after completion of both ...
A blue discharge, also called blue ticket, was a form of administrative military discharge formerly issued by the United States beginning in 1916. It was neither honorable nor dishonorable. The blue ticket became the discharge of choice for commanders seeking to remove homosexual service members from the ranks.
Section 8 (military), a United States military form of discharge; Section 8 (housing), a U.S. government-funded housing program; Section 8 notice, used in England and Wales and is part of the Housing Act 1988; Section 8 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms; Section 8 of the Indian Penal Code, describing the usage of gender pronouns in ...
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Although conscientious objection was not initially part of the draft law, individuals could provide a substitute or pay a commutation fee of $300 ($4,674.34 in 2017 [8]) to hire one. [7]: 3 A July 4, 1864, amendment to the draft law ended commutation except for those draftees who were "conscientiously opposed to the bearing of arms."