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A dishonorable discharge (DD) is a punitive discharge that can only be handed down at a general court-martial after conviction(s) of serious offenses (e.g., felony-like crimes such as desertion before an enemy, drug distribution, sexual assault, murder, etc.) by a military judge or panel (jury).
Dishonorable discharge (missio ignominiosa) was the punishment for soldiers found guilty of serious crimes. These men were forbidden by law to live in Rome or to enter the imperial service, and they could be marked (branded or tattooed). They also enjoyed none of the rights and privileges granted to honorably discharged soldiers.
Section 8 was a category of military discharge employed by the United States Armed Forces which was used for servicemembers judged mentally unfit for service. This type of discharge was also often given to cross-dressers, gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender personnel in the U.S. military.
Most of the 13,000 service members the Pentagon says were separated from the military under don't ask, don't tell received honorable discharges, but about 2,000 received dishonorable discharges.
A federal judge has vacated Bowe Bergdahl’s dishonorable discharge from the US Army, roughly seven years after the former soldier was convicted of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy ...
This Veterans Day, consider the injustices created by the Pentagon's subjective decisions about servicemembers' honor and shame.