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2. Pentagon agrees to settle with LGBTQ+ vets over 'don't ask ...

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   "Currently, for those discharged with characterizations other than Honorable, it can be arduous, if not impossible, to access critical benefits, including health care through the Department of ...

3. Military discharge - Wikipedia

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   According to the Department of Defense, of 207,000 service members that were discharged in 2014, more than 18,000 (9%) were issued less-than-honorable paperwork, with 4143 veterans (2.0%) receiving other-than-honorable discharges, 637 (0.31%) receiving bad conduct discharges, and 157 (0.08%) receiving dishonorable discharges. Between 2000 and ...

4. Sexual orientation in the United States military - Wikipedia

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   [18] A general discharge was considered to be under honorable conditions though distinct from an "honorable discharge." An undesirable discharge was under conditions other than honorable, yet distinct from a "dishonorable discharge". [19] The Army also changed its regulations to ensure that homosexuals would not qualify for general discharges. [20]

5. Hundreds given honorable discharges after Pentagon 'don't ask ...

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   Over 800 records of service members who were separated from the U.S. military for their sexual orientation under the now-repealed "don't ask, don't tell" policy have been given honorable ...

6. Blue discharge - Wikipedia

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   The G.I. Bill also provided for discharge review boards to review an appeal of any discharge other than dishonorable. From 1945 until early 1947, these boards routinely upgraded to honorable the blue discharges of homosexual service members who had not committed any known sex acts during their military service. [17]

7. Pentagon to consider honorable discharges for gay veterans ...

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   The U.S. Department of Defense will consider granting honorable discharges to more than 30,000 gay and bisexual veterans who were barred from serving in the military because of their sexual ...