The Increased Concerns Of Innacurate Military Discharge

By Laura Scott


Every military in the world uses military discharges as the unique way to maintain good behavior among the army units. Additionally, these discharges can be given to the officers who perform well in their duty as a way of appreciation. This is no longer the case, though. More soldiers keep on complaining that their discharges were not rightful. The number of innacurate military discharge is on the rise. It should be noted that there are discharges which make one benefit from the retirement benefits.

It is important to note that most of the veterans who believed that they were discharged inappropriately say that the reasons for their discharge did not relate to them at all. There are other sad cases where a soldier would be dismissed for doing the appropriate thing.

Most discharged officers seem to believe that the increased rates of discharging are a scheme by the service. It is said that these releases are used to get rid of officers who seem to be stubborn or troublesome within the service. It is also an advisable way to reduce the cost of paying medical and any other retiring benefit.

The commonest reasons for such incorrect discharges are personality or adjustment disorders. These two conditions have been used since it is only the armys psychiatrist who can make the conclusion that ones mental capacity is not fit for any service delivery in the task force. Most of the soldiers who believed that they were dismissed inappropriately had either of these two conditions used as a reason for their relieve of duty.

Sexual assault is a major misconduct within the army. The regulations of military call for victims to be strong and reported an incidence of assault that happens to them. However, this is not the case most victims opt to stay silent since coming out to report will in most cases make you viewed as troublesome and eventually make you be discharged by being termed to suffer from personality disorders.

The process of getting one discharge is also another area that the victims feel is not well taken care of. There are well-elaborated procedures that the discharge process must follow including a trial by the martial. However, these steps seem to be intentionally skipped as a way of speeding up the process making one have a time of knowing what is going on around but just forced to sign the documents.

Though the rates of these discharges have appeared to decline since 2010 after the intervention of the Senate. Earlier veterans still maintain it that this practice did not start anytime soon. In fact, in the past, the superiors used it as a way of doing away with officers who appeared to be a threat to their authority.

The innervation of the Senate into this matter led to a review of DoD policies related to discharging of officers. With these new guidelines, one is assured for a successful appeal of their discharge. If one appeals within the first six months after the dismissal, they can be able to have their discharge upgraded. It is however not an assurance of these new policies will apply to those already discharged




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