800 service members kicked out under [Don't Ask Don't Tell] just got discharges upgraded to honorable
800 service members kicked out under [Don't Ask Don't Tell] just got discharges upgraded to honorable
The gay and bi former service members will now have access to more benefits for veterans.
Congratulations to all of you!
I'm loving how there are people responding to this that I've blocked (their comments won't load). I can only imagine what they're complaining about.
Not sure, who you are congratulating and what does love have to do with army related things?
I'll give you a hint about who I'm congratulating then:
800 service members kicked out under [Don't Ask Don't Tell] just got discharges upgraded to honorable
As for what that has to do with love, I'm sorry that you don't understand what they told that they weren't supposed to tell.
Maybe you need to look up what Don't Ask Don't Tell was?
You can read about the context of Don't Ask Don't Tell on Wikipedia.
Or the article itself also explains why the other commentator wrote that ;)
Damn, that's the shortest memory I've ever seen. I'd give you a medal or something, but you might forget what it is and try to eat it.
“Since DADT repeal [in 2010], many veterans who sought to upgrade their less than honorable discharges reported a prolonged and burdensome process, often requiring the use of a lawyer, to seek the respect and benefits they rightfully earned,” the letter stated. “And far too many veterans discharged under DADT had no idea they could seek an upgrade or where to start the process.”
Austin said today that 96% of the service members who were separated under DADT now have an honorable discharge.
“We will continue to strive to do right by every American patriot who has honorably served their country,” he said.
Glad the Biden Admin proactively upgraded their discharge statuses so no more veterans have to fight to change theirs
Glad the Biden Admin proactively upgraded their discharge statuses so no more veterans have to fight to change theirs
Nooo! Shut up! We have to focus on the horrible genocide in Gaza, while steering hard away from the horrible genocide in Ukraine!!!
--all of .ml
They also don't want you to talk about the genocide those now honorably discharged veterans are facing in event of a Trump victory.
Are you saying this outweighs supporting a genocide?
Like oh he might have killed someone but he did pay his parking tickets. There is no comparison here.
Hell he's not even running, why even downplay his crimes.
Drag hopes they also want to do right by the unpatriotic veterans who honorably served their country and in the process got disillusioned and radicalised.
This should've been done sooner.
All justice should be swifter. I'm still glad some people got acknowledged.
Well put
Can you shoot? Can you move? Can you communicate?
Then who the fuck cares who you prefer to be involved with!? Especially when a lot of soldiers/officers seem to like to be with other people's wives/husbands!
This is the same reason why women should be allowed the same combat positions as men. They still aren't and it's stupid.
I would argue that half the army recruits can only do two out of the three of those, and half them only one at a time.
They worked hard! They deserve to be appreciated!
What did they work hard on?
Conceptually I think this is great.
But... How many folk are now eligible to be recalled to active duty?
Probably zero since this all happened decades ago at this point.
If anyone becomes eligible for recall due to this discharge upgrade, it'd be a very small number and even then, there's next to no chance that they'd actually get called up. Can't rule it out entirely because something about a Sith and absolutes (and because I don't care to dig into the statistics) but realistically, it won't happen.
10 U.S.C. § 688 (Retired members: authority to order to active duty; duties)
...a member described in subsection (b) may be ordered to active duty by the Secretary of the military department concerned at any time.
(b) Covered Members.-Except as provided in subsection (d), subsection (a) applies to the following members of the armed forces:
(1) A retired member of the Regular Army, Regular Navy, Regular Air Force, or Regular Marine Corps.
(2) A member of the Retired Reserve who was retired under section 1293, 7311, 7314, 8323, 9311, or 9314 of this title.
(3) A member of the Fleet Reserve or Fleet Marine Corps Reserve.
(4) A retired member of the Space Force.
This section states that retirees of armed forces branches and reservists may be recalled to active duty. The thing about subsection (d) refers to a program where officers could choose to retire early so doesn't really come into play for what we're talking about. It's worth noting that a service member who completes their contract is not necessarily a retiree which is why the recall authority doesn't apply more broadly.
That's not how it works. To be recalled you have to still be in the irr. To be in the irr you have to re-enlist. You can't re-enlist if you're discharged for dadt. If they still qualify for irr they could of course sign a new contract but that'd be entirely their decision.
Oh shit, that's interesting. I just rolled irr when I got out. I didn't have to do anything.