"You should lose your rights to vote & bear arms if you're terminated for cause."
"You should lose your rights to vote & bear arms if you're terminated for cause."
Its a new account so maybe a troll? But they have left a bunch of non troll comments so
Honestly kinda leaning towards this being an actual techbro bootlicker,
Lol there's nothing about a dishonorable discharge that's similar to having a felony tied to your name. You can still vote and get a job pretty easily with a dishonorable discharge.
So I agree with your techbro assessment. People like that always pretend they know something about the military, but they never do.
Thank you for that context, I didn't know how factual the dishonorable discharge stuff was.
They are correct in the sense that a dishonorable discharge is related to a conviction for felony-level offenses after a court martial. Any voting restriction would depend on the state and would be related to the criminal charges that led to the discharge rather than the discharge itself. The wrong discharge destroying your life forever is a big boogeyman for lower enlisted, I wouldn’t be surprised if they were a vet of some sort.
They neglect the trial, or that even a dishonorable discharge can be appealed or potentially upgraded, or that the military “fired for cause” is not dishonorable discharge. Dishonorable discharge is extremely rare.
Court Marshall is not the only way to get a dishonorable discharge. If you get court marshalled and found guilty of a felony, then you're troubles would come from the felony charge. Not the dishonorable discharge.
I was enlisted, and court marshall is not used as a bogeyman. Court marshall is just the military's version of a trial with a grand jury. You only go to it for serious military offenses or if you break a civilian law and they defer you to the military's justice system. It's not used as a threat anymore than the American court system is.