military discharge
Leaving the forces
Military discharge is the formal release of a service member from armed forces duty.
The type of discharge—honorable, general, other than honorable, bad conduct, or dishonorable—reflects the circumstances of separation and affects veterans' benefits and future employment.
He received an honorable discharge after twenty years of service.
- veterans benefitsSupport for former military
- GI BillVeteran education benefit
- disability compensationPayments for functional limitations
- employment rightsWorkers' legal entitlements
- pension eligibilityRight to retirement payments
legal restrictions · court-martial · separation · civilian life · chain of command · service record
- official recordsbirth certificate, government documents, birth certificates, death certificate, death certificates
- hardshiphardship, adversity, difficulty, trouble, struggle
- official documentsbirth certificate, marriage certificate, death certificate, passport, driver's license
- Veteransveteran, vets, war veteran, war veterans, VA
- public recordspublic records, birth certificate, death certificate, birth certificates, death certificates
- War Veteransveterans, disabled veterans, wounded soldiers, wounded warriors, war wounded
military dischargemilitary enlistment
Joining armed forces voluntarily
enlistment · induction · conscription · commissioning · active duty
military dischargedesertion
Unlawful abandonment of duty
absence without leave · defection · unauthorized absence · fleeing
military, discharge, militia, militant, militarism, militaristic, militarize, militarized, militarization