What’s the point of posting a link to another post? Do you really think that many people care so much about folks who got a less than honorable discharge not receiving benefits that you feel you have to bump it?
What is your point? Let’s lower the bar?
So the lesson is, do good time. The thing is, it’s not that hard. You don’t have to be an exemplary soldier/sailor. I’ve seen some real screwheads get an honorable discharge. They screwed something up badly and the military said, “It wasn’t malicious, so take your honorable and we don’t want to see you again.” From what I’ve seen, you have to really do something maliciously to get an OTH. Even going to NJP/Captain’s Mast isn’t bad enough to get you an OTH if you do it as an E-1/2/3 and keep your nose clean for the rest of your enlistment.
Bottom line: don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time.
Denial of benefits due to a less than honorable or worse discharge IS Y’ALL’S OWN DARN FAULT!!!
‘Oh, I got into some bad habits ....”
Yeah, ya dum bunnie, YOU did!
these are people examples of what we in the military used to state as:
‘screwing the pooch’.
Today, it would be, ‘Oh man, i really f.u. bad!’
But, it is the individual’s own actions and responsibilities that earn the discharge, and conditions thereof.