If someone gets a 'dishonourable discharge' from the army what would this mean they have done?
I recently got told that this guy who i thought left the army cause of injury, was discharged cause he left on his own without telling anyone, he went "awol" or "awall", i don't remember which word was correct, but i still don't understand it. Can someone please explain it. thanks.
2007-04-25 12:45:56 · 7 answers · asked by Laura 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
When a person enlists they pledge a certain amount of service time. At the conclusion of this service time they can either be honorably discharged or reenlist for another tour of duty. If a persone fails to reach the end of there service time the military can grant themeither a honorable, other than honorable or dishonorable discharge. These really affect the soldiers access to veteran services, spcecial consideration when applying or government jobs and to some point their social standing. Now what your friend seems to have done was go AWOL Abesent WIthout Official Leave prior to his discharge date. This is also known as desertion and a person can be placed in prison for this offence. But rather than proceed with a court martial the military decided to simply provide your friend with a dishonorable discharge.
2007-04-25 13:04:23 · answer #1 · answered by levindis 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Basically means that he is a person that you can not trust. He left instead of staying and fighting for his conviction, he is a loser, a runner. He lied to you and he lied to his buddies. He went AWOL (Absent with out leave), meaning that, he took off without telling anyone. He got a dishonorable discharge and rightly so, he does not deserve the honor of being call a soldier and those reprecautions will follow him to the end of his days. Every job application that he fills out, he will have to write the type of discharge that he got.
2007-04-25 19:53:05 · answer #2 · answered by R C 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
The term is "awol" which is the acronym for "Absent WithOut Leave."
A dishonorable discharge is actually pretty rare these days. It basically means he's a world class piece of crap. He probably needs to move to California and run for office, he's unfit for anything else.
2007-04-25 19:51:07 · answer #3 · answered by open4one 7 · 7⤊ 0⤋
i am an x-marine. you got to understand that, he left because of injury that is medical discharge not dishonorable discharge. AWOL or aw all is absent while on leave in other word which ever word you used it was right
2007-04-25 19:54:04 · answer #4 · answered by levineeddie 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Away Without Official Leave AWOL. Simply means he wasn't where he was supposed to be. In time of war, it can be desertion
2007-04-25 19:52:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
AWOL means absent with out leave. He has must been Court Marshalled for desertion. It means he is forever a tainted person as far as his character.
2007-04-25 19:53:14 · answer #6 · answered by furrryyy 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
It means he was an incompetent as*hole and they threw him out.
2007-04-25 20:08:11 · answer #7 · answered by dumbuster 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋