how many types of discharge are their?

Question

less then honorable ,honorable ,,medical,,dishonorable

Answer 1

Honorable: This is the best discharge, obviously. Says you did your time in the service, didn't screw up (too much - I got an Honorable even with two drips to CO's NJP and one judgment against me), and were generally an asset. Nothing against you when it comes to employment later, and with an Honorable you're eligible to reenter military service if you want to.

General: This is pretty much indifferent. This is the "good" discharge you get for getting out early for whatever reason, unless it's a medical reason. Although General discharges aren't that common, I was offered one at my NJP - which I declined and did my 30 days in the Penscola brig and ended up getting Honorable a year later. Nothing against you when it comes to employment later.

Medical: This just says you were unfit for duty for a physical reason, and wanted out. Nothing against you when it comes to employment.

Dishonorable: The lesser of two evils when it comes to bad discharges. This means you screwed up. Big. But not too big. Dishonorables are given for drug-related offenses most often. This won't affect you in private sector employment, but I believe a Dishonorable will prevent you from getting government employment later on.

Bad Conduct: Also known as the infamous Big Chicken Dinner (BCD - Bad Conduct Discharge). This is the worst. This is the discharge people who really screw up get - like the people who spend months and months and months in the brig awaiting a General Court Martial. This discharge can affect your employment in the private sector, and certainly does prevent you from getting a government job.

Oh...and I may have mixed up Dishonorable and BCD...but I'm pretty sure the BCD is worse than Dishonorable.

EDIT: Oh yeah...I forgot the OTH (Other Than Honorable). Sorry...got out over four years ago (and still got my DD214 framed above my computer).

Answer 2

There are five types of Discharges, in two categories. This is used in Block 24 of DD-214 under "Character of Service".

Under Administrative Discharges are:
Honorable - Self explanatory
General
Less Than Honorable

Under Punitive are:
Bad Conduct and Dishonorable.
These can only be given as the confirmed sentence or a Courts Martial. Usually after a prison sentence has been completed for a very serious offense.

There is no such thing as a Medical Discharge. This would be mentioned in Block 20 of DD-214 as "Reason for Separation"

Answer 3

I have to write a correction from Solaran as his statement is ok in most respects but incorrect in One.

The worse possible separation discharge would be the Dishonorable.

This discharge is issue by whats called a "General court"; this is the highest court of jurisdiction in all the military; the BCD he spoke of is issued at a lower court known as the "Special court"; this court has a lesser power, so to speak as it cannot issue a dishonorable discharge and the most athority it has is to issue the BCD and Six months confinement; any other crime holding a sentance higher than that and the case is sent up to the General court.

General courts Martial are reserved for Homicide, rape ect; the Special court can hear such cases as serious grand theft, battery of any kind, AWOL ect and the Summary court will hear such cases as missing a company movement, short AWOL periods of less than six months and such.

There is also the "summary court" and this is the lowest court within the military and it can issue the general discharge and so forth; so, in closing we have three courts, Summary, Special and General.

Below the court Martial system is whats known as "Office hours" in the Marine Corps and in the Navy it's known as "Captains mass"; in short, you go before your company commander and are tried by him/her; you have all the rights as a courts Martial as you may examine evidence against you, cross-examine witnesses ect. This is known as NJP or "non Judicial punishment (in the event you found guilty).

Answer 4

- Honorable
- General under honorable conditions
- General under other than honerable conditions
- Dishonorable

and there is one more but I cant remember

Edit - lavadog got it (Bad Conduct)

Answer 5

HONORABLE.........GENERAL(UNDER HONORABLE CONDITIONS)..........OTHER THAN HONORABLE.........BAD CONDUCT........DISHONORABLE

Answer 6

Don't forget vaginal discharge!