when you are in the navy and before your 4 years term you had a general discharge, what this mean?

Question

beem on service 20 monyhs

Answer 1

General discharge is a step below honorable. It generally means that you served your time without getting into serious trouble, but you did not do so great in military service.

One of the biggest reasons people get general discharge is for always being in trouble, but only for minor things. However they add up and come into play when a unit commander decides the discharge.

Despite being "under honorable conditions", general discharges are not very good to recieve. They can effect benefits and your status to do government work (many governments, state/local/county require an honorable discharge if you served in the military).

Without nothing the specifics, I can't tell you much more. Other then, you can an appeal a discharge if you wish. However the chances are winning those are quite slim and you would do best by getting an attorney experienced in those matters.

Answer 2

You need to be in for at least 3 years to be eligible for benefits, but I was never hurt by having a general under honorable discharge from the navy. The only thing I was unable to get was my GI bill money. It is only one step below an honorable discharge, so is not really a negative on your work record.

Answer 3

you exited from service for some reason that was not judged dishonorable.

example: illness unrelated to the service made you unfit to continue serving. [example: you were in an auto accident on the Autobahn in Germany while off duty and because unable to serve].


does this make sense?

Answer 4

From the Navy's point of view it means that you were discharged "for the convenience of the Navy"

Answer 5

The militay decided you would be more valuable to them if you weren't there.
On other words, you were fired.