What are some reasons why people get honorably discharged from the army?

Question

besides medical reasons...

before...their time is up...

Answer 1

1. Finished their term of service.
2. Pregnant female requesting release.
3. Admitted homosexual.
4. Convenience of the Government for a variety of reasons.
The source below is a link to the Army Guide for Administrative Separations. It lists the various reasons, including medical. The other services use similar guidelines since they all fall under the same Federal laws.
BTW, it take a while to download because it is one big file!

Answer 2

You do realize you said honorably discharged? I am assuming you meant to, as you mentioned medical reasons. When you retire or fulfill your Enlistment Contract or your Commission you get an Honorable Discharge. You can get an Honorable discharge but still be unable to reenlist...so the discharge is the important thing, but you also want to bear in mind the reenlistment code on the DD-214. The code will vary on why you got out, and whether you can come back. If you got out honorably, but due to weight issues, medical reasons or you were gay, than you would get a different re-enlistment code than someone without those reasons but got out at the end of their contract.

Answer 3

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What are some reasons why people get honorably discharged from the army?
besides medical reasons...

Answer 4

Girlie, an honorable discharge is the norm. It's the other reasons you should be asking about. Medical discharges are just that, a medical discharge usually under honorable conditions.

People who don't adjust to military life, fail to obey orders, oversleep, fail to do assigned duties, go AWOL, take drugs, fail to do their duty when faced by the enemy, and a myriad of other reasons can get you discharged for less than honorable reasons.

Answer 5

Well being that I served in the Army,medical is one of he biggest reason the other is the convenience of the military in other words they may feel u-r- not fit for the military and they would give u-n honorable discharge as well nothing more nothing less than n honorable.

Answer 6

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There are actually a lot of options. It could be a temporary thing,like an inner ear problem that can persist for long enough to make military service impossible,but completely heal after a few months. Or there could be something that happens to leave him disillusioned,say,failing selection for special forces under dubious circumstances - like someone else's fault. Someone in his background might do something that affects his concentration - family member gets into drugs,causing him to commit a minor infraction that blights his prospects,making him buy his way out. Short of outright criminality or something serious,it's actually quite difficult not to be honourably discharged. Once gone,a soldier is an ex-employee,which means any future dealings are going to be potential employers seeking references. Like most former employers,the Army is reluctant to give bad references if they can avoid it or they'd spend a lot of time and money in court.

Answer 7

Why is it unfortunate that Homosexuals get an honorable discharge? Gay and Lesbian citizens make just as good a soldier, sailor, marine or airman as any other. I'm one of those homosexuals and I retired from the Army. It is indeed unfortunate that citizens are discharged for being Gay or Lesbian. That shouldn't be grounds for discharge. Had the Continental Army discharged Baron Wilhelm Frederiech von Steuben, the British would have won the American Revolution, he was Gay.
Back to the Question; people get Honorable Discharges if they served out their enlistment or commissioning term with no serious disciplinary actions against them and fulfill all the obligations they signed on for. I received an Honorable discharge when I was retired from service. Being an old Cavalry soldier, I was put out to pasture.

Answer 8

my discharge was honorable even when you have an alocohol or drug problem. Mine was a Chapter 9-Drug/alcohol rehab failure. I was put into a treatment plan and didn't make it. I relapsed one or two more times and couldn't stop using. They did give me an RE-3 status though. That means an RE-1 can reenlist again much easier than an RE-3, such as myself. Higher the number, the harder it is to get back in if you chose.

Answer 9

After saving the lives of his entire brigade whilst single handedly killing up to 80 Taliban and defending his post with nothing but his SA80 and bayonet, he wins the Victoria Cross, but shortly after he arrives home, the hero's wife becomes ill with cancer and dies..... and she leaves him to bring up 2 young kids on his own. Though he tries in vain to get relatives to care for the kids when he is sent on his next deployment, things go wrong and the relatives let him down. So, there is a great conflict of interest between his regiment and him over his kids, and he is told by his C O that he must leave. Awwwe it's so sad.... :(===

Answer 10

The vast majority of honorable discharges are because they honorably completed their military obligations.