What is a general discharge? Is it bad?
2007-12-16 15:39:18 · 6 answers · asked by tracy211968 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
I know someone that got a general discharge because they hurt their knee. I figured it would be a medical discharge, but it wasn't.
2007-12-16 15:51:26 · update #1
Nope!
It means you just missed an Honorable by 1/0 tenth
4.00 and up is an Honorable Discharge
3.9 is an General discharge. You still have all the
Honorable benefits.
2007-12-17 08:48:46 · answer #1 · answered by jj 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He received a general discharge under honorable conditions because he had a condition which existed prior to entry and should have disqualified him in the first place. The only thing he lost out on was the right to wear an honorable discharge pin ("the ruptured duck") in the lapel of his suit coat. And, if he didn't complete over a year in service, he lost his Montgomery GI Bill for college. Otherwise, it's a good discharge.
2007-12-16 16:39:06 · answer #2 · answered by desertviking_00 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, a general discharge is not bad. A bad conduct discharge is bad. Of course a honorable discharge is by far the best.
2007-12-16 15:45:46 · answer #3 · answered by Glenn T 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
General discharge is pretty neutral. You'll see many of them for people who are discharged very early into their enlistments, for non-disciplinary reasons.
2007-12-16 15:48:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
is it general under honorable(gh) or general under other than honorable (oth) there is a big difference there. gh is not bad and an oth is kind of bad. you can change it to a gh after 6 months after discharge.
2007-12-16 15:55:57 · answer #5 · answered by yepyep 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not bad, but not good. It raises and eyebrow and makes people think you did something wrong. Otherwise it would've been honorable.
2007-12-16 16:08:26 · answer #6 · answered by cubanitodela36 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋