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Pentagon grants honorable discharges to more than 800 veterans kicked out under 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Over 13,000 service members were kicked out under the policy between 1994-2011.
Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh says, the Pentagon granted honorable discharges to more than 800 veterans who were separated from the U.S. military because of their sexual ...
Pentagon agrees to settle with LGBTQ+ vets over 'don't ask, don't tell' discharges The settlement would allow an estimated 30,000 veterans access to benefits.
Military grants honorable discharges to some ousted by ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ The change will give those former military members access to benefits that had been denied because of their ...
The U.S. Department of Defense will consider granting honorable discharges to more than 30,000 gay and bisexual veterans who were barred from serving in the military because of their sexual ...
The U.S. Department of Defense has agreed to overhaul its process for LGBTQ veterans to seek honorable discharges after they were barred from serving because of their sexual orientation, according ...
Pentagon working to remedy "don't ask, don't tell" discharges The Pentagon has reached a historic legal settlement with more than 35,000 gay and lesbian military veterans who were dismissed ...
The Pentagon said Tuesday that more than 820 LGBTQ veterans kicked out of the military under the now-defunct "don't ask, don't tell" policy had been upgraded to honorable discharges following a ...
The settlement would also expand efforts already undertaken by the Pentagon to proactively review the cases of veterans with other than honorable or general under honorable discharges.
MORE: Pentagon grants honorable discharges to more than 800 veterans kicked out under 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' ...
Most of the 13,000 service members the Pentagon says were separated from the military under don't ask, don't tell received honorable discharges, but about 2,000 received dishonorable discharges.