Legal Question in Military Law in Georgia

military discharges

I am a police recruiter I have a female who was discharged with general under honorable conditions I wantto hire her but our agencys HR says she did not receive an Honorable didcharge is ther anything in writing indicating this is an honorable discharge


Asked on 12/10/08, 9:54 am

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Scot Sikes Law Offices of Scot Sikes

Re: military discharges

HR is technically correct; there is a distinction between a true Honorable discharge and a General (Under Honorable Conditions) discharge. Yet, a General Discharge is not considered punitive, or bad. If the words themselves are not sufficient for hiring purposes, though, what more can you do?

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Answered on 12/11/08, 5:56 am


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