A Legal Lohengrin wrote:
It's the pugs who do the rubbery chicken schtick. And of course, people like Stein himself who eat a Big Chicken Dinner.
He almost made it to the BCD Special....the result is similar though.
(A Bad Conduct Discharge can only be adjudged by a BCD Special Court Marshal or a General CM.)
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BCD Info Here...Punitive
Bad Conduct (BCD)
A Bad Conduct Discharge (BCD) can only be given by a court-martial (either Special or General) as punishment to an enlisted service-member. Bad conduct discharges are often preceded by a period of confinement in a military prison. The discharge itself is not executed until completion of both confinement and the appellate review process.
Virtually all veterans' benefits are forfeited by a Bad Conduct Discharge; BCD recipients are eligible for VA disability compensation, as the only discharge that forfeits all VA benefits in full is the Dishonorable Discharge.
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Other Than Honorable (OTH)
An OTH is the most severe form of administrative discharge. This type of discharge represents a serious departure from the conduct and performance expected of all military members. OTH discharges are typically given to service members convicted by a civilian court in which a sentence of confinement has been adjudged or in which the conduct leading to the conviction brings discredit upon the service. It can also be given as the result of certain civil hearings, like divorce for adultery. OTH discharges can be accepted in-lieu of court-martial proceedings at the service-member's request. Persons facing OTH are guaranteed, by the Uniform Code of Military Justice, the right to have their discharge heard by an administrative discharge board, which is similar to a court-martial but is not a public forum.
Recipients of OTH discharges are barred from reenlisting into any component of the Armed Forces (including the reserves), and are normally barred from joining the Army National Guard or Air National Guard, except under rare circumstances that require exception-to-policy waivers. As of September 2006, all 50 states had policies barring the reenlistment of OTH discharge recipients.
Comparison of OTH with BCD (Navy Times)Quote:
Q: I’m facing an other-than-honorable discharge. Can you explain the difference between that and a bad-conduct discharge?
There are major differences in the process of how each discharge is reached, but in terms of the end result, an other-than-honorable discharge and a bad-conduct discharge are virtually the same. Both have similar and severe repercussions.
The difference is that an OTH discharge is administrative, and a bad-conduct discharge is punitive. Those facing OTH discharges will have their case heard by an administrative separation board, while anyone receiving a bad-conduct discharge will be discharged after conviction by a special or general court-martial.
An OTH discharge goes on a service member’s permanent military service record, while a bad-conduct discharge out of a court-martial amounts, roughly, to a low-level criminal conviction in the civilian world.
Nearly everything else is the same
Basically, he eff'ed up.
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