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A Bad Conduct Discharge, colloquially referred to as a "big chicken dinner" or "big crazy duck", from the initialism, [25] can only be given by a court-martial (either special or general) as a punishment for an enlisted service member. Bad conduct discharges may be preceded by a period of confinement in a military prison. The discharge itself ...
It may be imposed in conjunction with other punishments, such as a bad conduct or dishonorable discharge, loss of wages, confinement to barracks, or imprisonment in a military prison. Reduction in rank may also refer to the voluntary, non-punitive practice of taking a lower rank, often as part of joining another military unit or military service.
In a general court-martial, the maximum punishment is that set for each offense under the Manual for Courts-Martial (MCM), and may include death for certain offenses, confinement, a dishonorable or bad conduct discharge for enlisted personnel, a dismissal for officers, or a number of other forms of punishment. A general court-martial is the ...
This Veterans Day, consider the injustices created by the Pentagon's subjective decisions about servicemembers' honor and shame.
A United States military "jury" (or "members", in military parlance) serves a function similar to an American civilian jury, but with several notable differences.Only a general court-martial (which may impose any sentences, from dishonorable discharge to death [1]) or special court-martial (which can impose sentences of up to one year of confinement and bad-conduct discharge [2]) includes members.
Section 8 was a category of military discharge employed by the United States Armed Forces which was used for servicemembers judged mentally unfit for service. The term "Section 8" eventually came to mean any service member given such a discharge, or behaving as if deserving such a discharge, as in the expression, "he's a Section 8".
Some troops leave the battlefield injured. Others return from war with mental wounds. Yet many of the 2 million Iraq and Afghanistan veterans suffer from a condition the Defense Department refuses to acknowledge: Moral injury.
1.1 Honorable vs. dishonorable discharge from the U. S. military. 7 comments. 1.2 WW1 Trenches. 17 comments. Toggle the table of contents.