Use the following links to find answers to many questions about GI rights, discharges, & military processes and regulations — or to prepare for a counselor meeting. To speak with someone about your particular situation, call the GI Rights Hotline: 877-447-4487 toll-free nationwide or 831-359-0202 for a direct line to the RCNV counselors. The service is confidential and free.

AWOL / UA:

• AWOL and UA fact sheet (GI Rights Network)
• AWOL in the Army (resource links and a comprehensive article)

Military Discharges (of various types):

• Discharge fact sheets and regulations (GI Rights Network)
  Included are fact sheets for:
  • Entry level separation (ELS)
  • Dependency or hardship discharge
  • Conscientious objection discharge
  • Misconduct discharge
  • Disability discharge
  • Other designated physical and mental conditions (ODPMC) discharge

  This is a partial list. Call the hotline and talk to a counselor about your specific situation.

Conscientious Objector Discharges:

• How to do it, from making the decision to writing the application (Peace Out)
• The Guide for COs in the Military (PDF) (Center on Conscience & War)
• Conscientious Objection and the Military (Center on Conscience & War)
• Conscientious objection fact sheet (GI Rights Network)
• The process (article from the American Bar Ass’n, Jan-Feb 2005)

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD):

• Information, research, treatment (National Institute of Mental Health)
• National Center for PTSD (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)

Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ):

• UCMJ (HTML, searchable)
• UCMJ (HTML)
• Manual for Courts-Martial (PDF)

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GI Rights Hotline 877-447-4487 toll-free, nationwide or 831-359-0202 direct to the RCNV counselors girightshotline.org