GI Rights
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.
Military Discharges (all types):
- Overview of military discharges (HTML, from the Getting Out manual)
- Getting Out: A Guide to Military Discharges (a PDF manual)
- GI discharges: fact sheets and regulations
- Military discharges and regulations
Conscientious Objector Discharges:
- How to do it, from making the decision to writing the application
- The process (article from the American Bar Ass’n, Jan-Feb 2005)
- Required questions (National Lawyers Guild, Los Angeles)
- Advice for Conscientious Objectors in the Armed Forces (PDF)
(Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors)
Fill-In Forms (Microsoft Word documents that you can fill out and adapt to your needs):
- Military privacy release form
- Congress member client intake & release form
- Intention to return to command letter for absent service members
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), 2005 edition:
- UCMJ (HTML, searchable)
- UCMJ (HTML)
- Manual for Courts-Martial (PDF)
[return to the main Military Counseling page]
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