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):
- Fact sheets on the various grounds for a discharge (GI Rights Network)
- The regulations governing each kind of discharge (GI Rights Network)
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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