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“It’s bad enough to be assaulted and then punished, but living with a bad discharge is a life sentence for these veterans. It’s an appalling continuation of the injustices they have already suffered,
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/19/derogatory-discharge-papers-military-sexual-assault
Exerpt:
"Thousands of US service members have found themselves drummed out of the armed forces like Quinn after they reported being sexually harassed or raped, only to have their records blighted by derogatory discharge papers, according to a new investigation.
“Nothing has been done to redress the wrongs done to those who were unfairly discharged,” Human Rights Watch (HRW) declares in a report released on Thursday.
The campaign group’s investigation used official documentation and interviews with victims – men and women – whose lives were devastated by the circumstances in which they were forced out of service.
The report found that many traumatized victims were unfairly labeled with a personality disorder or given a damaging “other than honorable” discharge as they were hastily dispatched from service.
Such classifications speed people out of the military but then bar them from getting a government job. It can also see them shut out by the Veterans Affairs healthcare system and suffer rejections from other employers, among many discriminatory effects, said Sara Darehshori, senior US counsel at Human Rights Watch and author of the report.
But those appealing to military review boards to have their paperwork upgraded later are turned down in 90 to 99% of cases, the report found.
“It’s bad enough to be assaulted and then punished, but living with a bad discharge is a life sentence for these veterans. It’s an appalling continuation of the injustices they have already suffered,” said Darehshori.
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/19/derogatory-discharge-papers-military-sexual-assault
Exerpt:
"Thousands of US service members have found themselves drummed out of the armed forces like Quinn after they reported being sexually harassed or raped, only to have their records blighted by derogatory discharge papers, according to a new investigation.
“Nothing has been done to redress the wrongs done to those who were unfairly discharged,” Human Rights Watch (HRW) declares in a report released on Thursday.
The campaign group’s investigation used official documentation and interviews with victims – men and women – whose lives were devastated by the circumstances in which they were forced out of service.
The report found that many traumatized victims were unfairly labeled with a personality disorder or given a damaging “other than honorable” discharge as they were hastily dispatched from service.
Such classifications speed people out of the military but then bar them from getting a government job. It can also see them shut out by the Veterans Affairs healthcare system and suffer rejections from other employers, among many discriminatory effects, said Sara Darehshori, senior US counsel at Human Rights Watch and author of the report.
But those appealing to military review boards to have their paperwork upgraded later are turned down in 90 to 99% of cases, the report found.
“It’s bad enough to be assaulted and then punished, but living with a bad discharge is a life sentence for these veterans. It’s an appalling continuation of the injustices they have already suffered,” said Darehshori.
