Failing Survival

[aramis]

Black Bat:

100% of end-of-enlistment discharges are "Honorable"!

Not so. At least not in the US. I know a chap, completed his tour, and got a general discharge, not an honorable. He did, however, spend an aggregate 18 months of a 4 year hitch in the brig. Decking an admiral. Discharged as a MA5th (E2); he had made GM2 (E5), then went MA, then got busted back. (I've seen the DD214. General LTH.)

It's not common. In his case, I'd call it a badly failed reenlistment roll for game purposes.

 

[aramis]

Black Bat:

100% of end-of-enlistment discharges are "Honorable"!

Not so. At least not in the US. I know a chap, completed his tour, and got a general discharge, not an honorable. He did, however, spend an aggregate 18 months of a 4 year hitch in the brig. Decking an admiral. Discharged as a MA5th (E2); he had made GM2 (E5), then went MA, then got busted back. (I've seen the DD214. General LTH.)

It's not common. In his case, I'd call it a badly failed reenlistment roll for game purposes.

 

[BlackBat242]

OK, 99.5% then

All of those that I know of who spent more than 365 days "in the brig" were discharged upon release from incarceration, not allowed to finish their enlistment.

If they were allowed to continue, their discharge reflected their conduct during the remainder of their enlistment... if they managed to finish, it was because they "kept their nose clean", and got an Honorable (if they acted up again, they were discharged immediately upon completion of their additional punishment).


Of course, their RE code was very unfavorable, but that is different from the "character of discharge".

For example, an RE-1 means instant re-enlistment if so desired... up to a year from discharge.

I had an RE-3P, which meant I would have had to pass a special physical to see if the problems noted in my medical files (knee & feet problems, and the resulting weight issues) had healed sufficiently to allow me back in.

An "L" code indicated screening for legal issues is required, and realistically bars one from re-enlistment.

 

[BlackBat242]

OK, 99.5% then

All of those that I know of who spent more than 365 days "in the brig" were discharged upon release from incarceration, not allowed to finish their enlistment.

If they were allowed to continue, their discharge reflected their conduct during the remainder of their enlistment... if they managed to finish, it was because they "kept their nose clean", and got an Honorable (if they acted up again, they were discharged immediately upon completion of their additional punishment).


Of course, their RE code was very unfavorable, but that is different from the "character of discharge".

For example, an RE-1 means instant re-enlistment if so desired... up to a year from discharge.

I had an RE-3P, which meant I would have had to pass a special physical to see if the problems noted in my medical files (knee & feet problems, and the resulting weight issues) had healed sufficiently to allow me back in.

An "L" code indicated screening for legal issues is required, and realistically bars one from re-enlistment.