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Resources regarding quitting US Military (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I figure with the possibility of the wars heating up, now would a good time to prepare lit/resources to demoralize military memebers and give advice on how to get out early.

Any one got any materials or links related to this?

Edit: found this which might be useful for legal avenues of quitting early

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago (10 children)

Honorably? Unless something major has changed recently, it's Medical Discharge or Suicidal Ideations. There's not a lot of options on getting out of your contract.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Does the Conscientious Objector reason not exist anymore?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'd imagine it's harder to pull off after you've joined. But I'm curious about this too.

I guess what I'm really looking for are accounts of people quitting the military before their time is up, without suffering extreme consequences

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Anecdotal, but I was given a general discharge after failing a piss test and having a run in with a psych eval. G.I. Bill benefits were off the table, but nobody has ever given a shit about my dd214

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

My take on it is that people can change their minds or join a certain religion even after joining so they have to allow for people to do that. It does bar one from ever rejoining but I don't think that'd be a concern for this group.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Honestly, I don't know much about it. When you're in, it'd be unlikely you'd hear much about it. It's definitely not a sure thing. Interesting little article that popped up searching on it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Based on objection to a certain war.

I honestly thought that would be allowed as I can't think of a reason someone would have the religious belief and also sign up.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I mean, I could see why they wouldn't. After all, that's the thing they really want you for. Can't have you signing up for a job and benefits just to bail when they when they need you to be expendable.

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