How do i upgrade my general under honourable conditions discharge to an honourable discharge? Will I have a better chance of reenlistment?

Depending on the reason for discharge you have a few ways. It can be waived, you can request a change through the ABCMR process with a DD Form 149. This takes a over a year. It really depends on the reason for the discharge. Talk to a recruiter for options and advise.

First before we grant someone an upgrade discharge we need to look at the reason why, a less than honorable discharged was given in the first place. From my own military experience, I am guessing most if not all leaving the military in my time with a dark spot, felt of themselves as individualists, feeling they were not accountable to the norms of USMJ, and discipline. Not respecting the Rules of Law! Individualist in a sense they always put themselves before others. The term serving yourself before others is why people say, “Thank You for your Service”. Read the citation concerning the action that propelled "Captain Gerald O. Young USAF". To the rare award receiving the Congressional Medal of Honor. Given to him by Richard Nixon. Another man who served was a retired US Army major in Nuremberg Germany. He was a combat veteran who had 5 helicopters shot out underneath him in Vietnam evacuating dead and wounded. I mention the late Lt Col Gerald Young because I shared a hospital room with him in Japan. Captain Young at the time told the nurse to take care of me a Marine before his needs were taken care of. I thought he died until a fews ago when I found out he lived on and with a CMH. Onward —— Before I would give an upgrade I would like to see if these petty self serving narcissists matured into a grown up veterans who changed their thinking. Thinking of others before thinking and acting for themselves. To serve is to think, and act as a team with others in spite of our differences. —— On another note. For me many politicians are also perpetrators of Stolen Valor are just like those putting on a uniform, and medals they did not deserve. The real people Ted Cruz, Josh Holley, and all of those hacks speaking at the insurrection rally; that is before nuancing with anti Biden messages directed at the impulsive ignorant masses to attack our elected officials in the US Congress. Those who spoke at the January 6th rally are not serving others in the conservative movement. They are not serving their God! They were serving themselves. For me politicians who promote themselves as patriotic God loving Americans are no less guilty, than some poor sucker serving themselves by putting a uniform on he did not earn and his medals he did not earn. Our Nation is as bad as it is good! Even with all its warts, and social cancers. Our nation is a single tiny light to the world humans telling them humans from different religions and cultures can live together in peace. God Bless those who serve.

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Dear Luke, I pray that you are successful at finding the answers to your questions. PV2 (Join to see)

To be honest I haven't seen anyone that has been discharged that way ever make it back in. The only time that has happened was during the surge when there were waivers. I don't think that will be case anytime soon.

As a former Army Recruiter, I can tell you from experience that the Army is only accepting “the best of the best”. Gone are the days of taking just any Tom, Dick, Harry, or Jane.

You were given one chance to be a member of the Army. You blew it. Move on and better yourself as a civilian.

With 100% honesty, you have a better chance of walking on water then getting your discharge upgraded.

However, the good news is that your RE code will play the largest factor in re-enlistment. So of your RE code is 3, you can apply for a waiver through the recruiter and send it up for approval. There is also the matter of any additional codes/chapters in which you are discharged for that will determine the likelihood of getting your waiver approved.

Best of luck!

This is a terrible forum for that question. As a retired JAG, most of the advice from “barracks lawyers” was terrible. To get an accurate answer gather all of your paperwork and talk to an attorney with experience in this area. Some old discharges involving homosexuality might be easier. A UOTHC discharge given to avoid a court-martial or by a board, would be harder. Get legal advice from a lawyer, not a forum.

Probably should have thought of that earlier. My husband, the First Sergeant, turned a lot of soldiers’ lives around by pointing out the obvious: don’t be a dickhead.

You can probably get your discharge upgraded BUT getting your RE code upgraded to RE-1 is almost impossible.I was caught in the RIF of 1982 and denied reenlistment w/RE-2 .I put together a package and was able to get it upgraded to RE-1 BUT I had 7yrs 10months AD W/5 PCS moves made E-5