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general discharge

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noun

Military.
  1. a discharge from military service of a person who has served honorably but who has not met all the conditions of an honorable discharge.

  2. a certificate of such a discharge.


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Department of Veterans Affairs healthcare is automatically available to those with honorable and general discharge characterizations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2024

The now-former Marine said he received a general discharge under honorable conditions, which is lower than an honorable discharge.

From Fox News ● Dec. 24, 2021

But service members are routinely discharged for disobeying orders — often getting an honorable discharge or general discharge with honorable conditions.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 16, 2021

Army for less than a year, receiving a general discharge from service in mid-2013.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 4, 2020

The fifteen or twenty dragoons commanded by Colonel Plouernel were received with a general discharge of musketry.

From The Galley Slave's Ring or The Family of Lebrenn. A Tale of The French Revolution of 1848 by Eug?ne Sue

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