2y ago

Resources regarding quitting US Military

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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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.
- How about just without going to prison
  
  Cannabis. Its an "other than honerable" or dishonorable discharge where you lose all benefits, but it gets you out in a couple of months.
  Its almost a bad thing that "dont ask, dont tell" is gone. Its 100% an improvement to equality, but it was an easier out that anyone could use with a "general" discharge, leaving you with all the benefits.
  
  Failed drug tests, maybe? Gotta make sure you're not caught with anything though.
- Does the Conscientious Objector reason not exist anymore?
  
  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
  
  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.
I actually do have some resources for this since I’ve done it myself. I’m on mobile and will try to find more later, but off the top of my head, this is a big one: https://girightshotline.org/ A big part of the military’s strategy for keeping people in is scaring soldiers with stories about how getting kicked out will ruin their life, and this group can help them navigate UCMJ stuff.
Not sure how active they are these days, but IVAW used to be a good resource. I’d also be curious if Mike Prysner has a website somewhere with this kind of info, and there are probably other anti-war vet groups that might provide some useful resources on this.
I’ll come back to this post later, but fucking with military recruitment/retention is cool and good and I’m glad you’re bringing this up.
Military regulations often allow for a great deal of command discretion. Consequently outcomes can vary from person to person.
If you are a junior enlisted member trying to get out of the military, please take this message to heart. You may not have been in a situation to learn this lesson before. I've known a member who used a CBD product and turned themselves in voluntarily who got an honorable discharge, and I've known members who got unfavorable discharge characterizations for the same. Command discretion is extremely broad.

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