Happy Veteran's Day!

If you were a vet and impacted by DADT -- usually in the form of discharge that wasn't Honorable -- there are resources out there to help you get your discharge status changed.

A discharge status of Honorable entitles a veteran to benefits.

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Benefits like the VA home loan, healthcare, disability compensation, job training, education programs, and burial assistance.

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Anyways, I'm linking few resources to check out.

When in doubt, always start at your local Veteran's Affairs office. (Even if it's a medical facility.) They are a wealth of information and have pretty much seen it all.

https://www.va.gov/discharge-upgrade-instructions/

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If you were in the Army and want to deal directly with them, here's a link to the DADT Army Review Boards Agency:

https://arba.army.pentagon.mil/dadt.html 

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The Air Force doesn't have a whole webpage that doesn't trigger browser warnings, but they do link directly to DD Form 293:

https://www.afpc.af.mil/Support/Frequently-Asked-Questions/

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The Navy (and Marines) statement page doesn't give you directions, but it exists:

https://www.secnav.navy.mil/mra/CORB/pages/ndrb/dadt.aspx

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Last but not least, here's the Discharge Review Board site for the Coast Guard:

https://www.uscg.mil/Resources/legal/DRB/

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And, in case you're looking for a LGBTQ friendly veteran's organization, check out Modern Military Association of America (on Twitter as @LGBTQ_Military) at http://ModernMilitary.org 

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If you know someone that has been discharged because of DADT, please share the above resources with them.

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