“Eventually, after a hearing in which the VMI graduate acknowledged his wrongdoing, the Army made its ruling, Sheldon said. He could become an officer.”
“At the hearing, the Marine colonel in charge reads Hartnett’s record; and he says, here we have a promising young Marine until 1991. And then, the colonel asks, what happened? David Sheldon – the lawyer – says that’s the question no one had ever bothered to ask.
SHELDON: He could hear a pin drop in that room when he was describing the trauma that he had went through, and how it impacted upon him.”
National Public Radio Special Series:
Veterans And Other-Than-Honorable Discharges
Originally Aired:Heard on All Things Considered
The Court certified a class in this civil action (the “Settlement Class”) defined as follows:
The Department of the Navy (“Navy”) has agreed to review the discharge of thousands of Veterans affected by post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury (TBI), military sexual trauma (MST), and other behavioral or mental health conditions. The Navy has also agreed to change some of its administrative procedures for individuals who apply in the future to have their discharge statuses upgraded. This agreement follows a sentiment reached in the nationwide class action lawsuit Manker v. Del Toro, 3:18-cv-000372-CSH. A federal court preliminarily approved the agreement on 12 October 2021.
The class civil action is available here:
https://www.secnav.navy.mil/mra/CORB/Pages/NDRB/Class-Settlement-Information.aspx
David P. Sheldon interview with Terace Garnier on penalties military personnel face by not following the government’s mandate on vaccination for COVID-19.
Defending Military Personnel Regarding COVID Mandates
Read the full article in The Washington Post.
A Washington D.C. law office announced Tuesday that its client has accepted a six-figure settlement from the U.S. government in a claim alleging that public health agencies failed to protect a Blackfeet child from sexual abuse.
A U.S. Navy chief lost his anchors last month after pleading guilty to “wrongful appropriation” of military property.
A Navy judge sentenced then-Chief Aviation Electronics Technician Kirk P. Killian on July 29 to be bumped down to E-6 after he pleaded guilty to misappropriating military property greater than $500, according to Navy records.
You have been marking time in the Individual Ready Reserve (IRR) or even the National Guard or the Army Reserves for almost a decade now. You have established a career, a family, and the responsibilities that come with those things when suddenly you are faced with activation and deployment orders. Your world just blew up. Now what?