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Marines.Inbasic training he developed back trouble.Corps physiciansinsisted they could find no physical cause for his pain,evensuggested there was none.Finally,the young marine wentAWOL to consult his own doctor.Later,facing months inthe brig awaiting court martial,he signed away his right toa trial with legal counsel and took what a marine lawyercalled the easy way out,an“undesirable”discharge.Lastyear,after being turned down for a supermarket job that heneeded to pay college tuition,Roger discovered just howhard the easy way could be.  \nLike the more than one million service men and womenwith “bad paper”—a less-than-honorable discharge—Rogerfound himself inducted into a growing class of stigmatized,demoralized,and forcibly unproductive young Americans:their rights to veterans'benefits,hospital care,and educa-tional opportunities have been limited or eliminated;theyare tarred as socially suspect—deviant,if not criminal.Mostdevastating,they can't find jobs,for many employers,following law,custom,or convenience,refuse to hire any-one with bad paper.  \nFew citizens know that the military services give fourtypes of less-than-honorable discharge:general,undesirable,bad conduct,and dishonorable.Making no distinctionbetween the categories,people fail to distinguish betweenthe actions for which the discharges are given.Fewer still  \nrealize that the first two categories of discharge are awardedadministratively for such “offenses”as apathy,smoking onemarijuana cigarette,or bedwetting;they do not represent acriminal conviction as in the case of court martial.  \nAnd yet many veterans who have received an administra-tive discharge,particularly those from the Vietnam era,have served their country well,been wounded,or earned achestful of medals.Ironically,it is the poor,the disadvan-taged,and the minorities,for whom military service hastraditionally been the road to opportunity,who in dis-proportionate numbers discover that a single mistake or anofficial error has permanently derailed their chances for agood life.Blacks alone are given less-than-honorable dis-charges at almost double the rate of whites of similar edu-cational background.  \n## No One Seems to Care\n\nCongress has ittle to gain by exploring this situation,forveterans with bad paper do not have political clout.Whetheror not the stigmatizing discharges serve any useful purposein keeping discipline in the services or in indicating a youngperson's moral character are questions rarely raised.Veter-ans with bad discharges,usually poor and poorly educated,are hardly likely to educate the public to what is virtually aninvisible issue.And while the Carter administration,underits Special Discharge Review Program,is making it possible  \nfor as many as 430,000 of the 600,000 Vietnam era veteranswith bad paper to apply for discharge upgrades,Congressis considering abolishing the benefits for this group,andthe system which blights the lives of thousands remainsunchallenged.  \nOne reason the discharge issue gains so little attention isthe mistaken belief that it is just scar tissue left from theVietnam war—the war that everyone wants to forget.Theproblem,however,is worse now than ever before.In theMarine Corps,one in seven discharges today is less thanhonorable.The rate of bad discharges for all the servicesin 1976 was the highest ever recorded.  \nWhat is most disturbing about a system that produces somany general or undesirable discharges is that it does notguarantee service men and women due process.It does notprovide them with counsel or the right to call or hear wit-nesses.Without such representation,the young soldier,whohas broken a minor rule or fallen victim to misuse of theextraordinary discretion the discharge system gives officers,is so anxious,scared,or humiliated he gives little thoughtto the consequences of accepting an administrative dis-charge.Even if he takes time ","cbCaiv632f7UCYBm","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiv632f7UCYBm","pdf",3137302,"English","# No One Seems to Care\n## Due process and administrative discharge\n## Appeal barriers and representation\n# Good Representation Is Hard to Find\n## Administrative review boards\n## Legal support and upgrade rates","[{\"question\":\"“Bad paper” discharge refers to what, and how does it affect veterans?\",\"answer\":\"“Bad paper” refers to less-than-honorable discharges, which limit or eliminate veterans’ benefits, hospital care, and educational opportunities and lead many employers to refuse hiring.\"},{\"question\":\"Why does the document argue the discharge system fails to provide due process?\",\"answer\":\"The system does not guarantee service members due process, including counsel or the right to call or hear witnesses, leaving many anxious or unaware of the lifelong impact before accepting an administrative discharge.\"},{\"question\":\"What makes discharge-upgrade appeals difficult for veterans?\",\"answer\":\"Few veterans can afford lawyers, review boards are administrative rather than 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