Last month, the Pentagon automatically granted honorable discharges to 800 of the estimated 13,000 veterans who had been ...

Previously, only veterans who were on active duty or had an honorable discharge qualified for the waiver. The change broadens access to include general military discharge classifications.

The U.S. Department of Defense will consider granting honorable discharges to more than 30,000 gay and bisexual veterans who were barred from serving in the military because of their sexual ...