Section 8 Military

Army because he lacks military aptitude or has undesirable habits and character traits.

Section 8 military. Army articles of war section viii army regulation 615 360. Military members enroll in the hud va supportive housing hud vash program. Webster s dictionary defines a military section eight as the discharge of a soldier from the u s.

Army discharge based on military assessment of psychological unfitness or character traits deemed undesirable. Section 8 was also often given to cross dressers gay lesbian bisexual and transgender people. Military and civilian personnel of the national guard are state rather than federal employees and the federal government is thus not liable under the federal tort claims act for their negligence.

United states 381 u s. However section 8 housing for veterans has a different name. Section 8 is a category of discharge from the united states military used for a service member judged mentally unfit for service.

The term section 8 refers to a former discharge from the united states military for reason of being mentally unfit for service. All applicants must be interviewed by a section 8 specialist who will review the application for completeness accuracy and ensure that appropriate signatures. The policy and soldiers separated from the army because of it are known as section eights because this type of discharge was a provision of the u s.

The hud vash is the official version of the section 8 veterans housing assistance program. Along with hud this program is funded by the u s. It also came to mean any service member given such a discharge or behaving as if deserving such a discharge as in the expression he s a section 8.

Army discharge based on military assessment of. Applications will be accepted in person only at sha s administrative office located at 200 n 11th st in springfield illinois. The term section 8 refers to a category of discharge from the united states military when judged mentally unfit for service.