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Addressing climate change and its impact on military installations is critical to the Army’s readiness and warfighting abilities, a top Army climate leader said. “The battle starts here,” said Paul Farnan, the Army’s principal deputy assistant secretary for installations, energy and environment. “[Climate change] is going to impede our ability to get our forces to the battlefield, be it a natural disaster or a cyberattack that takes the grid down. Our installations still have to be able to operate.”
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The U.S. Army is reviewing the discharges of thousands of veterans coping with behavioral health conditions following a class-action lawsuit.
A settlement was reached in the Kennedy v. McCarthy class-action lawsuit and was approved in federal court on Dec. 28, 2020.
Read the full settlement
As per the agreement, the Army will reconsider discharge-status-upgrades made by the Army Discharge Review Board over a nearly nine-year period.
Veterans discharged with a less-than-fully-honorable service characterization, while coping with a behavioral health condition, are eligible to apply for discharge upgrades.
Learn more about applying for a discharge upgrade
A virtual hearing on the settlement agreement will be held on Wed. March 24 at 10 a.m. ET to discuss whether it will receive final approval.