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Many GIs become disillusioned when they learn promises made are hollow. Some seek early discharges that can be gotten honorably but not easily most often with the nation at war on two fronts and needing all the troops it can get. Still numerous reasons qualify for an Expiration of Active Obligated Service (EAOS), including CO status, disability and illness.
Others include:
-- family hardship or dependency factors;
-- parenthood for single parents or in cases where husbands and wives are in the military;
-- pregnancy or childbirth;
-- inadequate performance or conduct during the first six months of training;
-- qualification under the "don't ask, don't tell" for gays and lesbians;
-- specific personality disorders;
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