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Section 8 (Military)The term Section 8 refers to a discharge from the United States military for reason of being mentally unfit for service. This term was made popular through the book (and later movie) Catch-22 as well as the movie Full Metal Jacket and the television program M*A*S*H. In the 1950s Section 8 discharges were commonly given to service members found guilty of "Sexual Perversion," especially for homosexuality — and it was classified as an undesirable discharge, depriving the soldier so discharged of veteran's benefits but not resulting in the loss of any citizenship rights, such as the right to vote. The practice of discharging homosexual service members under Section 8 ceased after the "Don't ask, don't tell" Policy went into effect during the Clinton Administration; those found to be homosexual are now issued honorable discharges in most circumstances.
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