An honorable discharge is a type of military discharge given to service members who have met or exceeded the standards of conduct and performance expected of them during their time in the military.

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Stanford basketball may not have reached its goal this season of making a run in March Madness, but the program has proven itself in a lot of other ways, like when it comes to player development.

Valeria Serrano, right, transition clerk, assists a Reservist with his Department of Defense Form 214 as part of the demobilizing process with the Fort Bliss Directorate of Plans, Training, ...

George Washington once said that of all the titles that could be bestowed upon him, the one he wanted to keep forever was “honest man.” For Bill Frist, things aren’t quite so simple. The heart-surgeon ...

The thesis of James R. Otteson’s new book Honorable Business: A Framework for Business in a Just and Humane Society, is provocative: it isn’t just that business can be ethical. Business as such can be ...