CFR > Title 32 - National Defense > SUBTITLE A—Department of Defense > CHAPTER VI—DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY (parts 700 to 777) > SUBCHAPTER C—PERSONNEL (Parts 716–735) > PART 724—NAVAL DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD > SUBPART A—Definitions (§724.101 to §724.123) > 724.111—Punitive discharge.

724.111—Punitive discharge.

A discharge awarded by sentence of a court-martial. There are two types of punitive discharges:
(a) Bad conduct. A separation from the naval service under conditions other than honorable. It may be effected only as a result of the approved sentence of a general or special court-martial.
(b) Dishonorable. A separation from the naval service under dishonorable conditions. It may be effected only as a result of the approved sentence of a general court-martial.