1.   Another provision requires the military to discharge individuals who test positive for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

2.   In the Meinhold case, the appeals court said that the military could not discharge Meinhold and that the old policy violated the equal protection guarantees of the Constitution.

3.   The military can now discharge members for a wide range of medical reasons, ranging from obesity and weakness to fatal illness.

4.   The military routinely discharges members who repeatedly exceed weight standards for their height and sex.

5.   Mercifully, the military discharged the surviving brother and sent him home to his grieving parents.