Courtney Military Law Group • Live Online Course
A two-hour live class, in a squad of 13, taught by a former Marine Corps Judge Advocate.
For veterans with a strong case who can’t afford to hire a lawyer for full representation.
Join the WaitlistYou may have a stronger case than you think.
If you’re reading this, you probably know the feeling. A few words on a DD-214 — unfair when they were written, and no longer true of the person you’ve become — follow you into every job application, every VA visit, every conversation about your service. It’s painful, and it’s isolating. And when you finally look into fixing it, you hit the second wall: real representation costs more than you can pay. So the record stands, year after year — not because it’s right, but because fixing it seemed out of reach.
It isn’t. The discharge review and correction boards exist precisely so a record can be reconsidered, and a great many veterans win relief on their own. What most people lack isn’t the right to ask — it’s a clear, start-to-finish understanding of how.
This class gives you that understanding, directly from a former Marine Corps Judge Advocate who has spent his career advocating for service members and veterans.
Who this is for
This class is built for the veteran who wants to do the work themselves, with guidance from a former Marine Corps Judge Advocate. It’s the right fit if you:
What you’ll walk away with
A complete, do-it-yourself system — not a sales pitch. Over two focused hours you’ll work through it live, and you’ll take the whole Kit home. By the first break you’ll have your theory of the case written in one sentence and your records request ready to send.
There’s a 10-minute break at the halfway point — your time to write down and submit your questions in the Zoom chat so the second-half Q&A is ready for them — and an optional 30-minute Q&A overflow after class for anyone who wants to stay.
The Winning Patterns Brief
What 433 real, granted discharge-upgrade decisions have in common — by fact pattern, by board, and by the evidence that was in the file.
We read and coded hundreds of decisions in which a board actually granted relief — drug use, AWOL, patterns of misconduct, alcohol and DUI, personality-disorder labels, discharges in lieu of court-martial, and more. The Brief shows you which arguments carried cases like yours, how far the boards moved the characterization, which boards hold hearings, and which evidence kept showing up in winning files — with the public docket numbers, so you can read and cite the decisions yourself.
And one finding worth knowing before you decide: as far as the records show, most of those winning cases were filed by veterans on their own.
The Brief analyzes granted decisions only. It describes what winning cases looked like; it does not and cannot predict the outcome of any individual case.
What a corrected record could be worth
Some veterans are shut out of VA benefits for one reason only: the way their discharge was characterized. For them, a corrected record can remove that barrier — opening the door to VA health care and, for service-connected disabilities, tax-free monthly compensation.
To put that in perspective, here is what VA disability compensation pays in 2026 for a veteran with no dependents (the amounts are higher with a spouse or children):
For a veteran in that situation, this class could pay for itself in the first month of benefits — and many times over after that.
Please read this carefully. Nothing here is a promise or a prediction about your case. A discharge upgrade does not by itself award VA benefits: the VA makes its own eligibility and character-of-discharge determinations, and compensation depends on establishing a service-connected disability and the rating the VA assigns. Many veterans pursue an upgrade for reasons that have nothing to do with benefits. These figures are shown only to illustrate what can be at stake. Rates are the VA’s published 2026 amounts (effective December 1, 2025); confirm current figures at VA.gov.
Why the characterization you win matters
A board can move a record partway up the ladder or all the way to the top. Both outcomes are worth pursuing — but they unlock different things, and the difference can be large.
Honorable
Everything a General discharge unlocks, plus the Post-9/11 GI Bill, which requires an honorable discharge:
For a veteran using the full 36 months of benefits, that can easily add up to more than $100,000 — and more in high-cost areas or at private schools.
General (Under Honorable Conditions)
Not eligible for the Post-9/11 GI Bill — but generally eligible for the benefits most veterans need most:
Each benefit has its own eligibility rules beyond characterization (for example, the Post-9/11 GI Bill requires qualifying service after September 10, 2001, and the VA home loan requires meeting VA and lender requirements), and the VA makes its own determinations in every case. Dollar figures are published 2025–2026 rates and national averages, shown for illustration only; confirm current amounts at VA.gov.
Two promises, stated plainly
The Break Guarantee
If, at the 55-minute break, the Bootcamp isn’t what you expected, say so and you’ll get a full refund. No questions asked.
Your result
No one can guarantee what a board will decide — and anyone who promises you an upgrade is misleading you. What we promise is the complete system to pursue one, and a straight answer about how the process works.
How it works
A squad, not an auditorium.
We cap every Bootcamp at thirteen — the size of a Marine rifle squad. You won’t be one face in a crowd of hundreds. You’ll go through it alongside a small, dedicated squad of veterans working to correct their records, with the instructor’s attention on your questions.
1st Squad is the Founding Squad — the first to receive the Winning Patterns Brief, and the squad whose questions become the Lessons Learned handed to every squad that follows.
Join the waitlist
Claim your place in line for the next squad. No cost, no obligation. It takes about a minute.
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