honourable discharge

Alasdair said: "After that he made a full recovery and he got an honourable discharge and was sent home."

Grubb, known as "Nicky" to his family, had served with the Pennsylvania Army National Guard, they said, and received an honourable discharge in 1971.

He received an honourable discharge in November 2005 and served in the reserve until 2010.

He remains ineligible for treatment having received a "less than honourable" discharge by the military, a decision his platoon is still campaigning to reverse.

It was reported in the Washington Post on Sunday that Spencer had proposed to Trump an arrangement by which Gallagher would retire at the end of the month with a honourable discharge and his Trident pin, avoiding presidential interference in the Seal disciplinary review process.