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<blockquote data-quote="clintbailey" data-source="post: 4076550" data-attributes="member: 8544"><p>As [USER=11931]@kroberts2131[/USER] and [USER=45328]@Raido Free America[/USER] said, there are some specifics to being a "veteran", depending on the type of veteran one is speaking of. I served with a bunch of guys not much older than me in the National Guard that deployed in 1991 for Desert Storm, but got released from active duty just under the 181 day mark. So for them, no VA medical benefits. But were they veterans in other ways, i.e. served their country honorably, served in a combat zone, etc--YES. </p><p></p><p>The ones who stayed in ended up getting their 181 days (x2) when we deployed to Kuwait/Iraq in 03-04. To me, there are military veterans, then there are combat veterans, who wear the "combat patch". But sometimes, being in a combat zone does not make one a combat veteran, other than on paper. I personally never pushed/pulled the trigger on my M2 or SAW while running missions in Iraq, other than test firing. So I don't consider myself much of a combat veteran, even though I was there.</p><p></p><p> I say we treat everyone who voluntarily put on any uniform for this country's armed forces equally, unless they demand special treatment for services not really rendered, like stolen valor or "I demand attention JUST because I served".</p><p></p><p>YMMV</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="clintbailey, post: 4076550, member: 8544"] As [USER=11931]@kroberts2131[/USER] and [USER=45328]@Raido Free America[/USER] said, there are some specifics to being a "veteran", depending on the type of veteran one is speaking of. I served with a bunch of guys not much older than me in the National Guard that deployed in 1991 for Desert Storm, but got released from active duty just under the 181 day mark. So for them, no VA medical benefits. But were they veterans in other ways, i.e. served their country honorably, served in a combat zone, etc--YES. The ones who stayed in ended up getting their 181 days (x2) when we deployed to Kuwait/Iraq in 03-04. To me, there are military veterans, then there are combat veterans, who wear the "combat patch". But sometimes, being in a combat zone does not make one a combat veteran, other than on paper. I personally never pushed/pulled the trigger on my M2 or SAW while running missions in Iraq, other than test firing. So I don't consider myself much of a combat veteran, even though I was there. I say we treat everyone who voluntarily put on any uniform for this country's armed forces equally, unless they demand special treatment for services not really rendered, like stolen valor or "I demand attention JUST because I served". YMMV [/QUOTE]
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