Are you a Veteran?

[FPM III]

U.S. Army Reserve 1972 - 1985

[Stingray75]

USAF - active duty 75-79 reserve 79-82.
B52 Crew Chief

Thanks Brothers

[Parcany]

USAF- 1966-1986. Vietnam 1970. Good time of my life. Loaded bombs on airplanes.

[Grawe]

USAF 1997 to present. Full time RV'er preparing to retire soon and hit the road!

Grawe

[John7349]

U.S. Army 1970 -1972, Military Police. Good Times...

[jagster]

USAF 49th Tac Fighter Wing, 1964-1968
Crew chief F105

[Camping Couple]

U.S. Coast Guard 12 yrs

[robkelly]

US Navy Reserve - 1989 - 2002 -- Seabees
US Army Reserve - 2003 - 2011 -- Drill Sergeant

[RPreeb]

US Army 1965-1971 - active duty 70-71 at Ft. Carson CO processing records for soldiers being discharged. Never was levied overseas.

[travelingjw]

Served 6 years as a cook in a reserve general hospital unit. The memories that that had the most impact was when I served severely wounded soldiers on the hospital ward. No one "likes" a cook but when I was personally delivering the food to their bedside I was reminded each moment of how lucky we all are. I remember one soldier in particular who literally had "matter" extruding from his skull. The few days when I delivered the food to him; the largest smile and gratitude. He was someone who appreciated every moment of his life. This was during the Vietnam war and being in the military (even just the 4 months of basic training, 2 weeks active around the U.S. every year) shaped my views for the rest of my life. It is criminal how we treat our vets and I am grateful that we seem to be paying better attention these last few years.

[RSerendipity]

U.S. Army 70-79 Artillery

[culleokapapa]

U.S.M.C. Vietnam vet 1973-1976.

[Mikey]

1987-2008, U.S. Army. 21 years of incredible experiences, wouldn't trade them for the world. BUT...glad my days of moving around so frequently are over, it's tough on a family. It's been nice to be able to put down roots.

[Edd505]

Brown Water Navy 64 -67 Vietnam X3

[Shorty Cox]

I retired from the Army Reserve with 27 years of service, however, I'm not a Vet. In all those years I never served the correct consecutive number days on "active duty" to qualify as a Vet.

Shorty

[campitout]

Des Moines, Iowa 132nd Tactical Fighter Wing, Security Police. Basic and tech school at Lakland AFB Texas

[norty1]

Originally Posted by Shorty Cox

I retired from the Army Reserve with 27 years of service, however, I'm not a Vet. In all those years I never served the correct consecutive number days on "active duty" to qualify as a Vet.

Shorty

Never heard that, I know I had to do a certain # of training days annually and active duty to get credit for a year in the reserves. What is the requirement?

[Shorty Cox]

Quotes from three different Government publications.

“Under federal law, a veteran is any person who served honorably on active duty in the armed forces of the United States.”

“Members of the National Guard and Reserves may be considered veterans if they were deployed under Title 10 (Federal Orders) and complete that deployment and are issued a DD-214 (discharge) under honorable conditions.”

“Generally, you must have 90 days or 24 months of active service (depending on when you served) to qualify.”

I was never deployed, or served 90 days or more on active service, thus not a Vet.

Shorty

[JEFF1963]

26 years in the Coast Guard from Greenland to Vietnam and most point in between - '64-'90, (18 years before that as Army brat).

[travelingjw]

Shorty, I served 6 years in the Reserves and also believed I was not a Vet. The VA corrected me. They stated that we are Vet's but we are not entitled to Veterans benefits.