Are you considered a veteran once you return home from an overseas deployment for nine months with the National Guard?

As far as I know, you're considered a Vet, once you get out of service, so long as it's Honorable, Medical, or General, and not a BCD, or DD.

5 years nine months Active duty, Honorable, I hope I am covered

Overseas has nothing to do with this. 180 days on active duty, legally qualifies you as a veteran.

Peace time is 180 days/war time 90 days and at least a General Under Honorable, then one is a Veteran......might be cautious about bragging rights though......file any disability claims with VA....educational benefits might be limited however.......Join AMVETS, VFW, or American Legion if eligible and become a community leader please.

This always comes up and here is what the correct answer is, did you receive a deposit-214 or Ngb form 22 with a discharge that is not a dishonorable? If so then YES you are a veteran and nothing says you must serve any specific status for time other than qualify for the listed above. Way to often we get to many people trying to take the status away from those who serve. A veteran is a veteran of any branch the Combat Veteran is exactly that veteran of a combat deployment. I get so tired of seeing so called experts quote status but fail to have any clue what the DOMJ says and US Dept of Veteran Affairs. Case in point I know one vet who received an injury in basic who gets 20% and filed the claim 5 years after discharge. Tell me after basic and AIT they get discharged for a foot problem and get 20% they are not a Veteran. It’s so stupid we have to ask this question this is a failure in leadership for not informing you that YES you are a veteran!!!!!

Of you served honorably you are a vet!

Yeah dude.

Yes.

My question to yuh ou is this, my have you not asked this question to chain of command, these are those questions that should be asked to them. In the future ask them first, because little shit like this is what gets young soldiers in trouble, because you dont always get the correct answer, and if you get the wrong one and you are questioned where you got your wrong answer from not a good place to say you got it from. All the above withstanding why have you not been told the answer after all the briefings and demob crap that you go thru when returning from deployment cause all the ones I did that was stated many times, just saying

As a future NCO.. you must learn about US code law, Army and VA regs.. The answers you seek are written law with explanations and clarification under regulations. It's all online. Learn to do it now...