Can I call myself a vet? I never completed training due to injuries during and before service.

We have this issue in the family. Six of seven boys entered the service. Myself and my two baby brothers completed our tours (I did 22+yrs active duty). My oldest brother did not make it through basic (flat feet and medical). A brother a year younger than me never made it through basic after being in the USAF for over 6 mos and was discharged on compatibility (poor reading skills). Another brother completed Navy basic but when assigned to fleet he lied that our parents had forced him to enlist and was discharged. The three who did not actually serve in the military beyond basic know I do not recognize them as veterans. The two youngest I do since they did over 9 and 6 yrs service. That is how it rolls in our family. I still love them all, the dysfunctional and the normal.
P.S. The irony of this whole mess is my brother a year older than me, the only one to not enlist, was the only one in our family who was shot, in a early morning robbery as he was headed to work.

No.

We had a guy that got drafted into the Army after he had taken a stroke, I have never seen a Army doctor so pissed in my life.

had a guy tell me was vet who served 8 years inactive reserve … I bet he plays Cop in The mirror too

Simple: No.

The actual regulations are as follows. The Department of Education and the Department of Veterans Affairs stare a Veteran is any individual that serves at least one day of service and is Honorably discharged. Any other length of time is only considered for benefit amounts. Anyone can have an opinion but that is the regulation. I know this because I work for both agencies.

No.....just no.

If the injury is such that the VA sees it as Service Connected, and offers treatment, you are a vet in their eyes. If you never served a day out of basic, then not so much to most other vets.

This is why the VA is clogged up with none Veterans. The Laws need to be redone. If u joined the military couldn't cut it and u get out in two years u shouldn't get anything because you didn't do anything. If your not a combat veteran your not a veteran. I mean did u get paid from the chow hall

I read this but there are several.people.here who are considered veterans working for the army as civilians who were medically discharged right after completing basics.