Do you think someone who has never been in a combat has the right to call themselves a veteran?

A veteran is one who has served, a combat veteran is one who has served in combat.

A veteran yes, a veteran of combat not so much.

SPC David Hannaman the big difference there is veteran vs. combat veteran.

What type of question is that? It is quite insulting.

Peace

Right on airborne !

If you served you should be called a veteran , and if you were in combat you should be called combat veteran very simple !

He'll yes they signed the contract just like everyone else.just because combat did not come up at that time so the fucking what

What kind of BS question is this? Any man or woman who puts on a military uniform is stating that he or she is prepared to give all for this country to include his or her life. Surviving their enlistment makes them a veteran and command my respect.

Just because someone served behind the scenes or in a non combat role does not make them any less of a Veteran. In fact those that did are as important, if not more, to the military than those who did serve on the front lines.

Without people in those positions, the rest of us would not have made it home. We would not have had the gear, the food, the medical care we needed to do our jobs either. Serving is serving as long as it was active duty and under honorable discharge when you got out. I include reserve duty and national guard duty as long as they served at some point on active as well.

If you never had active periods and your entire career was only weekends, I don't consider that to be active duty to the point you should be pinning on military plates etc.. Serving active vs serving ONLY weekends is a HUGE difference. While it is still service, it does not actually support active duty personnel, it is basically local state service unless federalized, which of course means you did have an active duty period.

As long as your active service was honorable and your discharge honorable, then ALL are entitled to carry the title of Veteran. As for 'general' discharge, to me that is a case by case basis... general discharge can be anything from something not in your control to getting rid of you but not warranting a full on bad conduct or dishonorable discharge. As for me, it stays with honorable discharge for those considered a Veteran with a few exceptions we know of that were railroaded by obama in the past few years..

We do not all need a weapon to serve our country. We are there to support the fighting man and woman of our military. But we there ready if called. supporting when needed. Yes I am a Vet, I get my tags and all that goes with it. We endured very low wages, trying times and sometimes long thankless work hours. Separations and we could take it further. I am still proud to be a vet.