I served 8 months. Should I still be considered a veteran with a honorable discharge?

Without any doubt you are a veteran PVT Robert Humburg if you served in the US military and were honorably discharged.
None of us are responsible for where we are assigned or deployed to. We can volunteer and submit dream assignment requests; but, others make decisions about where we are assigned or deployed to.
Thankyou for your service.

Why not? But don't consider yourself equal to others who completed their term of service.

No matter what the reason for not being able to stay with the Army, as long as you are eligible for VA benefits then you are a Veteran. Even though the VA's reputation has been under the laser beam lately, they still do have stringent requirements. And if you qualify for VA benefits, then I know you legitimately served honorably and thus a Veteran. I'm sure you really wanted to stay in, but we all get thrown a curve ball every once in awhile and things change. Thanks for your service!

Your a veteran champ! Thank you for your service.

This is a good question. By all legal rights you are a veteran. I think there has been some terrible assumptions made about what makes someone a veteran lately. For some reason people (soldiers included ) have gotten the idea that "combat vets" are higher on the veteran food chain than others or that they are the only true vets but that seriously takes away from the meaning of why we joined. It also takes away from the true meaning of sacrifice. I personally feel that anyone who completed basic and AIT is a vet. Yes I understand that accidents happen during training but "you" can't call yourself a doctor because you went to med school. You have to finish the training and graduate. I'll give anyone who tried the respect they deserve for simply making the decision. It's not an easy one to make but no, I wouldn't nessary call everyone who tried a vet. A veteran is someone who served their country with honor. If you truly feel that is what you did than you are a veteran, consider yourself one. The opinions of others are just that, opinions.

Anyone who reports to recruit training is a "veteran" by the strict definition of the word. There are a lot of restrictions on the benefits you can recieve based on your discharge. In my opinion it's all about being honest about the details of your service if asked. When I was in roughly 30% of first term enlistments in the Marines never finished their initial contract. About 10% were discharged in recruit training, the rest were seperated for injuries, misconduct or family hardship. I know of several who were good people, but just weren't cut out to be Marines.

What was the reason for your discharge? What does your 214 say? Unless you were injured in combat, you are likely not eligible for veterans' benefits, which is the most pragmatic benefit of the title veteran...

PVT Robert Humburg, Did you at least complete BCT and do you satisfy the veteran standards in the regulation? Which regulation I am not sure though but there are federal standards for that. Whether you can yourself a veteran if you should doesn't matter to me.

Probably more of a Veteran than me legally since in my 5+ years of Reserve service, the longest continuous time on Active Duty so far was only 120 days. Then again, it’s much more nuanced than that, as others have mentioned.

My answer is yes. For the requirements of services it depends on the service you are looking for. For some as long as you finished basic your a vet for others like the VA you have to have finished your tech school to be considered a vet.