https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/i-spent-6-honorable-years-in-the-national-guard-with-6-collective-months-on-ad-and-no-deployment-is-it-possible-to-get-veteran-status <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Im looking for advice on what I qualify for and how to go about any of it. <br /> Thu, 21 Sep 2017 14:41:13 -0400 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/i-spent-6-honorable-years-in-the-national-guard-with-6-collective-months-on-ad-and-no-deployment-is-it-possible-to-get-veteran-status <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Im looking for advice on what I qualify for and how to go about any of it. <br /> SPC Amanda Randazzo Thu, 21 Sep 2017 14:41:13 -0400 2017-09-21T14:41:13-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/i-spent-6-honorable-years-in-the-national-guard-with-6-collective-months-on-ad-and-no-deployment-is-it-possible-to-get-veteran-status?n=2936184&urlhash=2936184 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a target="_blank" href="https://www.army.mil/article/180159/guard_and_reserve_members_receive_veteran_status">https://www.army.mil/article/180159/guard_and_reserve_members_receive_veteran_status</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/214/850/qrc/size2.jpg?1506019567"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="https://www.army.mil/article/180159/guard_and_reserve_members_receive_veteran_status">Guard and Reserve members receive &#39;Veteran&#39; status</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">ARLINGTON, Va. -- A recently signed law gives official veteran status to National Guard members who served 20 years or more. Previously, Guard members were considered veterans only if they served 180 days or more in a federal status outside of traini...</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> MSG Private RallyPoint Member Thu, 21 Sep 2017 14:46:09 -0400 2017-09-21T14:46:09-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/i-spent-6-honorable-years-in-the-national-guard-with-6-collective-months-on-ad-and-no-deployment-is-it-possible-to-get-veteran-status?n=2936194&urlhash=2936194 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>You qualify for a VA loan and some post 9/11 educational benefits, that&#39;s about it. Since 1980, you have to have 24 months of non ADT active duty, or having been deployed to a war zone and served until you were released to qualify for medical or other benefits. CPT Lawrence Cable Thu, 21 Sep 2017 14:50:30 -0400 2017-09-21T14:50:30-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/i-spent-6-honorable-years-in-the-national-guard-with-6-collective-months-on-ad-and-no-deployment-is-it-possible-to-get-veteran-status?n=2936816&urlhash=2936816 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>You can join AD, that&#39;s a surefire way. SGT Christopher Hayden Thu, 21 Sep 2017 18:18:50 -0400 2017-09-21T18:18:50-04:00 2017-09-21T14:41:13-04:00