What are your thoughts on a member serving just over year?

Son, being a veteran is as much spirit as it is deed.

You didn't step away when asked, and I don't think you quit while you still had the ability to serve. You were sidelined by an injury, and the Army decreed that you were no longer fit for duty and cast you out, as armies are wont to do.

You may not be a member of what Bill Mauldin once called the Benevolent Brotherhood of Them Ones What's Been Shot At, but you are definitely a veteran.

Fifteen months is longer than the majority of Americans serve. And, I'm assuming you were discharged honorably.

There's nothing to be ashamed of, and very much something to be proud of. Wear the title veteran with honor. As a 20-year disabled vet, I know I thank you for your service.

You still are part of the 1%. The strongest band of brothers, you have done something most cant so be proud to call yourself a Veteran

Veteran.