Posted on May 25, 2016
PO3 James Carter
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Lt Col Aerospace Planner
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No not really. The term combat veteran is pretty broad anyway. There is a difference between a combat veteran and a veteran that has been in combat. Technically I am considered one for 200 overflights in combat theater and a 6 month stint at Balad, but I never been directly engaged in combat.

If anything I usually get some vets that were in real combat concede that they would have done something different. On rare occasions I do hear someone shoot their mouths off of how superior it was to be in combat. They usually turn out to be an Xbox combat veteran.
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SGM Erik Marquez
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"do you ever get the feeling that most combat veterans feel above most if not all non combat veterans?"
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No, I do not. Are there some? Probably. Is there a difference between someone who has served in combat and one who has not? Of course. You drive a Ford, I drive a Chevy. We both drive trucks.
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