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[armymp]

I for one am proud to say that people that serve or served in the National Guard, Reserves or Air National Guard are a very important and vital to the United States. They are veterans and fellow service members.

I am retired US Army active duty 22 years or sevice and also 40% disabled, but I did not have any combat time. Am I a veteran???

[LewWaters]

Armymp, as far as I'm concerned, you're a veteran. The term veteran does not strictly apply only to those who served in combat.
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[Navy_Navy_Navy]

You damn sure are! Welcome aboard!
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Altering course to starboard - On Fire, Keep Clear
Navy woman, Navy wife, Navy mother

[Guns]

You are moreof a Vet than Kerry...sure you are a vet...you served during a war and maybe not in theater but during a war...and you are retired.
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MassGuns

[Daniel J. Hutchison]

Fortunately, our nation is not always at war and not all of our young need to experience the sights and sounds of combat. And even in times of war there are many duties which must be done to defend our country and support the combat troops that do not involve combat duty. The veterans who are called upon to do these tasks have my respect and I honor their service.

National Guard duty has never been a way to dodge military service; it is military service and is the very basic responsibility of every citizen of the United States. While not every one feels the obligation, the militia has always been the backbone and strength of the United States. Under the command of the individual states, the National Guard continues to provide protection for the citizens when called upon by the Governor. When called upon by the President of the United States, the National Guard has stepped up to the call with honor and left their civilian jobs and families to defend the country. When someone joins the National Guard they make a commitment to maintain military skills and capabilities, ready to drop their civilian jobs and families and answer the call of either the Governor or the President. The National Guard is not a way of avoiding military service, as some would have us believe, but is military service that is the responsibility of all citizens.

Distorting National Guard service is a great disservice to the dictated citizen soldiers that have defended the United States for over two hundred years, and who form the very basic defense for the United States.

[McCloud]

I don't know the exact number, but a vast majority of the U.S. Army divisions in World War II were Guard divisions.

[Grampa]

Hoorah fellow MP! Welcome aboard!
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