Does the word Veteran ONLY apply to those who served in the Military ?
NO
It can also mean
Someone who has spent a LONG TIME doing a Job.
Funny how for everything else the term requires a LONG TIME
While a Veteran can be someone who signed a piece of paper and served a short time.
Quote
"A Veteran - Whether Active Duty, Retired, National Guard or Reserve - Is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States of America", for an amount "up to and including his or her life" - Anonymous"
The quote above should have been more specific and said "A MILITARY VETERAN".
Also the quote left out that any one who served in the Military can be called a Veteran but the Veterans Administration only recogonizes Honorable Discharged members as Veterans.
The addition of the Warrior thread to what a Veteran is raises questions as were raised on the Warrior thread:
Theoretical or REAL
Is a Veteran someone willing to sign on to the military and complete their agreement and go where told to do what they are told .
or
Is a Veteran anyone who signs the paper agreeing at the outset to go where told and do what they are told and then not fulfilling that agreement ?
I have a friend ,his son joined the military,the kid was told he was going to the Middle East ,(Jee what news ,lol) and then set about to claim an injury he had acknowledged and waved upon entry was now a bother and he wanted out.
They gave this kid an honorable discharge and he never finished Boot camp.
According to this kid loads are doing the same,with 30/40 percent of his platoon getting out during boot camp for injuries or mental problems)
I wonder where they thought they were going to deploy to when they joined up ?
So this kid is a Veteran
(he has an honorable discharge)
But
Is he seen as a VETERAN by those who are really Veterans ?
(those who completed their contracted service)
I do not think so.
So no matter the willingness to sign a contract /check made payable for an amount up to your life to the government,if you renege on that contract you have bounced the check for payment and are in default to the government.
But the Government today is forgiving and allows one to have title to that which they do not fully deserve.
They allow that due to the willingness of INTENT
Rather than the Willingness to Fulfill and COMPLETE their contract.
So in the Warrior Thread we have Theoretical Warriors and Real Warriors
Now as far as Veterans go we Have Theoretical Veterans and Real Veterans.
Again it all depends on the needs and mindset of those claiming the titles and their perception or their meaning of the use of these words.
