Military/DoD Are you active duty, retired or a veteran?

jdog wrote:
I am just asking because I have seen this happen at the place I worked and now am retired. When the place was closing. The vets stayed with them selves and looked down on non vets as skum. They did not want to have anything to do with us. At all gatherings they sat in a different area. This has left a bad feeling for me since I have always had alot respect for vets and more so for the wounded vets.

Place was closing......might have had something to do with the 'banding together'
Just chock it up to a unusual circumstance and not hold it as a benchmark of other veterans.

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Believe me, those were the exception, not the rule. I feel sorry for Vets that act like that, as they must really be lonely. Around here, it is just the opposite, many times you will never know the person you are talking to is a Vet, as they don't advertise it and are the general population, not a clique. Sorry you had a bad experience with some lonely, lost Vets......

I am just asking because I have seen this happen at the place I worked and now am retired. When the place was closing. The vets stayed with them selves and looked down on non vets as skum. They did not want to have anything to do with us. At all gatherings they sat in a different area. This has left a bad feeling for me since I have always had alot respect for vets and more so for the wounded vets.

jdog wrote:
Why is it that Veterens and Military people have the need to separate them selves into groups away from those that have no military service?

Like any group of people, we enjoy talking with those who have had a common experience.

As I mentioned earlier in this thread - there are often health, benefits and such issues which relate only to vets and retirees.

Yes, there are some folks who 'never left' and live near bases, shop on base, seek their medical care on base, etc.

But most of us got the travel bug early when we got to travel the globe. So an RV is a very natural choice to see the great country many of us didn't get to see when we were young.

Army National Guard 1997-present, Infantry. OIF Veteran.

Desert Captain wrote:

jdog wrote:
Why is it that Veterens and Military people have the need to separate them selves into groups away from those that have no military service?

Your comment puzzles me. :h

As a group I don't see veterans separating themselves from those who did not serve. Most veterans I have known don't advertise their service, quite the opposite. This thread asked that we document our service, which was a privilege and no small measure of sacrifice, that most of us are justifiably proud of.

One of the best definitions of a veterans is...

"A veteran is someone who, at one point in his life wrote a blank check made payable to The United States of America for an amount of up to and including my life."

You're welcome. :C

Well said Desert Captain. Army 1966 - 1995 Benning School for Boys(Basic and Jump), Ft. Rucker, Aberdeen Proving Ground OCS, Ft.Gordon USASESS,RVN 1969, 82nd Abn 72-74, ( 8 years active 66-74 retired from USAR in 95)-

To jdog I say; We don't separate ourselves, however sometimes others separate us......I suggest that you take Jack Nicholson's advice .....and just say thank you.

To all those who dared to serve, draftee or volunteer - THANK YOU!