Just a technicality, Acer, but anyone who has served in the military is a
veteran. The line of thinking is that everyone is service is potentially
exposed to danger at a moment's notice, something that's become increasingly
evident the past several years. My tour of duty began a few months after
the end of Vietnam and ended a year or so before the fun started again with
Grenada, etc. Only the debacle in the desert during the Carter
administration interrupted a rather tame six years.
Hence I've been reluctant to apply for benefits due any veteran since I
faced nothing more dangerous than my recruit company commander, "Killer"
Kilpatrick (who was a truly formidable man), and a few rattlesnakes (they
really do taste like chicken) during physical training runs in Camp
Pendleton.
Semper Fi, jarheads,
Lex
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Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 16:40:37 -0800 (PST)
From: Acer V <siddim01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
from the look of his self port, i'd say he looks to young to be a vet <g>
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