Not unless you have been injured during active duty (combat injury), and not until you are honorably discharged.
Yes, if you served, you are a veteran.
After 3 years of service, it's a brotherhood (family). It takes about three years to climatize to the environment. As a Prussian general once stated, "...after 3 years, a man is a veteran soldier..." If you ENJOY camping in the great outdoors (sleeping on the ground, etc.), it's getting paid to do so.
A veteran is someone who fought in a war as part of an army or unit.
Canadian Army Veteran Motorcycle Units was created in 2003.
Each stripe on the army dress uniform represents three years of service. It should be noted that other armed services' stripes equal four years.
In China, the term of the compulsory service for the conscripted servicemen is two or three years.
DRAFT!
You are already a veteran.
To simply have served in the country of South Vietnam while serving in the U.S. military services. Many joined the Army, so the initial service was three years. Others were drafted, and had to serve two years in the service. Draftees who came home after serving a year in Vietnam with only two or three months remaining on their 24 month service obligation were given 'early outs.' Others serving from '59 to '75 are considered Vietnam Era Veterans -- serving in the military during that time, but not actually assigned to units in Vietnam.
My fiance is leaving for Iraq in three days and he is serving in the army. He has to serve over there for a minimum of two years.
Paul Kirchgesner was a U.S. Army veteran who was deployed in Iraq for nine years. He is from Rock Island, Illinois
Ms. Peggy I. Thomas, US Army Veteran, love Jesus!