What is the one thing you hate most about Veterans Day?

One can still be in and be a Veteran. Guard and Reserves that deployed T10 and returned to T32 are discharged and thus earn "Veteran" status. Same for someone who left AD then came back on and formally enlisted officers are discharged the day before they are appointed as officers.

CW3 Matt Tait if you leave the service, you're a vet. If you return to the service, you stop being just a vet and become a Servicemember again.
Part timers aren't veterans until they get their 20 year letters.

CW3 Matt Tait
Prior to the new law's passage, even if Guard members served for 20 years or longer they were not deemed veterans unless they served on active duty. That included those serving in an Active Guard and Reserve status.

"They could have served 20 years as [AGR] but that wasn't considered qualifying time," said Krenz, adding that veteran status was specifically linked to serving on federal orders, rather than on state orders.

"[If] they were never activated on [federal] orders they weren't, from the government's perspective, considered veterans," he said.

Now, under the new law, anyone eligible for reserve component retirement benefits is considered a veteran, said Krenz.

"Anyone who has reached 20 years of service, even if they were never activated on a [federal] order for more than 180 days outside of training, will now be considered a veteran," he said.



https://www.nationalguard.mil/News/Article/1038989/guard-and-reserve-members-receive-veteran-status/#:~:text=Now%2C%20under%20the%20new%20law,a%20veteran%2C%22%20he%20said.

i understand your data. reality is this. ARNG was called to fight a foreign war. did they just spring up out of air? do you know where they come from? do you know how they were able to do there task? how so many survived combat? thats because the guard could do with less equipment, less time, than regular army could do in 30 days! we trained like dogs. SGTM Brian sellers, ksarng, we trained in 1985-1988, he deployed and fought. he died in an accident at home, drowned looking out for his neigbors during a flood. wished i could have served active, but asthma killed my dreams. today ya'll have inhalers, and sand in yer pussy cards ! point is, dont hate anyone that has served, we all go to the same basic training, AIT, the same commitment. the commitment to serve our country. im happy that i was able to help train hundreds of awesome soldiers over my six years. may have been one of those that saved your ass when the hail rained.