SGT Scott Bell 940595 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div> 2015-09-04T10:40:42-04:00 SGT Scott Bell 940595

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2015-09-04T10:40:42-04:00 2015-09-04T10:40:42-04:00 SGT Ben Keen 940616

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Each era of Veteran classifies him or herself as a Veteran of that era. It is a way to quickly identify those that may have shared experiences. So why not refer to them as Vietnam Veterans?

2015-09-04T10:47:32-04:00 2015-09-04T10:47:32-04:00 LCDR Private RallyPoint Member 940622

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yes and no. I think every veteran should just be called a veteran. However every war will have veterans who associate more with each other than the veterans of other wars. I don&#39;t see in any harm in being a veteran and being a member of a group of Vietnam veterans.

2015-09-04T10:48:49-04:00 2015-09-04T10:48:49-04:00 SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S. 940648

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>"just"?<br />First you are a Veteran, then you are a Conflict Specific Veteran, then you are a Combat Specific, Conflict Specific Veteran, then you are a MOS Specific, Combat Specific, Conflict Specific Veteran .... and so on, and so on, an so on

2015-09-04T10:54:20-04:00 2015-09-04T10:54:20-04:00 SFC Michael Hasbun 940666

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Nope. Serving in Vietnam was an incredible hardship. Veteran can be applied to the guys who hid from the war in the reserves or guard. Vietnam vet is a badge of honor. Wear it proudly.

2015-09-04T11:00:06-04:00 2015-09-04T11:00:06-04:00 Sgt Tom Cunnally 940696

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>This has been asked before of Vietnam Vets and most have said they just preferred being called Vets.... Although there&#39;s always some who still have an issue with how they were treated when they returned from Vietnam. And they don&#39;t like anyone who served during the &quot;Nam&quot; years 1960 - 1975 who call themselves Vietnam Vets, &amp; were not in country but were stationed stateside or in another foreign country..

2015-09-04T11:10:34-04:00 2015-09-04T11:10:34-04:00 Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS 940721

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Do we need "Caveats" to our Service? <br /><br />The Department of Veterans Affairs does it as a matter of Administration, because frankly it's "pragmatic." Veterans of certain "Conflicts" and "Eras" have conditions and are of ages that make treatment(s) easier if you keep them in the same "bucket" as all the other Veterans of the same Conflict/Era. Basically, it's just a simple means of organization.<br /><br />Now, when we start applying "specialness" to any of these Caveats, we run into problems. There's nothing wrong with being proud of our Service. Nothing at all. But when we start comparing our Service to the Service of other vets... that's a mudhole I don't want to jump into.

2015-09-04T11:18:22-04:00 2015-09-04T11:18:22-04:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 940944

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>If you served, you are a veteran. If you served in Vietnam, you are veteran, but also a Vietnam veteran. If you served in Iraq, you are veteran, but also an Iraq veteran. If you served in Desert Storm, you are a veteran, but also a Desert Storm veteran. Same for Afghanistan, Korea, WWII, etc. If you would be condescending enough to dismiss an aged WWII veteran as just a "veteran", then sure. Dismiss the hardships specific to Vietnam. Personally, I won't do it. Too much respect.

2015-09-04T12:31:01-04:00 2015-09-04T12:31:01-04:00 SGT William Howell 941071

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Absolutely not! This country turned our backs on these heroes for decades. Then the movies in the 80's made them all look like a bunch of drug crazed psychos. They have finally got the recognition they deserve as Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, and Airmen. <br /><br />When one of these vets says they are a Vietnam Vet they need to be proud of that honor. Just as I am proud to be able to stand next to them.

2015-09-04T13:03:10-04:00 2015-09-04T13:03:10-04:00 SSG Warren Swan 941100

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>He&#39;s a veteran the same as every other veteran from every other conflict. He rogered up to the call, served, and went home. Is a Nam vet better than a Revolutionary war or WW1 vet? Who had more suck than the other? When we start labeling each other as more special than the other by where we fought, then we&#39;ve lost and all we&#39;re having is a d*ck measuring contest. I&#39;m guilty of doing this, but in the end, we all served somewhere somehow. Be proud of that.

2015-09-04T13:17:38-04:00 2015-09-04T13:17:38-04:00 MCPO Roger Collins 941114

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>No, they can have it both ways. No single group was vilified as they were during and after the VN WAR. I respect all combat vets, but these guys took in in the *** for the nation and received spit and insults. JMHO from a Viet Nam ERA vet.

2015-09-04T13:21:34-04:00 2015-09-04T13:21:34-04:00 SSgt Alex Robinson 949260

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>No. They are veterans of the Vietnam war

2015-09-08T08:02:49-04:00 2015-09-08T08:02:49-04:00 SFC Pete Kain 1869406

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>We have surviving Vets from several wars, nothing wrong with identifying which crap fest they were in.

2016-09-06T23:09:27-04:00 2016-09-06T23:09:27-04:00 Col Dona Marie Iversen 1869414

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I believe the Vietnam vets had the worse homecoming, they deserve extra special support from us.

2016-09-06T23:11:39-04:00 2016-09-06T23:11:39-04:00 2015-09-04T10:40:42-04:00