...Yea, I am a veteran,,my dad was a veteran, my daughter is a veteran, my son-in-law is active military..my heritage all the way back to the Revolutionary war is full of veterans..my 4th great grandfather was killed at Gettysburg,,my 7th great grandfather was a Hessian soldier that came to South Carolina to fight with the British, against the colonists, but met a South Carolina girl, Crawfished the British, took their money, married the Carolina girl,,,and took up arms against the British,,,,guess I get it honest....as far as job benefits from being a veteran,,got my training from the Navy, got my savy from that Hessian soldier...and all these "stars and bars" tattoos from the heritage buried at Gettysburg, at "Devils Den"..did I get off topic? sorry, but the question was.."are you a veteran"...D@#n Right...look at my avatar....red