Why are veterans heroes?

As a society, when we call all veterans and military service members heroes, we are calling them exceptional. But by making them exceptional -- by setting them aside -- we are segregating them from the rest of the population. read more

As far as what you can give to veterans, don’t bother with the handouts. Just make sure veterans get what they were promised when they joined. read more

Not current miltary veterans. Leading up to the Gulf war are veterans where heros. But now I feel like they expect to much from the public. Anyone who was drafted into the military ie Korean War l,Vietnam War,WW2 and so forth are heros . I saw a article that said that Iraq and Afghanistan veterans think there the most damaged veterans from any war. read more