How many people are a veteran of any branch of the Military?
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I spent 6 year active. 4 in the Air Force. 2 years in the Navy.
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Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, National Guard
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No, I don't need to check the internet. The highest rank any member of the armed forces can achieve is a five-star general, and there have only been eight of those in the entire history of the US military.
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First I will say that too many are serving then I would say to look at the link below. It is the USMC Programs and Concepts book that has a demographics table in it. You will have to look at Officer and Enlisted to get a total number on active duty and then look separately at the reserves.\n\nhttp://hqinet001.hqmc.usmc.mil/p&r/Concepts/2005/TOC5.HTM
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About two million.\n\n(600,000 males above 18 plus women and children.)
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yes, all members of the united states service are considered veterans. but not all are entitled to benefits once released from the military.
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As of 2005, there were 12,276 Warrant Officers in the active duty Army which is 15.1% of the officers total.  I don't know how many of those are 5's, but I hope that helps to narrow the field for you a little bit.
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Nope. A veteran is someone who's served his nation in a military service. More than a reward, or thank you, it's also acknowledging that a vet is somone who's demonstrated that he's willing to put the good of his community before his own good, or safety. And is able to work as part of a group, rather than an individual doing his "9 to 5 gig"   Non-vets may have the same attributes, but have simply not proven this part of their personality yet.
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Getting all of my people back to their loved ones from Viet-Nam, except one, over a time span of three years as a 21 year old Staff Sergeant in Recon You can count the DSC if you want too and a few others. The other great accomplishment in my life is still being around to watch my kids and 21 grandchildren do good in this world. Like in Viet-Nam, miracles still very much happen.
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I think there are a LARGE number that pad their military records when talking to others.  Like: they say they were in the deep jungles of Nam and tell stories of hand-to-hand combat when in reality they never stepped foot off Phan Rang Air Base, Vietnam.\n\nWhen I talk of my military history I always say I was a medic DURING Nam.  I am a Vietnam ERA Veteran NOT a Vietnam Veteran.  I was a combat medic, but since USAF females never saw combat when I was in I never went to Nam..  I did patient pickups so I saw the horror of war fresh from the battlefield, but never saw a gun fired or a bomb drop.  I was not a flight medic since that was an AFSC closed to females, but when the flight was short I got to go. \n\nAs for people who just lie and say they were in the military and they NEVER were.... I think the number would be small.  \n\nThere is a WONDERFUL man who has spent his life unmasking the worse of the storytellers:   B. G. "Jug" Burkett \n\nhttp://www.nationalreview.com/kob/obeirne200409290830.asp  \n\nhttp://www.earlham.edu/~herdda/Burkett.htm \n\nBelow is a link to the Stolen Valor Act that is/was before Congress I am not sure if it passed.... but it should!!
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There are hundreds.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_wars
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lol, tens of millions.\nhttp://scotthortonshow.com/\nhttp://thestressblog.com\nhttp://www.kaos959.com\nhttp://www.antiwar.com\nmoney, http://www.philipdru.com/griffin_stream.html\neducation, \nhttp://www.philipdru.com/taylor_stream.html\nhttp://www.philipdru.com/gatto_stream.html\nww1 wilson,\nhttp://weekendinterviewshow.com/InterviewDisplay.aspx?i=88\nww2 http://www.philipdru.com/stinnett_stream.html\nnam http://www.weekendinterviewshow.com/InterviewDisplay.aspx?i=108\nbush & clinton http://www.philipdru.com/triplett_stream.html\nisrael \nhttp://antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=8730\nhttp://www.philipdru.com/webb_stream.html\niran http://www.weekendinterviewshow.com/InterviewDisplay.aspx?i=131\ngovernment explained simply,\nhttp://weekendinterviewshow.com/InterviewDisplay.aspx?i=98
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We had something along those lines when Selective Service was geared up for Vietnam.  There were too many people, however, so a lottery was established.  Consider the numbers for the US, between ages of 15-64 there are 100 million males, narrowing that by the Census Bureau, there are about 21 million Americans between 20-24, of which there are just shy of 11 million males.\n\nThat's one awful big army.  Sorry, but we don't need it and the rest of the world wouldn't stand for it.  Thanks for thinking though, because the military service during WWI and WWII was one of the great standardizing forces in American education and culture at the time.
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I'm in the Army...have been for over 15 years now.  I love what I do and wish more young men and women would do the same (doesn't matter which branch!).\n\nThanks for supporting the troops.....there should be more people out there like you.  We don't hear that often enough.\n\nThank you.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veteran%27s_Day\n\nGood Luck!!!
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As of 2004, I believe that there were at least seven members of congress with children in the military, and at least two members of Congress who have children in Iraq.\n\nWith close to 300 million people in America and our Active military personel numbering approx 1.4 million, you should expect 1.4/300 congressment to have a child in the military.  If they have 7/535, this is actually greater than the average.\n\n1.4/300= .00467% as compared to 7/535= .01308%\n\nCongress actaully has a higher percentage of children in the military than the US population.  Once you take that into consideration, your question answers itself.
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its 3082 total\nand 2842 US troops\ngo here http://icasualties.org/oif/Details.aspx