Let me be the first of the ladies here to say...
Welcome to the site ArmyRangerWife.
Glad to have you...Thankyou to your husband and yourself for your service.
A 'Veteran' -- whether active duty, discharged, retired, or reserve --
is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to 'The United States of America,' for an amount of 'up to, and including his life.'