Nah I'm not really one to go around proclaiming that I am a vet to everyone I see. In fact I usually don't mention it in conversation. But I have noticed through doing a job hunt and interviewing with almost a dozen places that people don't really appreciate veterans like they did in our previous wars (excluding Vietnam, of course). Once someone finds out I've done 2 tours in Iraq, they usually ask a stupid question like, "So did you shoot anyone?" right off the bat or they'll start giving their views on the politics of the war as if I could do something about it. Damn that was such a run-on sentence.