To: President Donald Trump, The United States House of Representatives, and The United States Senate
All veterans should receive equal benefits
Any person who serves in uniform and receives an honorable discharge should be afforded all the same benefits as any other veteran. Currently, "Peacetime" veterans are excluded from many benefits, even though they are KEEPING the PEACE for us!!
Why is this important?
Many of our parents and grandparents served their country proudly for their entire tour, at-the-ready should conflict arise. Most of them were drafted. Yet they are denied veterans benefits based on their dates of service. You can help to change the rules governing eligibility for veterans benefits to cover all veterans who served for more than 180 days. Many veterans served between Feb. 1, 1955 and Aug. 4, 1964. They are considered "peacetime" veterans and are, therefore, not eligible for the same benefits as a vet who served only ONE day, but during wartime.
There is no equity in denial of benefits to those who served a full tour during the Cold War ("peacetime") and affording full veterans benefits to those who served just one day during wartime, even if they never saw combat or were never deployed to a combat arena. All veterans who served, at the ready, should be afforded equal benefits, regardless of their dates of service. It is by the sheer manpower of "peacetime" vets that we HAD peace. Please help us by sponsoring a bill to change the federal rules governing eligibility for Veterans Benefits.
There is no equity in denial of benefits to those who served a full tour during the Cold War ("peacetime") and affording full veterans benefits to those who served just one day during wartime, even if they never saw combat or were never deployed to a combat arena. All veterans who served, at the ready, should be afforded equal benefits, regardless of their dates of service. It is by the sheer manpower of "peacetime" vets that we HAD peace. Please help us by sponsoring a bill to change the federal rules governing eligibility for Veterans Benefits.