One thing that secretly drives me nuts is I have an extended family member (baby boomer) who did 20-21 years in the Army Reserves (no active duty, no real 'active mission' deployments, just the one weekend a month, two weeks a year commitment - is not eligible for VFW or American Legion membership) and brags that as company commander of his reserve unit he found loopholes to get guys out of having to do PT tests for some reason or another and that his biggest accomplishment during 'summer camp' to Egypt was arranging for himself and another officer to fly a helicopter near the pyramids so they could take pictures of themselves. Anyway, every Veteran's Day he plans his whole day around all the free meals and coupons available and just goes from one to the other all day long (and his wife, not a vet, has a military ID as a spouse and gets all the free stuff too). He gets some kind of pension and health benefits despite never serving more than the three years active duty required for active duty vets to get their benefits (which do not include pension or health unless due to injury while on duty). He takes every opportunity to use his military ID (including driving out of the way to a base so he can shop and get saluted by guards at the gate) and wears all kinds of 'Retired Army'/'Veteran' gear.
Iāll add all his benefits are legit, but I personally find the behavior off-putting.
