Afghanistan veteran
Deployed soldier, returned
An Afghanistan veteran is someone who served in the military during the conflict in Afghanistan, particularly the U.S.-led war that began in 2001 and lasted two decades.
The term carries connotations of combat experience, extended deployments, and the particular challenges of counterinsurgency warfare: My brother is an Afghanistan veteran who did three tours.
- combatArmed hostile engagement
- combat zoneActive military conflict area
- PTSDChronic reaction to horrific events
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
- soldierArmed forces member
Marine · service · thank you for your service · homecoming · trauma · battlefield · Kabul · Taliban · convoy · IED · roadside bomb · Purple Heart · medal · warzone · brotherhood · sacrifice · dusty · desert dust
- Veteransvets, VA, retired soldier, ex-serviceman, combat vet
- military statusactive duty, enlisted, retired, deployed, reservist
military service status
Afghanistan veterancivilian
Non-military person
draft dodger · conscientious objector · non-combatant · pacifist · armchair general