A veteran or ex-service is a person who is no longer serving in the armed forces.
Women veterans who served with the Women's Royal Australian Naval Service during an Anzac Day parade, 2015
An Iranian veteran of the Iran–Iraq War attends the funeral of a comrade in Nishapur.
A Russian veteran of World War II dances at a Victory Day celebration in Gorky Park, Moscow (2009).
Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff with veterans of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force during a ceremony to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, 8 May 2015
The American Legion, commonly known as the Legion, is an organization of U.S. veterans headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. It comprises state, U.S. territory, and overseas departments, in turn mad
American Legion National Headquarters Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
A photographer who slipped in a half-hour before the session began, with more than half the Paris caucus delegates absent
Hundreds of thousands of African-Americans were in segregated units in World War I, mostly assigned to non-combat duties. The early American Legion left the question of integration, the formation of segregated "Negro" posts, or exclusion of black soldiers from membership altogether up to the states and the posts themselves, often resulting in gross disparities of opportunity.
A political cartoon from the Portland Telegram depicting a Legionnaire preparing to hit a ball labeled "Bolshevism" with a rifle butt labeled "100 per cent Americanism" beside a quote from Theodore Roosevelt: "Don't argue with the reds; go to bat with them and go to the bat strong!"