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| Veterans who served in any of the following conflicts
are eligible to receive readjustment-counseling services: • War Zone Veterans – all eras , including: • World War II: 12/07/41 to 03/02/46 • Korean War: 06/27/50 to 07/27/54 • Vietnam War: 02/28/61 to 05/07/75 • Lebanon: 08/25/82 to 02/26/84 • Grenada: 10/23/83 to 11/30/83 • Panama: 12/20/89 to 01/31/90 • Persian Gulf 08/02/90 to a date yet to be determined by Congress • Somalia 09/17/92 to a date yet to be determined by Congress • American Merchant Marines – In ocean-going service during the period of armed conflict, 12/7/41 to 8/15/1945 • Vietnam Era Veterans (NOT IN THE WAR ZONE) 8/5/1964 TO 5/7/1975 (Eligible until 1/1/2004) • Operation Joint Endeavor, Joint Guard, Joint Forge – Veterans who participated in one or more of these three successive operations in the former Yugoslavia (Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia, aboard US Naval vessels operating in the Adriatic Sea, or air spaces above those areas). • Vietnam Era Veterans: 08/05/64 to 05/07/75. • Sexual Trauma Victims: Include all veterans who have experienced acts of sexual violence or harassment while on active duty. • Eligible Veteran Family Member: Emphasis is placed on directing the provision of services toward improving the quality of family life; which has been impacted by the effects of PTSD. • Global War on Terrorism – Veterans who serve or have served in military expeditions to combat terrorism on or after September 11, 2001 and before a terminal date yet to be established. Bereavement Counseling: Counseling and assistance is now being offered to parents, spouses and children of armed forces personnel who died in service for our country. Also available to eligible family members of military reservist and National guard personnel who died while on active duty. |
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