" they were never activated on orders they weren't, from the government's perspective, considered veterans," he said. "They could have served 20 years as but that wasn't considered qualifying time," said Krenz, adding that veteran status was specifically linked to serving on federal orders, rather than on state orders. That included those serving in an Active Guard and Reserve status. Prior to the new law's passage, even if Guard members served for 20 years or longer they were not deemed veterans unless they served on active duty. Matthew Krenz, a legislative liaison at the National Guard Bureau who provided background information to Congressional members working on the bill. "As long as you were deployed on active duty for at least 180 days and you didn't get a dishonorable discharge or a bad conduct discharge coming off those orders, then you could be considered a veteran," said Army Sgt. Previously, Guard members were considered veterans only if they served 180 days or more in a federal status outside of training.
– A recently signed law gives official veteran status to National Guard members who served 20 years or more.
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