Do prior service members call themselves ex military? I've only heard prior service or former military, never ex military. Indicates they were dishonorably discharged.
Referring to a pilot who is prior service, it would not be wrong to refer to them as an ex-military pilot. Just my perspective as a veteran. And veteran is the proper terminology for all honorably discharged service members that left prior to retirement.
Being dishonorably discharged from the military isn't necessarily a bad thing. They dishonorably discharge a lot of people who won't obey unlawful orders, go along with the woke shit, etc.
Do prior service members call themselves ex military? I've only heard prior service or former military, never ex military. Indicates they were dishonorably discharged.
In Canada we definitely say "ex-military" with no negative connotation.
Referring to a pilot who is prior service, it would not be wrong to refer to them as an ex-military pilot. Just my perspective as a veteran. And veteran is the proper terminology for all honorably discharged service members that left prior to retirement.
In my Army post town the former military generally are referred to as retired military.
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Being dishonorably discharged from the military isn't necessarily a bad thing. They dishonorably discharge a lot of people who won't obey unlawful orders, go along with the woke shit, etc.