When it comes to veterans, we feel a veteran is a veteran. We used the words “traditional” and “modern” just because that separation is out there already. We'd like to see everybody treated the same. My feeling is that a bullet does the same damage, whether it was in World War II or in Afghanistan.
Naturally, as a person ages their medical needs and the help they'll require is going to be much different, and Veterans Affairs is looking at that already. Is there much difference? In age, yes. Record keeping probably has improved. In regard to people not speaking up, in the combat arms you just do your job. You don't speak up, and you just carry on, even if you have a bum knee.
There probably are a lot of similarities over the years. I think at the end of the day, veterans should be treated as veterans. That way you wouldn't have this split that you're having, and different charters and legislation.