Attorney Eric Gang Comments on National Guard Deployments and Veterans’ Benefits

Foreign Affairs Observer

by Jon Stojan, September 9

Attorney Eric Gang Comments on National Guard Deployments and Veterans’ Benefits

The president’s recent decision to deploy National Guard units to Washington in response to crime has reignited a longstanding debate: when does a guardsman’s service cross the threshold into veteran status, and what benefits should follow? For Eric Gang, founder of Gang & Associates and one of the nation’s leading veterans’ rights attorneys, the distinction is not just a matter of legal technicality; it can determine whether an injured guardsman receives federal benefits for life or nothing at all.

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