In order to facilitate employment of Protected Veterans, we invite you to voluntarily self-identify with respect to veteran status (without adverse treatment if you decline to do so). If you believe that you belong to any of the categories of Protected Veterans listed below, please indicate by checking the appropriate box below, which will assist us in assessing our outreach and recruitment efforts.

• Classes of Protected Veterans
  • A Disabled Veteran is (1) a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who would be entitled to compensation, but for the receipt of military retired pay) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or (2) a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability.
  • A Recently Separated Veteran means any veteran during the three-year period beginning on the date of such veteran's discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service.
  • An Active Duty Wartime or Campaign Badge Veteran means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense.
  • An Armed Forces Service Medal Veteran means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985.