My dad abandoned me before I was born, but before that he was enlisted in the Navy for a while. My mom said he would often misbehave and she said they basically kicked him out and my US Army veteran multi-millionaire grandpa had to pull strings in the military to get him a general discharge instead of a dishonorable discharge. But my question is, is my dad still considered a military veteran by technicality? Besides that he is a rotten person either way. As rotten as he is, can he still be considered a US military veteran?