1.   While attached to Camp Pendleton, however, the Gulf War veteran got swept up in an off-base drug scene.

2.   And a poor veteran often gets assistance that a welfare recipient accustomed to nothing more than cash or food stamps might find lavish.

3.   And while the overall veteran population is declining, the patient population is rising because surviving veterans are getting older.

4.   A few Euro-hardened veterans got seats in the press box, but dozens of us were herded away like cattle, allowed only in a large workroom.

5.   Highly paid veterans get no second chance once injury becomes a problem.

6.   Meanwhile, World War II veterans are not getting any younger.

7.   Military veterans can get one for the asking.

8.   Some veterans will get buyouts, and seniority will play a role in who may get a job with Newsday on Long Island.

9.   Ten years ago the Korean War veteran got a heart transplant, and without these pills he would die.

10.   The drivers are two hugely popular veterans still getting it done, mid-life and in dramatic style.