Tickle, there's nothing in your cited material that indicates that service abroad is required to be considered a veteran. Let's review, shall we?
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Veteran's Pensions Eligibility:
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There is a difference between receiving a pension and being a veteran. I served for many years in the US Army. I'm a veteran, but I'm not drawing retirement pay.
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* you were discharged from service under other than dishonorable conditions, AND
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This means that you received a discharge under honorable, general or medical conditions...not a dishonorable discharge.
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* you served 90 days or more of active duty with at least 1 day during a period of war time. However, 38 CFR 3.12a requires that anyone who enlists after 9/7/80 generally has to serve at least 24 months or the full period for which a person was called or ordered to active duty in order to receive any benefits based on that period of service. With the advent of the Gulf War on 8/2/90 (and still not ended by Congress to this day), veterans can now serve after 9/7/80 during a period of war time. When they do, they generally now must serve 24 months to be eligible for pension or any other benefit. But note the exclusions in 38 CFR 3.12(d), AND
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Note the text in bold. This doesn't require service abroad...only during time of war. This means that the soldier manning a post at Fort Lewis (WA) on 9/1/90 is just as eligible as the soldier manning a tank in Kuwait on the same day.
Read your own cited material, Tickle. You're way off base and you remain incorrect.