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Yeah, you live in the guard for five minutes you get a promotion. It's called a "Guardsman"

I got lucky, rolled a 6 on my overwatch against a Carni', another 6 to wound, and it killed the beast. Lascannoners did most the work, but I killed the fether. Got a badge for it too. Command were nice enough to give me a shiny new Melta though

I truly believe the God Emperororrer was with me that day

Life in the Guard is measured in hours once deployed so if you lived for 5 years then yes you would be considered a veteran.