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LADIES AUXILIARY, VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS -  For more than 100 years, the VFW Auxiliaries has been fulfilling its original objectives by supporting the Veterans of Foreign Wars, serving veterans, active-duty military and their families, and spreading patriotism nationwide.  Members have volunteered millions of hours, donated millions of dollars and honored hundreds of thousands of veterans.  

The VFW Auxiliary also offers its members access to one of the nation’s largest networks of money-saving products and services in the insurance and benefits industry. 

VETERINARIAN - A veterinary physician, also called a vet, shortened from veterinarian or veterinary surgeon, is a professional who practices veterinary medicine by treating disease, disorder, and injury in animals.  In the United States, approximately 80% of admitted students are female. In the early history of veterinary medicine of the United States, most veterinarians were males. However, in the 1990s this ratio reached parity, and now it has been reversed.

WAR ON TERRORISM VETERAN - The War on Terror (WOT), also known as the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), is a metaphor of war referring to the international military campaign that started after the September 11 attacks on the United States.  U.S. President George W. Bush first used the term "War on Terror" on September 20, 2001.  The Bush administration and the western media have since used the term to argue a global military, political, legal, and conceptual struggle against both organizations designated terrorist and regimes accused of supporting them.

NATIONAL GUARD VETERAN -  The National Guard consists of the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard.  The National Guard was formed in the 17th century as the militia of the colonists in North America.  The Marquis de Lafayette, on a visit to the United States in 1824, popularized the term "national guard" as a description for the various states' militias.   The title was formalized by federal legislation in 1916.
Other reserve groups have no affiliation with the National Guard.

TRINITY KNOT OR RINGS (TRIQUETRA) - The symbol has been used by Christians as a sign of the Trinity (Father, Son and Holy Spirit), especially since the Celtic revival of the 19th century.  When modern designers began to display the triquetra as a stand-alone design, it recalled the three-leafed shamrock which was similarly offered as a Trinity symbol by Saint Patrick.  The triquetra has been used extensively on Christian sculpture, vestments, book arts and stained glass.  It has been used on the title page and binding of some editions of the New King James Version.

TURTLE -  The turtle is a sacred figure in Native American symbolism as it represents Mother Earth.  The meaning of the Turtle symbol signifies good health and long life.  The turtle has great longevity living up to 150 years.  The earth mother features in many Native American myths and legends and is honored for saving mankind from the Great Flood.  The turtle symbol of the earth mother represents her stoic ability to carry the heavy burden of man on her shell.

STAR OF BETHLEHEM (CHRISTMAS STAR) -  The Star of Bethlehem, also called the Christmas Star, revealed the birth of Jesus to the Biblical Magi (wise men), and later led them to Bethlehem.  The star appears only in the nativity story of the Gospel of Matthew, where astrologers from the east are inspired by the star to travel to Jerusalem.  There they meet King Herod of Judea, and ask where the king of the Jews had been born.   Herod, following a verse from the Book of Micah interpreted as a prophecy, directs them to Bethlehem, to the south of Jerusalem.

SHEPHERD -  The Good Shepherd is an image used in the pericope of John 10:1-21, in which Jesus Christ is depicted as the Good Shepherd who lays down his life for the sheep.  Similar imagery is used in Psalm 23.  The Good Shepherd is also discussed in the other gospels, the Epistle to the Hebrews, the First Epistle of Peter and the Book of Revelation in references to Jesus not letting himself lose any of his sheep.  It is a word naturally of frequent occurrence in Scripture. Sometimes the word "pastor" is used instead.

SNAKE - Because snakes shed their skin through sloughing, they are symbols of rebirth, transformation, immortality, and healing. 

SERPENT EATING ITS TAIL (OUROBOROS) - Symbolic representation of coming full circle (cycle).  The Ouroboros is an ancient symbol depicting a serpent or dragon eating its own tail. The name originates from within Greek language; (oura) meaning "tail" and (boros) meaning"eating", thus "he who eats the tail".   Often taken to symbolize, introspection, the eternal return or cycle, especially in the sense of something constantly re-creating itself.   It also represents the infinite cycle of nature's endless creation and destruction, life and death.