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It seems there has been some talk and a little publicity about vets being able to obtain an I.D. card plus qualifying for PX privileges. Does anyone have an update of either one of these issues?
A local airline (Allegiant) has announced that Veterans and their spouses can check a couple bags for free when flying with them. I'm sure they have some sort of procedure to show you quality but it probably involves a copy of your DD214 at least.
Sure would be great to have that I.D.
Just renewed my drivers license last month, & there's a new icon on it that shows me as a military veteran. I've had Veteran plates on my DD for many years, and had to produce my DD214 to get the plates initially, so I was already "in the system" so to speak.
I suspect as "Real ID" makes its way across the country, most if not all states will include this identifier on their new issued drivers licenses as well?
[QUOTE=peteg59;556019]Just renewed my drivers license last month, & there's a new icon on it that shows me as a military veteran. I've had Veteran plates on my DD for many years, and had to produce my DD214 to get the plates initially, so I was already "in the system" so
I suspect as "Real ID" makes its way across the country,
Ccamost if not all states will include this identifier on their new issued drivers licenses as well?[/QUOTE]
California has had it avail on your license for awhile-I did not want to pay the fee for a renewal so I'm waiting until mine expires and then have it put on.
The 'new' veterans ID card, or number amounted a special pass code for special online privileges at the on line 'PX' did not work out very well, not sure it's still up and running. I signed up early, it all amounted to nothing, I think you could order some clothes on line or something like that, it was very limited. I disregarded the thing, seemed to me to be a lot of trouble for nothing.
Georgia does not charge vet's for a DL and used to put VET in the box for fee. About 10 years ago they started putting 0 in the fee box and started printing veteran across the bottom.
I've received many 10% discounts just by showing my licence.
I've heard of but never looked into the PX privileges.