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Veterans ID card
For you who have served and want the discounts at Home Depot, etc.
VA announces rollout and application process for new Veterans ID Card WASHNGTON — VA has announced that the application process for the national Veterans Identification Card (VIC) is now available for veterans — yet another action honoring their service. This has been mandated through legislation since 2015 to honor veterans, and the rollout of the ID card fulfills that overdue promise. Only those veterans with honorable service will be able to apply for the ID card, which will provide proof of military service, and may be accepted by retailers in lieu of the standard DD Form 214 to obtain promotional discounts and other services where offered to veterans. “The new Veterans Identification Card provides a safer and more convenient and efficient way for most veterans to show proof of service,” said VA secretary Dr. David J. Shulkin. “With the card, veterans with honorable service to our nation will no longer need to carry around their paper DD-214s to obtain veteran discounts and other services.” The VIC provides a more portable and secure alternative for those who served the minimum obligated time in service, but did not meet the retirement or medical discharge threshold. Veterans who served in the Armed Forces, including the reserve components, and who have a discharge of honorable or general (under honorable conditions) can request a VIC. To request a VIC, veterans must visit vets.gov, click on “Sign In” in the top right hand corner and establish an ID.me account. Once the veteran verifies their identity they may request to “Apply for the Veteran ID Card”. Veterans who apply for a card should receive it within 60 days and can check delivery status of their cards at vets.gov. A digital version of the VIC will be available online soon. |
Veterans ID card
On Wed, 21 Mar 2018 09:29:53 -0400, John H. wrote:
For you who have served and want the discounts at Home Depot, etc. VA announces rollout and application process for new Veterans ID Card WASHNGTON — VA has announced that the application process for the national Veterans Identification Card (VIC) is now available for veterans — yet another action honoring their service. This has been mandated through legislation since 2015 to honor veterans, and the rollout of the ID card fulfills that overdue promise. Only those veterans with honorable service will be able to apply for the ID card, which will provide proof of military service, and may be accepted by retailers in lieu of the standard DD Form 214 to obtain promotional discounts and other services where offered to veterans. “The new Veterans Identification Card provides a safer and more convenient and efficient way for most veterans to show proof of service,” said VA secretary Dr. David J. Shulkin. “With the card, veterans with honorable service to our nation will no longer need to carry around their paper DD-214s to obtain veteran discounts and other services.” The VIC provides a more portable and secure alternative for those who served the minimum obligated time in service, but did not meet the retirement or medical discharge threshold. Veterans who served in the Armed Forces, including the reserve components, and who have a discharge of honorable or general (under honorable conditions) can request a VIC. To request a VIC, veterans must visit vets.gov, click on “Sign In” in the top right hand corner and establish an ID.me account. Once the veteran verifies their identity they may request to “Apply for the Veteran ID Card”. Veterans who apply for a card should receive it within 60 days and can check delivery status of their cards at vets.gov. A digital version of the VIC will be available online soon. A link: https://www.vets.gov/ |
Veterans ID card
On 3/21/2018 9:31 AM, John H. wrote:
On Wed, 21 Mar 2018 09:29:53 -0400, John H. wrote: For you who have served and want the discounts at Home Depot, etc. VA announces rollout and application process for new Veterans ID Card WASHNGTON — VA has announced that the application process for the national Veterans Identification Card (VIC) is now available for veterans — yet another action honoring their service. This has been mandated through legislation since 2015 to honor veterans, and the rollout of the ID card fulfills that overdue promise. Only those veterans with honorable service will be able to apply for the ID card, which will provide proof of military service, and may be accepted by retailers in lieu of the standard DD Form 214 to obtain promotional discounts and other services where offered to veterans. “The new Veterans Identification Card provides a safer and more convenient and efficient way for most veterans to show proof of service,” said VA secretary Dr. David J. Shulkin. “With the card, veterans with honorable service to our nation will no longer need to carry around their paper DD-214s to obtain veteran discounts and other services.” The VIC provides a more portable and secure alternative for those who served the minimum obligated time in service, but did not meet the retirement or medical discharge threshold. Veterans who served in the Armed Forces, including the reserve components, and who have a discharge of honorable or general (under honorable conditions) can request a VIC. To request a VIC, veterans must visit vets.gov, click on “Sign In” in the top right hand corner and establish an ID.me account. Once the veteran verifies their identity they may request to “Apply for the Veteran ID Card”. Veterans who apply for a card should receive it within 60 days and can check delivery status of their cards at vets.gov. A digital version of the VIC will be available online soon. A link: https://www.vets.gov/ Tried three times. Says it can't verify who I am yet I have a government issued VA health card and am in the VA system. Oh well. Lowes and the Home Depot already give me a vet discount, so I really don't need another ID card. |
Veterans ID card
On Wed, 21 Mar 2018 09:29:53 -0400, John H.
wrote: For you who have served and want the discounts at Home Depot, etc. VA announces rollout and application process for new Veterans ID Card WASHNGTON — VA has announced that the application process for the national Veterans Identification Card (VIC) is now available for veterans — yet another action honoring their service. This has been mandated through legislation since 2015 to honor veterans, and the rollout of the ID card fulfills that overdue promise. Only those veterans with honorable service will be able to apply for the ID card, which will provide proof of military service, and may be accepted by retailers in lieu of the standard DD Form 214 to obtain promotional discounts and other services where offered to veterans. “The new Veterans Identification Card provides a safer and more convenient and efficient way for most veterans to show proof of service,” said VA secretary Dr. David J. Shulkin. “With the card, veterans with honorable service to our nation will no longer need to carry around their paper DD-214s to obtain veteran discounts and other services.” The VIC provides a more portable and secure alternative for those who served the minimum obligated time in service, but did not meet the retirement or medical discharge threshold. Veterans who served in the Armed Forces, including the reserve components, and who have a discharge of honorable or general (under honorable conditions) can request a VIC. To request a VIC, veterans must visit vets.gov, click on “Sign In” in the top right hand corner and establish an ID.me account. Once the veteran verifies their identity they may request to “Apply for the Veteran ID Card”. Veterans who apply for a card should receive it within 60 days and can check delivery status of their cards at vets.gov. A digital version of the VIC will be available online soon. I guess this will help with the PX deal too. Home Depot/Lowes discounts only work on Veterans Day unless you are active duty or retired. |
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Veterans ID card
On Wed, 21 Mar 2018 11:11:35 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:
On 3/21/2018 9:31 AM, John H. wrote: On Wed, 21 Mar 2018 09:29:53 -0400, John H. wrote: For you who have served and want the discounts at Home Depot, etc. VA announces rollout and application process for new Veterans ID Card WASHNGTON — VA has announced that the application process for the national Veterans Identification Card (VIC) is now available for veterans — yet another action honoring their service. This has been mandated through legislation since 2015 to honor veterans, and the rollout of the ID card fulfills that overdue promise. Only those veterans with honorable service will be able to apply for the ID card, which will provide proof of military service, and may be accepted by retailers in lieu of the standard DD Form 214 to obtain promotional discounts and other services where offered to veterans. “The new Veterans Identification Card provides a safer and more convenient and efficient way for most veterans to show proof of service,” said VA secretary Dr. David J. Shulkin. “With the card, veterans with honorable service to our nation will no longer need to carry around their paper DD-214s to obtain veteran discounts and other services.” The VIC provides a more portable and secure alternative for those who served the minimum obligated time in service, but did not meet the retirement or medical discharge threshold. Veterans who served in the Armed Forces, including the reserve components, and who have a discharge of honorable or general (under honorable conditions) can request a VIC. To request a VIC, veterans must visit vets.gov, click on “Sign In” in the top right hand corner and establish an ID.me account. Once the veteran verifies their identity they may request to “Apply for the Veteran ID Card”. Veterans who apply for a card should receive it within 60 days and can check delivery status of their cards at vets.gov. A digital version of the VIC will be available online soon. A link: https://www.vets.gov/ Tried three times. Says it can't verify who I am yet I have a government issued VA health card and am in the VA system. Oh well. Lowes and the Home Depot already give me a vet discount, so I really don't need another ID card. Oh well. I tried! |
Veterans ID card
On 3/21/2018 1:08 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 21 Mar 2018 12:18:11 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 3/21/2018 11:57 AM, wrote: On Wed, 21 Mar 2018 09:29:53 -0400, John H. wrote: For you who have served and want the discounts at Home Depot, etc. VA announces rollout and application process for new Veterans ID Card WASHNGTON — VA has announced that the application process for the national Veterans Identification Card (VIC) is now available for veterans — yet another action honoring their service. This has been mandated through legislation since 2015 to honor veterans, and the rollout of the ID card fulfills that overdue promise. Only those veterans with honorable service will be able to apply for the ID card, which will provide proof of military service, and may be accepted by retailers in lieu of the standard DD Form 214 to obtain promotional discounts and other services where offered to veterans. “The new Veterans Identification Card provides a safer and more convenient and efficient way for most veterans to show proof of service,” said VA secretary Dr. David J. Shulkin. “With the card, veterans with honorable service to our nation will no longer need to carry around their paper DD-214s to obtain veteran discounts and other services.” The VIC provides a more portable and secure alternative for those who served the minimum obligated time in service, but did not meet the retirement or medical discharge threshold. Veterans who served in the Armed Forces, including the reserve components, and who have a discharge of honorable or general (under honorable conditions) can request a VIC. To request a VIC, veterans must visit vets.gov, click on “Sign In” in the top right hand corner and establish an ID.me account. Once the veteran verifies their identity they may request to “Apply for the Veteran ID Card”. Veterans who apply for a card should receive it within 60 days and can check delivery status of their cards at vets.gov. A digital version of the VIC will be available online soon. I guess this will help with the PX deal too. Home Depot/Lowes discounts only work on Veterans Day unless you are active duty or retired. Not so. Lowes gives a discount every day of the year. They changed their policy about a year ago. You can register on-line or bring your DD-214 to customer service and they registered your phone number for a discount. At check out you just tell them you are registered in the system, they look up your phone number and it indicates you are eligible. The Home Depot in my area also gives a discount if you ask for it and show them a valid VA Health care card or your DD-214. Cool, good to know. I guess I will get that card. I had the same problem as you registering for the PX deal but after a while I got an E-mail telling me they found me and I was good to go but I never pursued it after that. I can use the HD/Lowes deal tho, because I still have tiki bars to build. ;-) I really only ask for discounts at Lowe's and Home Depot mainly because I go there two or three times a week for something and the discount adds up over a year. I think the discount only applies to purchases up to $500 (I think) but still, it's $50. Yesterday I went to Lowe's and bought $220 worth of "stuff" (including three heavy duty, 12 AWG extension cords ... those damn things are expensive!). Guy rang it up, and took $20 off. The PX thing is pretty good. I bought my wife a winter coat for $249. I checked other sources for the same coat and it listed for over $400. But, I bought the wrong size of course and immediately ordered the next size smaller. They shipped the replacement in 2 days. My wife called them two weeks after Christmas and they gave her a RMA number and arranged for FedEx to pick up the first coat at their cost. Not bad. They seem to have some quality merchandise that you can get at good sale prices with no tax and no shipping charges. |
Veterans ID card
On 3/21/2018 1:18 PM, John H. wrote:
On Wed, 21 Mar 2018 11:11:35 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 3/21/2018 9:31 AM, John H. wrote: On Wed, 21 Mar 2018 09:29:53 -0400, John H. wrote: For you who have served and want the discounts at Home Depot, etc. VA announces rollout and application process for new Veterans ID Card WASHNGTON — VA has announced that the application process for the national Veterans Identification Card (VIC) is now available for veterans — yet another action honoring their service. This has been mandated through legislation since 2015 to honor veterans, and the rollout of the ID card fulfills that overdue promise. Only those veterans with honorable service will be able to apply for the ID card, which will provide proof of military service, and may be accepted by retailers in lieu of the standard DD Form 214 to obtain promotional discounts and other services where offered to veterans. “The new Veterans Identification Card provides a safer and more convenient and efficient way for most veterans to show proof of service,” said VA secretary Dr. David J. Shulkin. “With the card, veterans with honorable service to our nation will no longer need to carry around their paper DD-214s to obtain veteran discounts and other services.” The VIC provides a more portable and secure alternative for those who served the minimum obligated time in service, but did not meet the retirement or medical discharge threshold. Veterans who served in the Armed Forces, including the reserve components, and who have a discharge of honorable or general (under honorable conditions) can request a VIC. To request a VIC, veterans must visit vets.gov, click on “Sign In” in the top right hand corner and establish an ID.me account. Once the veteran verifies their identity they may request to “Apply for the Veteran ID Card”. Veterans who apply for a card should receive it within 60 days and can check delivery status of their cards at vets.gov. A digital version of the VIC will be available online soon. A link: https://www.vets.gov/ Tried three times. Says it can't verify who I am yet I have a government issued VA health card and am in the VA system. Oh well. Lowes and the Home Depot already give me a vet discount, so I really don't need another ID card. Oh well. I tried! I had the same problem when I first tried to register for the Lowe's discount on-line. I think if your records are old they aren't available to whatever verification source they use. Wasn't a problem though ... they just said to stop at customer service with the DD-214. It's funny though. When I registered for the PX on-line shopping, it verified me within seconds. |
Veterans ID card
On Wed, 21 Mar 2018 14:08:41 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:
On 3/21/2018 1:08 PM, wrote: On Wed, 21 Mar 2018 12:18:11 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 3/21/2018 11:57 AM, wrote: On Wed, 21 Mar 2018 09:29:53 -0400, John H. wrote: For you who have served and want the discounts at Home Depot, etc. VA announces rollout and application process for new Veterans ID Card WASHNGTON — VA has announced that the application process for the national Veterans Identification Card (VIC) is now available for veterans — yet another action honoring their service. This has been mandated through legislation since 2015 to honor veterans, and the rollout of the ID card fulfills that overdue promise. Only those veterans with honorable service will be able to apply for the ID card, which will provide proof of military service, and may be accepted by retailers in lieu of the standard DD Form 214 to obtain promotional discounts and other services where offered to veterans. “The new Veterans Identification Card provides a safer and more convenient and efficient way for most veterans to show proof of service,” said VA secretary Dr. David J. Shulkin. “With the card, veterans with honorable service to our nation will no longer need to carry around their paper DD-214s to obtain veteran discounts and other services.” The VIC provides a more portable and secure alternative for those who served the minimum obligated time in service, but did not meet the retirement or medical discharge threshold. Veterans who served in the Armed Forces, including the reserve components, and who have a discharge of honorable or general (under honorable conditions) can request a VIC. To request a VIC, veterans must visit vets.gov, click on “Sign In” in the top right hand corner and establish an ID.me account. Once the veteran verifies their identity they may request to “Apply for the Veteran ID Card”. Veterans who apply for a card should receive it within 60 days and can check delivery status of their cards at vets.gov. A digital version of the VIC will be available online soon. I guess this will help with the PX deal too. Home Depot/Lowes discounts only work on Veterans Day unless you are active duty or retired. Not so. Lowes gives a discount every day of the year. They changed their policy about a year ago. You can register on-line or bring your DD-214 to customer service and they registered your phone number for a discount. At check out you just tell them you are registered in the system, they look up your phone number and it indicates you are eligible. The Home Depot in my area also gives a discount if you ask for it and show them a valid VA Health care card or your DD-214. Cool, good to know. I guess I will get that card. I had the same problem as you registering for the PX deal but after a while I got an E-mail telling me they found me and I was good to go but I never pursued it after that. I can use the HD/Lowes deal tho, because I still have tiki bars to build. ;-) I really only ask for discounts at Lowe's and Home Depot mainly because I go there two or three times a week for something and the discount adds up over a year. I think the discount only applies to purchases up to $500 (I think) but still, it's $50. Yesterday I went to Lowe's and bought $220 worth of "stuff" (including three heavy duty, 12 AWG extension cords ... those damn things are expensive!). Guy rang it up, and took $20 off. The PX thing is pretty good. I bought my wife a winter coat for $249. I checked other sources for the same coat and it listed for over $400. But, I bought the wrong size of course and immediately ordered the next size smaller. They shipped the replacement in 2 days. My wife called them two weeks after Christmas and they gave her a RMA number and arranged for FedEx to pick up the first coat at their cost. Not bad. They seem to have some quality merchandise that you can get at good sale prices with no tax and no shipping charges. HD now limits the amount. Last time I checked, Lowe's did not. Very often it's worth asking at other places also. If nothing else you'll usually get a "Thank you for your service". Of course, I never mention I was in Vietnam! |
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