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ID Cards to go alongside Veterans badges

There is the Defence Discount Card for those who want cheap stuff. There seems to be some vetting involved in getting one and even without a mug shot it looks a bit 'Defence / services so should give some egotists a perky. Others will be raging that it is available to MOD Civil Servants, some of whom - like some Reservists - have seen more war than some of those who feel 'entitled'.
 
I wrote this in another thread that drifted into this sort of 'military status for life' entitlement nonsense.

I blame Gibbs. He gets called 'Gunny' umpteen years into his civvy job and still gets to go on ops with active doody Marines. Hoora!
 
And if you're desperate for bling..
http://www.awardmedals.com/commemorative-medals-c-282_21.html

http://bigburymint.com/commemorative-full-size-medals/

And I'm entitled to loads from this site, it's even got a Cold War Medal!!

http://www.servicecomm.co.uk/catalogue.php?category=1

Going through all the sites, if I had the money, and was stupid enough to waste it on them, I could award myself 18 medals to go with my 3 real ones :)

But back on topic, I think the ID card is a waste of time, if you use the internet most of the stuff in the defence discount catalogue can be got cheaper, or just as cheaply, online.
And what's to stop a dedicated walt from forging his own ID card making it pointless.
 
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There is the Defence Discount Card for those who want cheap stuff. There seems to be some vetting involved in getting one and even without a mug shot it looks a bit 'Defence / services so should give some egotists a perky. Others will be raging that it is available to MOD Civil Servants, some of whom - like some Reservists - have seen more war than some of those who feel 'entitled'.

Interestingly there are quite a few MOD CS who have legitimately earned their ACSM due to repeated tours in not very pleasant places. Some of them have, as Slim rightly notes, seen some very punchy tours too.

For me VR is a useful filter for automatically pruning my linkedin contacts and rejecting new random requests from people who are doubtless the type of people who want an NDM and think the Daily Mail is a source of truth (and soft core porn) when it comes to issues about illegal immigrants claiming benefits while stealing your jobs and 19 year old horsey students called arabella stripping for 'charity'...
 
The 'new' type of RNA membership card (the laminated photo one) allegedly (cough) works extremely well in Merryka when asking for Military or Government discount.........

Just saying like!
 
Who cares only a few would want to be reminded of their service time. You can get medals etc on ebay too, are you starting a pettition to have an ID card of authenticity to go with medals as well???? Personally i will be throwing my medals in the bin when i leave i wouldnt want to profit from them
 

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