On 4/12/2013 7:40 AM, Jim Elbrecht wrote:
> gregz > wrote:
>
>> Jim Elbrecht > wrote:
>
> -snip-
>>>
>>> Home Depot and Lowes both give 10% discounts. Too bad I didn't find
>>> that out until I replaced most of my 100yr old house.<g> 10% of
>>> what I've spent at them in the last 25 years probably amounts to more
>>> than the Marines paid me from 68-72.
>>>
>>> Jim
>>
>> I can't get no HD discount except on certain holidays. What kind of ID ??
>> Discharge?
>>
> Might be local--- or I could have been misled.
>
> There is a local 'Veteran ID' that we can get from the local Veteran
> Affairs office. You file your DD214 and they cut you an ID. I'll
> file that DD214 one of these days. . . it has only been 41 years.<g>
>
> Jim
>
Yep, the discharge form is DD214 and you can get an ID. (John served
around the time you did, Jim.) He showed the server his VA ID when he
inquired and she said yeah, we would have given you a discount. So now
we know for next time. Seems to me most former military personnel
should have some form of military ID. You can't shop at a base
commissary or PX without one.

Jill