Veteran's Cards
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Might be useful to get Costco membership?
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My Veterans ID Card arrived on Saturday. It took 4 weeks and 6 days to arrive after applying online. 👍
Well I wonder what the real benefit of this card is. I’m due to attend a squadron reunion at a local RAF base in the near future. I’ll make sure that I have my photo driving license or passport as proof of ID as I’ve heard that they haven’t been accepted at other military establishments despite the attendees being on the guest list. Military covenant at its UK finest
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Q-SKI,
If you go back 8 posts to No. 137 you will see quoted the fact that it specifically says on the back of the Veterans Card that it cannot be used to access an MOD establishment, or words to that effect....
If you go back 8 posts to No. 137 you will see quoted the fact that it specifically says on the back of the Veterans Card that it cannot be used to access an MOD establishment, or words to that effect....
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yes I understand that, my point is what use is the card and why is a photo driving license valid for ID purposes when the veterans card is not despite them both being issued by a government agency or an I missing something
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No idea - apart from the fact that a driving licence is considered proof of identity in many parts of UK society, so MOD had little choice other than to accept it's validity.
Like you, I have yet to appreciate the usefulness of a Veteran Card, but I'm still open to being convinced.
Like you, I have yet to appreciate the usefulness of a Veteran Card, but I'm still open to being convinced.
Well, I managed to use it to visit the Uxbridge BofB Bunker today for free. Their website doesn’t mention the Veterans ID Card, possibly because the card is relatively new. It’s always worth asking.
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Purveyor of Egg Liqueur to Lucifer
“An HM Armed Forces Veteran Card is a way to prove that you served in the UK armed forces. The card can make it quicker and easier to apply for support as a veteran.”
Under the second paragraph is the link ‘Check what you can do with a Veteran card’.
Are any details about the cards being read before applying, which involves giving a shedful of personal details…
Again on the first page, you’re told
‘When you apply, you’ll be asked for:
- your service number for your last period of service
- your National Insurance number
- the approximate year you started and ended your service - it does not have to be exact
- a recent digital passport style photo, showing your head and shoulders’
And we wonder how so many people fall for the many many scams going around !
Why? Experience shows us that merely carrying some fablon and a map could be very handy in a survival situation. Imagine you find yourself alone, in bad weather, unsure of your position, perhaps low on food and water, lacking shelter. All you have to do is break out the fablon and map, and make like you are about to stick the former over the latter. In just a few minutes you will find yourself joined by four or five other folk, all of them with an opinion on how to stick the fablon on the map, without inducing wrinkles in the fablon! Works like a charm! 😂 🤣
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Not forgetting the pfennig/cent/penny map fablon combo !
Experts knew exactly where on a particular map a fold line would be
Experts knew exactly where on a particular map a fold line would be
Mr B
A copy of the Telegraph Crossword had the same effect.
Even in the depths of beyond someone would appear and say give us a clue.
Clearly in the Ante Room the reply would be:
Overladen postman.
How many letters?
F****** Hundreds.
A copy of the Telegraph Crossword had the same effect.
Even in the depths of beyond someone would appear and say give us a clue.
Clearly in the Ante Room the reply would be:
Overladen postman.
How many letters?
F****** Hundreds.
😂 😂
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I take it that when applying for the card people are reading the very first paragraph on the .gov application web page that says:
“An HM Armed Forces Veteran Card is a way to prove that you served in the UK armed forces. The card can make it quicker and easier to apply for support as a veteran.”
Under the second paragraph is the link ‘Check what you can do with a Veteran card’.
Are any details about the cards being read before applying, which involves giving a shedful of personal details…
Again on the first page, you’re told
‘When you apply, you’ll be asked for:
“An HM Armed Forces Veteran Card is a way to prove that you served in the UK armed forces. The card can make it quicker and easier to apply for support as a veteran.”
Under the second paragraph is the link ‘Check what you can do with a Veteran card’.
Are any details about the cards being read before applying, which involves giving a shedful of personal details…
Again on the first page, you’re told
‘When you apply, you’ll be asked for:
- your service number for your last period of service
- your National Insurance number
- the approximate year you started and ended your service - it does not have to be exact
- a recent digital passport style photo, showing your head and shoulders’
And we wonder how so many people fall for the many many scams going around !
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Nice one NutLoose, are you free Thursday evenings for an 8 o'clock gig? 
I have just read a report on another forum that Paramo shops will offer 20% discount on presentation of the card.
For the non outdoorsy: https://paramo-clothing.com/en-gb/
For the non outdoorsy: https://paramo-clothing.com/en-gb/
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