Does anyone know about this?: VAs Vet ID System...

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https://taskandpurpose.com/veteran-id-card-application-works/

After A False Start, The VA’s Vet ID System Finally Works
By James Clark, January 30, 2018

Late last year, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced that it would officially launch the veteran ID card program Nov. 29. Gone would be the days of stuffing a laminated DD-214 into your back pocket before scoring hardware discounts at Home Depot discounts or free grub from Applebees on Veterans Day. Finally, there’d be proof of one’s service in the form of a glossy white ID card.

At least, that was the hope. Instead, the Nov. 29 rollout of the program was fraught with problems. Many applicants — including seven vets at Task & Purpose who tested the application system — reported broken links or error messages. Though the Veteran ID card application page has remained online since it launched, vets who were unable to complete the process were asked to leave their email address with the department, which would get back to the applicants at a later time. More than 136,000 Veterans provided their emails and 1,145 submitted help-desk tickets due to errors, Curt Cashour, the press secretary for the Department of Veterans Affairs told Task & Purpose.

As of Jan. 29, Veterans can once again again submit online applications online, and this time — the applications actually go through. Several T&P staffers successfully ran through the application process, and barring one case where a veteran’s photo was inverted, it seemed to work fine.

I found out about it after receiving a notification about a Farmer Veteran Fellowship Fund application from NYS's Cornell Small Farms Program, so from my point of view the original source seems legit and I was just unaware. Being a Cold War era vet but not a retiree, I never received any form of ID.