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Veterans

mrmpa

(4,033 posts) Tue May 1, 2018, 09:46 PM May 2018

Does anyone remember.............. [View all]

my boyfriend was discharged from the Marines in '68. He remembers receiving along with his DD 214 a pink military ID. Does anyone out there remember receiving a "pink" military ID? If so what was it good for?

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Does anyone remember.............. [View all] mrmpa May 2018 OP

Reserve IDs used to be pink (officially red). It really chapped reservists. TomSlick May 2018 #1

I can recall seeing a military ID card that was pink, not the standard green PoindexterOglethorpe May 2018 #2

It was issued if his orginal enlistment... NeoGreen May 2018 #3

The RR (or IRR when I was in) is no joke Victor_c3 May 2018 #4