New Military ID Card (USID)

I don't care if I get a new card or not. I had the old card laminated shortly after I received it and it looks in great shape.
 

Military ID Card throwback ... my dad's card
When discharged in 1954 and card expired, they punched holes in 3 corners to void it but he was allowed to keep it

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Naturally said:
Four ships I served aboard during my military career
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Did you like serving on ships ?

I know the ETS turn over is big as lots call them prisons on water and quoting few guys I know who were in Navy did one enlistment got out

I have also met some officers due to Miami SouthCOM who said they preferred being out at sea over SouthCOM any day
 

NotCompSavy said:
Did you like serving on ships ?

I know the ETS turn over is big as lots call them prisons on water and quoting few guys I know who were in Navy did one enlistment got out

I have also met some officers due to Miami SouthCOM who said they preferred being out at sea over SouthCOM any day
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Being single, I had to live aboard my first ship full time. Was the longest 4yrs of my career, but very rewarding career wise while enjoying interesting deployments and shorter underway periods. The USS Bainbridge CGN-25 was a nuclear powered vessel, so we often did independent steaming. No requirements for refuel.

As I advanced to higher paygrades and rank, I became eligible for allowances to live off the ship. While I didn't hate living on the ship, having a private place to go to that had soft things to sit and lounge on was nice. There aren't many soft or private places on a ship.

I joined the Navy in part to see the world and made port visits to some 24 countries. Some countries more than once. Couldn't have done it without being on those ships. All in all, a grand experience.
 
Naturally said:
Being single, I had to live aboard my first ship full time. Was the longest 4yrs of my career, but very rewarding career wise while enjoying interesting deployments and shorter underway periods. The USS Bainbridge CGN-25 was a nuclear powered vessel, so we often did independent steaming. No requirements for refuel.

As I advanced to higher paygrades and rank, I became eligible for allowances to live off the ship. While I didn't hate living on the ship, having a private place to go to that had soft things to sit and lounge on was nice. There aren't many soft or private places on a ship.

I joined the Navy in part to see the world and made port visits to some 24 countries. Some countries more than once. Couldn't have done it without being on those ships. All in all, a grand experience.
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Seems some love being on ships some hated it .

I would lose my mind because as you stated no privacy .

I have met while local food shopping , etc high ranking Navy Officers here at SouthCOM and all regardless of what they do which imagine logistics at SouthCOM had years on ships .
 
My dad enlisted into the Marines during WW2 and after it was over, switched over to the Navy.
He did 30 years in the Navy and retired as a Master Chief Petty Officer.

When he got his 'Dolphins', I asked him why would he want to serve on Subs after all he had been through
in the Pacfic.
He said it 'wasn't so bad' and they wanted him.
I also know one of his proudest assignments was when he was 'Chief of the Boat'.

It was how my dad faced life.
They asked him and he did his job.

Thank you @Naturally for serving.
 
I got my new card today at VA , well they took the pic I get it in the mail .

I asked the lady to put me as a Medal of Honor recipient , she asked me if I has earned one and I told her only in my mind .

So not on the new card just a regular card
 
Naturally said:
Being single, I had to live aboard my first ship full time. Was the longest 4yrs of my career, but very rewarding career wise while enjoying interesting deployments and shorter underway periods. The USS Bainbridge CGN-25 was a nuclear powered vessel, so we often did independent steaming. No requirements for refuel.

As I advanced to higher paygrades and rank, I became eligible for allowances to live off the ship. While I didn't hate living on the ship, having a private place to go to that had soft things to sit and lounge on was nice. There aren't many soft or private places on a ship.

I joined the Navy in part to see the world and made port visits to some 24 countries. Some countries more than once. Couldn't have done it without being on those ships. All in all, a grand experience.
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At the VA today I met a guy who did 24 years in Navy and 34 countries which I though was unreal he did all his years on ships and like you loved it .

I had a check up , took pic for new card and after went to eat at the cafeteria which was not bad at all I enjoyed the fried chicken and rice . A guy in his 50;s was sitting by himself with Navy cap on and I asked him if I could sit at same table and eat his French fries .

He laughed and said you can sit here but don't touch my fries , I said fair enough and we chatted hit it off .
 
Sounds like the guy who saw 34 countries did a WESTPAC (Western Pacific) deployment in addition to the deployments I did. He must have, to see 10 more countries than I did.

I was stationed aboard a ship homeported on the West Coast and had hoped to complete a WESTPAC deployment but we did a SOUTHPAC (Southern Pacific ... Mexico, Central and South America) instead. And he may very well have done one of those too.

Also, if he got out at 24, he was either a Chief E7 or maybe Senior Chief Petty Officer E8 ... but probably not a Master Chief E9 or he would have stayed in for 30.

High year tenure:
E7 24 years
E8 26 years
E9 30 years
If in those paygrades, with those years served and skipped over for advancement, that's all the years you can do and are mandatory separated.

My third guess based on doing all his years on ships is that he may have worked in an Engineering rating.
 
Naturally said:
Sounds like the guy who saw 34 countries did a WESTPAC (Western Pacific) in addition to the deployments I did. He must have, to see 10 more countries than I did.

I was stationed aboard a ship homeported on the West Coast and had hoped to complete a WESTPAC deployment but we did a SOUTHPAC (Southern Pacific ... Mexico, Central and South America) instead. And he may very well have done one of those too.

Also, if he got out at 24, he was either a Chief E7 or maybe Senior Chief Petty Officer E8 ... but probably not a Master Chief E9 or he would have stayed in for 30.

High year tenure:
E7 24 years
E8 26 years
E9 30 years
If in those paygrades, with those years served and skipped over for advancement, that's all the years you can do and are mandatory separated.

My third guess based on doing all his years on ships is that he may have worked in an Engineering rating.
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He told me he was passed over for a promotion he felt he deserved , next port was Spain which he had been to but again being passed over bothered him so he put in to get out .

I told him about my black marketing and how insane my Platoon was in Nam so he wouldn't feel bad and we laughed all through lunch .

You could see he was a serious stand up guy which I am not but we parted friends .
 
When I turned 65 and I had to move to Medicare and Tricare for Life, I also had to change my military retiree ID card as it expired on my 65th birthday.

The new ID card looks very much like @Naturally 's, of course, except for the personal data. I was a little surprised to see how different it was, but that's what they gave me.
 

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