How can we prove someone is a veteran?

We're offering $1.00 admission to see "Flags of Our Fathers" at my theater on Pearl Harbor Day.

My only question is, how can we prove that someone is a veteran? Is it safer, just for the one day, to take their word for it? Or is there a way to identify them?

(even though most could probably produce their seperation papers, given time)

If they don't know what it is, they're probably not a vet, IMO. I've never met a vet who didn't know what one was whether they still had theirs or not.

By your reply I would venture you are not a veteran..:shrug:

but then again none of us have served.

Anyone brings any "proof", thank them for bringing it.

...the DD-214 is what you get when you separate from service and it's the most important document you could have.

I'd be yakking to the old soldiers for so long they'd miss the movie. So my advice is just take their word for it, it would save a lot of time.

and they never asked for proof. Just say you're a vet and right in you go. I do hate the idea of non-vets taking advantage, though.

If someone gets in at the cheaper price it's not a big deal. It's only one day. Mark up the popcorn even more if it really worries you!

Welcome to DU :hi:

I just don't want people who don't deserve it taking advantage. That's all.

If they whine they don't have it, that's their fault. They were issued one and copies are available thru the National Personnel Records Center. Every veteran should have a copy. Neither VA nor any other gov't agency will give you the time of day without one. Further, next of kin should have a copy for death and medical bennies.

If they are retirees, they should have a retiree's id card.

Hubby lost his in a move. When he went to the VA hospital for medial care he didn't have his and they made sure he got a new one. A lot of vets don't have them. My stepdad lost his a few years after he was discharged. Still didn't need it when he got sick and went to the VA.

You are right, though. It's much better for all vets to have them.

would make spiders dizzy. I had to get another copy (they do seem to disappear during moves) and NPRC sent mine o/a 2 weeks.

Your Congressperson's office is another good way to go about getting a new copy. I know because I've had to order mine up about six or eight times now. Organization is not my strong suit.
John
But at least I'm on a first-name basis with a lot of congressional staffers, so there is that.

(Mmmmm, he know congress staffers. Good to know.) Did you get the family rogue's gallery?

Not worth the trouble.

in order to weed out the imposters would be immoral, methinks

conscience and karma take care of it.

just take their word for it.

not something you normally carry around with you.

...I don't believe that you can. However, DD-214s tend to be carfully guarded by their owners, so you may be satisfied that a moviegoer flashes soemthing that looks legitimate.

You'll severely slow down the ticketing process.

They'll either refuse because it's the same now as their S.S. number or rattle off, USN 516 12 XX, AF 17 605 8XX which were mine from back when, or RA XXXXXXX or US XXXXXXX. I doubt that many do not remember.

A good many will offer up proof on their own...the rest, just take their word.

non-vets can't salute worth a crap..;-)

Ask them, if they get pissed and grabs you by your throat...I'd be pretty sure he is a combat Veteran.

Edit...

Attitude check? This shit sucks!

Positive attitude check? This shit positively sucks!

Religious attitude check? Jesus Christ this shit sucks.

Re Edit...

ATTITUDE CHECK: This place sucks!

Agricultural attitude check: This place sucks the root!
Mathematical attitude check: This place sucks the cube root!
Relative attitude check: Even my uncle thinks this place sucks!
Army attitude check: That place over there sucks!
Air force attitude check: That place down there sucks!
Marines' attitude check: This place sucks, and I LOVE it!
Comprehensive attitude check: I can't believe how much this place sucks!
Conceptual attitude check: You can't conceive how much this place sucks!
Comparitive attitude check: No other place sucks as much as this place sucks!
Historical attitude check: No other place has ever sucked!
as much as this place sucks!
Predictive attitude check: No other place will ever suck
as much as this place sucks!
Qualitative attitude check: Even if this place were 100% better
it would still suck!
Post-graduate attitude check: Even after I graduate and leave this
place it will still suck!
Retrospective attitude check: Now that I look back at it after all these
years, I still believe that place really sucked!
Ecumenical attitude check: This place sucks divinely!
Mystical attitude check: This place sucks the beard of the hairy gnome
who dwells in the cave of the four winds!

Better to let a few sneaky bastards get through than to insult a few real veterans who didn't bother bringing a stack of documentation to the movies.

on Veterans Day.