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  • 2 weeks later...

aafes is struggling just like they always have. We rarely bust the BX anymore. Pretty limited in selection and mostly higher quality(expensive) items that can be bought much cheaper anywhere. 

The commissary is great though. Pretty unbeatable prices and lots of selection. Giving vets access to the commissary would be great

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Ok,

 

I told you I would be back with more information. This is a link to an article in Stars and Stripes. It tells the current state of the program.

https://www.stripes.com/news/us/veterans-will-soon-get-to-shop-tax-free-online-with-aafes-1.478974#.WXJvIOmQyUl

 

As it shows, you go to:  https://www.vetverify.org/ for verification.

 

Since I was discharged in 1977, I have evaded digitization so I am doing the process to get brought into DEERS https://www.tricare.mil/DEERS.

I will report back as things progress. Good luck!

 

Chuck

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4 hours ago, ChuckS said:

Ok,

 

I told you I would be back with more information. This is a link to an article in Stars and Stripes. It tells the current state of the program.

https://www.stripes.com/news/us/veterans-will-soon-get-to-shop-tax-free-online-with-aafes-1.478974#.WXJvIOmQyUl

 

As it shows, you go to:  https://www.vetverify.org/ for verification.

 

Since I was discharged in 1977, I have evaded digitization so I am doing the process to get brought into DEERS https://www.tricare.mil/DEERS.

I will report back as things progress. Good luck!

 

Chuck

THANKS, ChuckS.  I am a vet--did not retire but I am "for" veteran support.  I volunteered to help support Wounded Warriors but they asked for money.  They were barking up the wrong tree with me.  

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On 7/21/2017 at 5:45 PM, ChuckS said:

Ok,

 

I told you I would be back with more information. This is a link to an article in Stars and Stripes. It tells the current state of the program.

https://www.stripes.com/news/us/veterans-will-soon-get-to-shop-tax-free-online-with-aafes-1.478974#.WXJvIOmQyUl

 

As it shows, you go to:  https://www.vetverify.org/ for verification.

 

Since I was discharged in 1977, I have evaded digitization so I am doing the process to get brought into DEERS https://www.tricare.mil/DEERS.

I will report back as things progress. Good luck!

 

Chuck

 

Thank you for the heads up. Verified yesterday.

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1 hour ago, Steve RA said:

Thanks for the explanation.  I received something that looked like that shortly after I got out, it fell by the wayside a long time ago.

You are welcome. I also had a copy of a NAVPERS "Record of Discharge" form from my service jacket. It indicated the date and type of discharge and the fact that a 256 was issued to me but the exchange folks claimed it was not a "federal government form". I am pretty sure NAVPERS is (or was) a federal entity :D

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Looked more closely at my DD-214 and is shows "Character of Service" as Honorable and says a DD Form 217A was issued.  Course it was dated 29SEP60 so I'm sure the forms may have changed somewhat as the years went by.  I guess the 214 is still being used.

 

I looked up the Form 217 and it was a wallet sized card (which I don't have anymore).

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