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retired members of the Coast Guard.” The Coast Guard is already included in the “active duty and retired mili- tary personnel” wording at the begin- ning of that sentence, so my view on the redundant wording that follows is that someone on your staff , for some unknown reason, does not consider [the Coast Guard] as already being captured in the fi rst six words. — CW2 Peter M. Buel, USCG (Ret) Life Member via email


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Editor’s note: The original wording was Disney’s, but we neglected to con- sider how it would read to MOAA’s Coast Guard members. Please accept our apologies; we’ll strive to do better.


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I suppose the genius who came up with the randomization of military IDs [“Big Change to Army Dog Tags,” Rapid Fire, April 2016] is the same one who randomized Social Security numbers (SSNs) …? Why reinvent the wheel and cause horrifi c changes in systems that use the IDs? When I enlisted in 1952, I was as- signed an eight-digit number with a prefi x of AF. When commissioned, my ID was changed and had a prefi x of AO. Later, it was changed to the SSN. Seems to me the use of a nine- digit number should be enough. The records should also refl ect the ser- vices and enlisted/offi cer status of the owners.


The risk of someone stealing an identity but having access to a dog tag is very low. Guess we always need to keep personnel clerks and pro- grammer contractors busy! —Capt. George W. Kahrs, USAF (Ret) Life Member via email


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