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**Eagle5US** · 08-04-2025, 06:58

I fly now for work - a LOT. I have my “Real ID” star on my driver’s license. All good.
Occasionally I have used my blue “retired mil” for the scanner - never an issue.

Since the Blue retiree cards are “no longer valid” after Dec 31, I got my “new and improved” mil retiree card this past week.

Flying out this morning, slid THAT in the slot -
You need a passport Sir - this is not a “Real ID”😳

My Blue one worked?!?
Yes sir - do you have your blue one? The new ones will not serve as “Real ID” compliant and you will require additional screening.

I probably shouldn’t be surprised - but I think it’s pretty silly. At least I could still use my driver’s license

08-04-2025, 06:58	#1
Eagle5US Quiet Professional Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Tampa Posts: 2,544	Real ID and NEW mil retiree ID card I fly now for work - a LOT. I have my “Real ID” star on my driver’s license. All good. Occasionally I have used my blue “retired mil” for the scanner - never an issue. Since the Blue retiree cards are “no longer valid” after Dec 31, I got my “new and improved” mil retiree card this past week. Flying out this morning, slid THAT in the slot - You need a passport Sir - this is not a “Real ID”😳 My Blue one worked?!? Yes sir - do you have your blue one? The new ones will not serve as “Real ID” compliant and you will require additional screening. I probably shouldn’t be surprised - but I think it’s pretty silly. At least I could still use my driver’s license __________________ Primum non Nocere "I have hung out in dangerous places a lot over the years, from combat zones to biker bars, and it is the weak, the unaware, or those looking for it, that usually find trouble. Ain't no one getting out of this world alive. All you can do is try to have some choice in the way you go. Prepare yourself (and your affairs), and when your number is up, die on your feet fighting rather than on your knees. And make the SOBs pay dearly." The Reaper-3 Sep 04
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