ID Cards

[William K. Bolan]

Are they gonna ever replace our cracker jack thin ID cards? Just saying, We need stronger cards. Like the material they use for the drivers licensce card.
With the same format design, of course.

[FW]

Nope.
BTW; they are membership cards, not ID cards. You get a new one every year, so I wouldn't worry about how thin they are. 

[William K. Bolan]

okay

[Chappie]

From my understanding, the ID cards are produced/provided by a contracted third-party vendor.  In other words, you get what you pay for.

[THRAWN]

Meh. Put it in one of those plastic ID sleeves with your 101 and forget about it.

[Гугл переводчик]

When I first joined,  the cards were much thicker, but they faded much easier

[THRAWN]

When I first joined,  the cards were much thicker, but they faded much easier

When I first joined, they were thin and the personal info was printed on with a dot matrix printer.

[William K. Bolan]

I mean I really don't mind the cards but I was thinking there is a need for a stronger card. But I'll take what I get

[Raikkonen]

Anybody ever seen a Coast Guard Auxiliary card?  I would be interested to see how they are doing theirs.  I'm in Arizona so there isn't a whole lot of Coast Guard anything here. 

[William K. Bolan]

Yeah...Dont think there is really anything "Coast Guard Auxiliary" out in Arizona, it's mostly desert. However, I have seen a USCG Auxiliary ID card, here is an attachment belowhttp://www.perrimarinesales.com/images/_products/marinesupplies/96_USCG_in_.jpg

See if you can click ob the link

[William K. Bolan]

if not search USCG Aux ID card

[THRAWN]

Yeah...Dont think there is really anything "Coast Guard Auxiliary" out in Arizona, it's mostly desert. However, I have seen a USCG Auxiliary ID card, here is an attachment belowhttp://www.perrimarinesales.com/images/_products/marinesupplies/96_USCG_in_.jpg

See if you can click ob the link

That's a wallet. And from what I remember, their cards are issued by DHS and HSPD-12 compliant.

[Raikkonen]

Yeah...Dont think there is really anything "Coast Guard Auxiliary" out in Arizona, it's mostly desert. However, I have seen a USCG Auxiliary ID card, here is an attachment belowhttp://www.perrimarinesales.com/images/_products/marinesupplies/96_USCG_in_.jpg

See if you can click ob the link

That's a wallet. And from what I remember, their cards are issued by DHS and HSPD-12 compliant.

Hmmmmm.....  So they are the official aux. of the Coast Guard and they get fancy smancy ID cards...   And we are the official aux. of the Air Force and we get crap.  Me thinks there is some sorcery at work here.

[Garibaldi]

When I first joined,  the cards were much thicker, but they faded much easier

When I first joined, they were thin and the personal info was printed on with a dot matrix printer.

Yep. A paper one that fell apart the first time I took an unscheduled swim in a creek on an FTX.

[THRAWN]

Yeah...Dont think there is really anything "Coast Guard Auxiliary" out in Arizona, it's mostly desert. However, I have seen a USCG Auxiliary ID card, here is an attachment belowhttp://www.perrimarinesales.com/images/_products/marinesupplies/96_USCG_in_.jpg

See if you can click ob the link

That's a wallet. And from what I remember, their cards are issued by DHS and HSPD-12 compliant.

Hmmmmm.....  So they are the official aux. of the Coast Guard and they get fancy smancy ID cards...   And we are the official aux. of the Air Force and we get crap.  Me thinks there is some sorcery at work here.

Nope. Check the rules. They are ALWAYS USCG Aux. We are sometimes USAF Aux and sometimes CAP corporate. There has been a lot of chatter about this. Hit the search icon above and just enter "auxiliary", open a nice bottle of something red and wrap your head around the legal nuances...

[William K. Bolan]

Ok. So yeah thats the wallet that holds the aux id card for the uscg aux. The uscg aux id card is fancier than CAP, but, We are a better organization than the uscg aux

[THRAWN]

Ok. So yeah thats the wallet that holds the aux id card for the uscg aux. The uscg aux id card is fancier than CAP, but, We are a better organization than the uscg aux

Define "better". They do a lot in the coastal communities, especially during boating season, to maintain a good level of safety and outreach among the recreational boating community. Sure they don't have a CP, but they do have a closer relationship with their parent service, the ability to augment AD units ashore and afloat...little things...

[William K. Bolan]

Homeland Security, Disaster Recovery, SAR. Emergency support services to the USAF. Might be more dont know If I named them all

[William K. Bolan]

like the uscg aux, we do things year round. I forgot to mention cadet programs with the other one

[THRAWN]

They are a part of a DHS component, and they do a lot of DR, SAR, emergency support in the form of MSCA missions, air transport, education and training outreach and boating safety classes and they operate year round. Walk into a Coast Guard station, and I guarantee that you'll find at least one Auxie. There was a blind CAP member named Robert Dittman who was also an Auxie. Big big into commo. Used to stand radio watches and went afloat a few times with his furry companion, Harriet. Point being, which org is "better" is subjective.