according to the stores in my area (5 home depots in 6 miles of my home) they will accept either an active military card, a dd form 214 or the best thing is to go to you local va facility, like hospitol or whatever and get a va photo id. it's worth the hassel, i have saved hundreds of dollars in the last couple of months. plus i found out because of agent orange i am entitled to some disability monies and that is a good thing.