So the story goes…

I have to tell you… … when I served in the U.S. Armed Forces, I remember carrying my military-issued green duffel bag through the airports, stuffed.  Making my social security number stenciled on the side of it - stand out.  My dog tags, social security number, on all of them.  Raised up that this number was an identifying number, not knowing the ‘original’ purpose of them, I was putting my SSN on/in everything… just in case it was stolen/lost someone could get it back to me… so I thought.

Our soldiers, sailors, airman and marines at home and abroad still use their SSNs in many settings, like filling out health forms  and checking out basketballs at the gym.  I remember using it to sign out tools at the on-base automotive shop where we could drive our personal cars into a bay and work on them.

Read more about Veterans Identity Theft concerns at the link Identity Theft Threatens the Military found under “In the News” at [1] this better IDentity Theft Solutions site