I'm about to write something very stupid....here goes....
I did a stint in the armed forces. Nothing of note, no one shot at me, I never shot at anyone. I just mended aircraft for 9 years and had equal measures of "wahey", "God I'm bored" "why is that [censored] shouting at me" and "strewth I'm knackered".
[start stupidity] I don't want a discount for it. It'd feel wrong.[end stupidity].
It was a bit more than a job, a lot more, but the reward was there at the time, and still is to an extent. You learn a lot about life and learn a lot about what the right and wrong ways to treat people (there are/were equal measures of both, IMO, to see)
I'm not saying the idea is wrong, just that, well, culturally for me at least, I think there's a difference betwen the US attitude to serving and retired members of the forces and the UK one. Maybe the US attitude is better. It perhaps is. Or maybe it's just me.
serving personnel - yeah - go for it. Pensioned ex-forces - likewise, but folk like me. Not so sure at all.
Good point Blandy, needs to be taken in to consideration.
Out of interest, do you not want a discount because you weren't on the from line so to speak?