Interesting idea. I see good and bad things happening with this.The good, of course, would be weeding out the super secret SEAL snipers that served in the wrong branch who were part of the Bin Laden raid. By making them verify their service, we'd get to hear how their records are classified due to nature of their missions as well as how they were removed from their Green Beret unit (oops, I meant to say SEAL) for striking their Commanding officer because they didn't want to kill women and children. Actually, we would still have these phonies, but we would just have to hear how their Medal of Honor is classified because these idiots don't know how a Top Secret with alphabet soup actually works. But neither do most people which is why they get away with this crap for more than 6 seconds.The only downside to this is I, the non-Navy SEAL that spent a majority of my Naval and Army career doing paperwork, have to post my Name, date of birth and social security number on an online forum so I can tell you how boring war is and how submarines have the best food in the military for the first two weeks (before the plastic cow is broke out). Yeah, I've experienced someone buying crap on the other of the country before and, although USAA quickly spotted the fraud, I think other veterans should try to not have that happen to them.Look, if you want to spot a fake veteran, look for the guy who has done everything you have done only bigger, better and more heroic. The one who is proud to tell you how all of his platoon died leaving him to complete the mission on his own. Verification isn't going to stop these heroes as they will just keep telling the same crap they tell their wives and coworkers. I'd say more but it's classified above presidential top secret super squirrel and this phone is bugged.