No. My kid just got out after an 8 year enlistment. Fully honorable. Spent the last 2 with Chuck on the Doomsday plane.
She cannot go shop on base because they do not issue cards anymore to regular dischargees.
Can you tell me where someone could get the impression just serving would grant post-servicve access without being retired? Was that ever the case? Not to my knowledge.
As far as I have seen and known over the past 30-yrs, that privilege was reserved for active-duty and retirees only.
Access to the PX/BX isn't like the VA.
Not saying you are wrong, just I never heard or saw those that served and left without retirement being granted access to the PX/BX. . .or any base services, either. . .other than records stuff.
“She cannot go shop on base because they do not issue cards anymore to regular dischargeges”
They never allowed discharged people access to the PX when I was in (71-96)