its nothing to do with it - the Cards are so open to abuse by government, criminal elements or just cockups to mean that they are dangerous.
one missplaced 0 or a typo may well mean that you are tarnished with something that could well be almost impossible to correct as the ability of government departments to change information efficiently, or at all is as unlikely as Tony Blair being a socialist.
Its a stupid idea.
And I have a military ID card and am quite happy in carrying it. and i didnt pay for it either