I don't know how difficult this would be to implement, but here's the idea:

The recruit submits the join application and receives their welcome emails. In that welcome email, they would be given an "ID Line Code" that they would then copy/paste into the Signature portion of their profile.

Once a recruit is placed into active duty (whether it is in the Academy or an active duty squad), some script/code would recognize what squad their in, which platoon, company, their position, rank, etc., and generate their ID line. So, if they are promoted or placed into another position or squad, the ID Line script would recognize the roster updates, and update itself (thus also being reflected on their ComNet signatures).

Also, there could be an Administration Panel of sorts on the Roster for the Squad Leaders and above to use to "click" or "check" a medal to award them. Once that particular medal has been "checked", the individual's ID line would be updated. The medals would be able to be awarded multiple times, so an example of an ID line would be like the following:

Iron Heart [IH] Awarded the first time:
TRP/PFC John Doe/1SQD/1PLT/1COMP/1BAT/1REG/Tadath/VEA/VE [IH]

Iron Heart [IH] Awarded the second time:
TRP/PFC John Doe/1SQD/1PLT/1COMP/1BAT/1REG/Tadath/VEA/VE [IH x2]

Iron Heart [IH] Awarded the third time:
TRP/PFC John Doe/1SQD/1PLT/1COMP/1BAT/1REG/Tadath/VEA/VE [IH x3]


It would be much easier for recruits to obtain their ID line and know what medals they've received. Currently, the recruit must be informed that they've been awarded a medal, and then reflect that change in their ID lines. For those that are unfamiliar with how all of this works, this automated ID Line script would make life a lot easier (for both the recruit and for the superior officers giving awards).


Anyway, just an idea.
 
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Cleric "Cosmic" Vor'soth
CoT/LG Cosmic/HCA-3/Tadath/VEA/VE
[OPE][OTH][OPA][EW1][CDS][IH][GS][LM][SoS][CRoM][CoH][PoC][MSM][SCP][SoA][IOC]
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Cleric "Cosmic" Vor'soth
SL/KPR Cosmic/Lion 1-1/Lopen/VEDJ/VE
[VP][WoS2][KC1][SoY][EoP][OAK]
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I'd get rid of the x other than that is looks good!
 
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High Colonel Rizzit BlackHeart
~ Wildcard Platoon ~
Phoenix Company Commander
Army of the Vast Empire
CC/PC/HCOL
Rizzit/1PLT/1COMP/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE[OPE][OTH][EW1][RCoD][CRoM][CoH][OPA][SoA][SoS][SCP]
"Everything expressed truly from your heart and soul is as pure as gold in the minds of anyone who listens!"--Rizzit

I'm still a firm believer that troopers should keep track of their own.
 
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High Colonel Rizzit BlackHeart
~ Wildcard Platoon ~
Phoenix Company Commander
Army of the Vast Empire
CC/PC/HCOL
Rizzit/1PLT/1COMP/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE[OPE][OTH][EW1][RCoD][CRoM][CoH][OPA][SoA][SoS][SCP]
"Everything expressed truly from your heart and soul is as pure as gold in the minds of anyone who listens!"--Rizzit

so your saying this program is for people who are too lazy to update their ID lines I mean its not that hard, wouldn't it be easier to ask the SLs to enforce ID lines?
 
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Raiders
Faithful To The End
Heavy Weapons Specialist
He will give them death, and they will love him for it -Gladiator
Eat a hearty breakfast men, for tonight we dine in hell -King Leonidas, 300
Clearly Canadian!

ASL/SSGT_Rogueboy/3SQD/1PLT/1COM/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE [LoR][ES1][CDS][CoR][EW2]

not even five min. besides, isn't knowing how to write/change an id line required to graduate from the academy? i know it is in the Navy. And if they're too lazy to update their id line afterward, then, what else are they not doing? a lot probably.
 
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-(William the Conquerer)-
Ship Captain of Tiamut
King of PPC
"Lives are created to be ended, just as rules are made to be broken." -- Unknown, probably me
"A dishonest man, you can always trust to be dishonest. Honestly, it's the honest ones you want to watch out for, because you can never predict when they're gonna do something incredibly stupid." - Captain Jack Sparrow
"Happy endings are just stories that haven't finished yet." - Jane Smith
SCAP/2LT Willtconq/ESCR Tiamut/VEN/VE (=*A*=) (=*SA*=) [VC:S][SV][BWC][LSM]{VB}
Wm/Wm Willtconq/WM:1/Webmasters/VET/VE

Give me details on the STC id lines and I can make a java applet for it in a day. All you would do is click buttons and it would give you your code.
 
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[-=Nazgul Squadron=-]
FM/PO2 Casca "Black Curse" Phennir/Nazgul Squadron 3-11/Phoenix Wing/mSSD Atrus/1Flt/VEN/VE (=*A*=) [VC:B][SWC][BRC]
Dedication:  On comnet at 2:30 AM to get in that extra post that no one asked you to write.
Loyalty:  Making your girlfriend join and write a bio on your anniversary.
Honor:  Proud to say you are a member of the Vast Empire.
Ask not what your Empire can do for you, but what you can do for your Empire.

I was really leaning more towards the medal updates for the ID line. Or some type of feature on the Online Roster that allows you to look into your Profile (same thing with ComNet - go into Profile) and see what medals you've earned.
 
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Cleric "Cosmic" Vor'soth
CoT/LG Cosmic/HCA-3/Tadath/VEA/VE
[OPE][OTH][OPA][EW1][CDS][IH][GS][LM][SoS][CRoM][CoH][PoC][MSM][SCP][SoA][IOC]
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Cleric "Cosmic" Vor'soth
SL/KPR Cosmic/Lion 1-1/Lopen/VEDJ/VE
[VP][WoS2][KC1][SoY][EoP][OAK]
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how about making a medal box with images? and if you have the medal the image is full and if you dont it is blank? We can also have a contest for medal designs which might improve the graphics aspect of the VE.
 
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Raiders
Faithful To The End
Heavy Weapons Specialist
He will give them death, and they will love him for it -Gladiator
Eat a hearty breakfast men, for tonight we dine in hell -King Leonidas, 300
Clearly Canadian!

ASL/SSGT_Rogueboy/3SQD/1PLT/1COM/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE [LoR][ES1][CDS][CoR][EW2]

I think its a cool idea. I don't really care because I update my sig pretty much every week. And as for the medal idea, its cool. But I also think its cool when you've worked hard to earn a medal and get to type it in on your own.

/me shrugs.

I think it would be a good idea though. The SL enforcement law also sounds good.
 
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Raiders
May god have mercy upon my enemies, for I will show none.
TRP/SGT Leon/3SQD/1PLT/1CMP/1RGT/1BAT/Tadath/VEA/[ES2]
And so we go.
I am the one...The one who made the 100,000 post.
Football is the best sport ever, and no one can change the way I feel about it.
"Faithful to the end..."

Its starting to verge off topic, but I would be in favor of possibly useing the roster to keep track of medals. I feel like most ID lines are simple enough that they shouldn't require a generator. Further, some ID lines are nonstandard enough that a generator probably wouldn't be able to easily handle them (for example, people who hold multiple positions in a single division).

Now, medals on the other hand, I'd like to have a centralized database where I could see who had what medals and how many times. Possibly even with info like the award date and a citation.
 
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Fleet Admiral Japheth Cappadocious, Krath Templar
Naval Commander in Chief, Captain of the mSSD Atrus
Headmaster of the Dark Jedi Order Academy
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NCC/FAD Japheth Cappadocious/NHC-1/mSSD Atrus/DEF/VEN/VE/(=MA=)(=SCPA=)(=FCO=)[BRC][BWC][LSM][MC:1][KC:OC][IGCx2][MoHx2]
HM/KT Japheth Cappadocious/DC-3/Krath Order/Elite Griffen Sect/VEDJ/VE/[SoY][EoP]

Personally I think everyone should update their own ID lines and that the SL's should be monitoring it to ensure that the ID line is kept up to date.

With regards to people getting medals, I had my own personal experience of being awarded a medal and not knowing anything about it.  I only found out when I read through the meeting log.  I believe that anyone receiving a medal or a promotion should be sent an email or a ComNet message informing them of this and that way they can keep up to date with their ID lines.
 
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ASL/SGT AlanRJ/3SQD/2PLT/1COM/1RGT/1BAT/Tadath/VEA [ES2]

-Paladin-
Army of the Vast Empire