More corporate fluff while niblock and his cronies break the back of the in-store associates all in the name of increasing the per share price at all costs. So much for the servant leadership model.
Lowe's is a sad company.
https://newsroom.lowes.com/serving-communities/department-of-defense-honors-lowes-for-military-support/
It's all just image. They only did that to appear like they have a heart. Why you think that special bonus was paid. It was pressure from others doing it.
Fraud is rampant in the military discount program. I know of several people using an elderly family members DD-214 to get a military discount enabled Mylowes card. Their family member is in a nursing home.