ID CARD ENTITLEMENTS

The Department of Defense (DoD) provides members of the Uniformed Services with a distinct ID card identifying them as active duty, Guard, Reserve, or retired members and authorizing them to receive Uniformed Services’ benefits and privileges. The DoD also authorizes a distinct ID card to eligible family members and other individuals, entitled to receive Uniformed Services’ benefits and privileges

Your benefits and entitlements are primarily managed through a relationship between the Defense Enrollment Eligibility System and the Defense Manpower Data Center.

What is DEERS

DEERS is a computerized database of military sponsors, families and others worldwide who are entitled for TRICARE and other benefits. Active-duty and retired service members are automatically registered in DEERS, but you must register your family members and make sure all the information is correct to ensure TRICARE coverage.

What is DMDC

Since 1974, the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) has served uniformed service members and their families as the central source for identifying, authenticating, authorizing and providing information on personnel during and after their affiliation with Department of Defense. DEERS is the one central access point for determining a person’s eligibility to DoD entitlements.  The DMDC helpdesk assists veterans, sponsors and their family members with DoD entitlements, benefits and medical readiness.

For information on obtaining a new ID card or renewal please follow the link below: 

Dependency Determination

• Dependency Determination for Incapacitated Children Over the Age of 21
• Dependency Determination for Children Over The Age 21 (Full-Time Students)
• Dependency Determination for Parent, Parent in-Law, Step-Parent or Parent by-Adoption
• Dependency Determination For Court Order Ward

Identification Card

• Guardian Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
• Guardian Pre-Post Checklist - Space Force CAC/USID Cards
• DEERS/ID Card Eligibility for Child Born Out-of-Wedlock
• Identification Card Benefits and Privileges for Transitional Assistance (TA-180)
• Uniformed Services Identification (USID) Card Mail-In Procedures For The FSS/MPS

Eligibility

• Transitional Compensation - Eligibility of Entitlements of Abused Family Member
• Children's Medical, Base Exchange, and Commissary Privileges
• Widows and Widowers who Remarry after the Death of a Spouse
• Newborn and Child Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS) Enrollment
• Retiree Versus Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) Benefits

TRICARE

• Medicaid as it Relates to TRICARE
• Medicare as it Relates to TRICARE

Former Member/Dependent Entitlements

• Air Force Former Spouse Determination Program Tri-Fold
• Air Force Military Former Spouse Statement- Customer Application
• Former Member Benefits and Identification Card Eligibility
• Former Spouse of Military Personnel
• Spouse ID Card Benefits and Privileges
• Continued Health Care Benefit Program (CHCBP)

Retiree Entitlements

• Honorary Retiree
• TRICARE Enrollment Information For Retiring Personnel