FORT BELVOIR, Virginia —
Two adjustments to the issuing of Protection Division ID playing cards took impact in February.
A brand new pilot program permits members of the family of lively responsibility, Reserve and retired service members to resume their Uniformed Companies ID card on-line. USIDs grant entry to installations and advantages similar to well being care and commissaries.
DOD additionally stopped issuing ID playing cards for DOD civilian retirees. Beforehand issued playing cards will stay legitimate by Aug. 31.
Pilot for on-line renewal
The pilot permits eligible USID cardholders to request renewals on the Identification Card Workplace On-line web site as an alternative of in particular person at a Actual-Time Automated Personnel Identification System web site. Jerry Barb, Protection Logistics Company bodily safety supervisor, stated the change might be a major time saver for households of DLA service members.
“Eligible cardholders can bypass the in-person wait time or scheduling challenges at Cross and ID Places of work and obtain their new USID within the mail,” he stated.
To be eligible for on-line renewal, the active-duty, Reserve or retired navy member sponsor will need to have a sound Frequent Entry Card and be in lively personnel standing a minimum of 30 days after the date of the renewal request.
USID cardholders should already be enrolled within the Protection Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System and be verified by the sponsor inside 90 days earlier than the request. The cardholder should even have a photograph in DEERS that was taken throughout the final 12 years and a mailing tackle that is not a put up workplace field contained in the continental United States, Hawaii or Alaska.
Renewals is probably not accomplished on-line for misplaced, stolen or lacking USID playing cards.
The pilot will run by Sept. 30. Extra info is out there at CAC.mil.
Civilian retiree ID playing cards
DOD started issuing civilian retiree ID playing cards in 2009 however developments in entry management programs and procedures, in addition to the REAL ID Act, have eradicated the necessity for DOD-issued IDs, in line with a DOD memorandum on the change.
“This doesn’t imply retirees can’t nonetheless entry DOD installations,” Barb stated. “Many civilian retirees proceed accessing DOD installations to make use of the gymnasium or play a spherical of golf, they usually can nonetheless do that by going by the set up’s customer management course of.”
Civilian retirees wanting to make use of DOD services can first register their REAL ID Act-compliant driver’s license on the set up’s Guests Management Middle, the place they’ll even be requested to cross a background verify. Civilian retirees will then be capable to enter the advanced by having their driver’s license scanned on the gate.
Civilian retirees and not using a REAL ID Act-compliant license can nonetheless acquire entry by presenting a unique type of acceptable identification and be issued a one-time customer cross or long-term native entry badge relying on the aim and frequency of their go to.
Guests also needs to evaluate the web site for the set up they wish to enter for installation-specific customer management necessities.
(Editor’s word: This text was initially printed March 24, 2023)
