Bootcamp · Active duty
You just came on Title 10. These enrollments do not wait.
Prime matches the duty station. DEERS first. Teeth, TSP, SGLI, and the home-loan COE are four more doors — not one BWE click.
Not TRS. Not AGR. Those are different cards.
Still needed
Next official doors.
Check them off after you enroll on .gov / .mil. Ask TOP if the portal fights you.
Login.gov (and keep the backup codes)
Do now
Fix DEERS, then book RAPIDS
Do now
Enroll the Prime option that matches the station
Do now
Keys
Do nowLogin.gov (and keep the backup codes)
One federal key opens milConnect, TSP, BENEFEDS, and VA.gov. CAC readers die. The key should not.
Keys
Do nowFix DEERS, then book RAPIDS
If the roster still says Selected Reserve, Beneficiary Web Enrollment sells the wrong product. Marriage and a newborn are RAPIDS appointments, not a group text.
Healthcare
Do nowEnroll the Prime option that matches the station
CONUS: Plan Finder on the ZIP. Prime Service Area → Prime. Live AND work more than 50 miles / one-hour drive → Prime Remote. Overseas: Prime Overseas or Prime Remote Overseas. Zero premium for you. Open Season is not yours.
Healthcare
This monthGap recutOpen MHS GENESIS
The military clinic portal. Appointments and messages. Not enrollment. Not milConnect.
Healthcare
This monthSponsor dental is the clinic / ADDP — family is TDP
Your teeth are the dental treatment facility first. ADDP is civilian care if referred or remote. Family is ineligible for ADDP. They buy the TRICARE Dental Program as an active-duty family.
Healthcare
When you need itGap recutFamily vision lives on BENEFEDS, not milConnect
Active-duty sponsors are not FEDVIP-eligible. Family on a TRICARE health plan often is. Own open season. Recut from BENEFEDS.
Finance
Do nowTurn on TSP so the BRS match is real
The match does not enroll itself. Roth vs traditional is a TSP.gov election, not a TRICARE click.
Finance
When you need itMilitary OneSource financial counseling is free
800-342-9647. Type the .mil URL yourself. Not a mill. Not a paid coach.
Education
When you need itGap recutTuition assistance is a service portal — not 22-1990
ArmyIgnitED / your service TA office. GI Bill is a different pot. Do not spend Post-9/11 on a class TA would have paid.
Education
This monthGap recutKnow which GI Bill chapter you actually have
Chapter 33 vs Chapter 30. Transfer to family is a milConnect election with service rules — not automatic because you served.
Housing
When you need itGap recutRequest the VA home loan COE while you still have orders
Active duty has day-count rules. A COE is not a pre-approval and not homeowners insurance. Recut from VA.gov.
Insurance
Do nowSet SGLI amount and beneficiary in milConnect
Default is not a plan. Name a real human. FSGLI is a separate election on the spouse.
Finance
Do nowGap recutOpen myPay and confirm direct deposit
LES, W-4, allotments, TSP contribution from the paycheck. Login.gov or CAC. A bad routing number is how the first paycheck vanishes.
Healthcare
When you need itGap recutFSAFEDS health-care FSA (active duty can buy this)
HCFSA and dependent-care FSA on fsafeds.gov — not milConnect. Recut from FINRED / FSAFEDS: regular-component active duty and AGR. Open season, or 60 days after you become eligible. Drilling Selected Reserve is a different rule.
Insurance
Do nowGap recutFSGLI on the spouse and kids
Spouse coverage is not max by default. milConnect, next to SGLI. It dies when SGLI dies unless you convert.
Education
This monthGap recutTransfer Post-9/11 GI Bill (TEB) if you mean to
milConnect Transfer of Education Benefits. Service-obligation rules. The spouse cannot click it for you. Not automatic because you served.
Education
When you need itGap recutCredentialing Assistance is a different pot from TA
Licenses and certs. ArmyIgnitED / your service CA office, then DoD COOL to see what the MOS maps to. Do not spend Post-9/11 on a cert TA or CA would have paid.
Healthcare
This monthGap recutRegister TRICARE Pharmacy home delivery
Express Scripts runs the contract. Home delivery is usually the cheapest refill. Military pharmacy is still $0 for you. Recut from TRICARE.mil Rx.
Housing
This monthGap recutGet on Military Child Care — the waitlist is the enrollment
CDC / CYS fee assistance does not start because you have orders. Recut from Military OneSource: request care, then fee assistance if the installation waitlist is full.
Healthcare
This monthGap recutEFMP if a family member has special medical or school needs
Mandatory when it applies. DD 2792 / the service portal. It drives command sponsorship and the next PCS. Not optional because the diagnosis is ‘not that bad.’
Ask TOP
Point me at the enrollment door.
Say the product. I’ll match the recut walkthrough and the official site. Always enroll on .gov / .mil.
Prefer the full finder? Open Ask TOP.