Slide 1 · Three cards · TOP's
Active duty is not TRS and it is not AGR.
- Regular-component Title 10 must enroll Prime based on the duty station.
- AGR / FTNGD is the other full-time door. Same TRICARE, different orders.
- Buying TRS while you are active duty is the wrong cash register.
1 / 5 · Verify on Active duty TRICARE before anyone enrolls.
Slide 2 · DEERS first · TOP's
If the roster is wrong, every portal will lie.
- milConnect has to show active duty.
- Personnel posts the orders. Then enroll.
- DEERS / DMDC: 800-538-9552.
2 / 5 · Verify on Active duty TRICARE before anyone enrolls.
Slide 3 · Duty station · TOP's
ZIP code or overseas. Not a rumor.
- Plan Finder: Prime Service Area → Prime.
- Live AND work more than 50 miles / one-hour drive → Prime Remote. Overseas → Prime Overseas or Prime Remote Overseas.
- Family usually needs command sponsorship overseas.
3 / 5 · Verify on Active duty TRICARE before anyone enrolls.
Slide 4 · The clicks · TOP's
milConnect → Benefits → BWE. Zero premium.
- Active-duty sponsors pay no enrollment fee and no monthly premium.
- Pick a PCM. Download the card. MHS GENESIS is the clinic, not enrollment.
- Remote and overseas are often phone, mail, or a TRICARE Area Office.
4 / 5 · Verify on Active duty TRICARE before anyone enrolls.
Slide 5 · Family, teeth, TSP · TOP's
Open Season does not apply to the sponsor.
- Family: DEERS first (newborn 90 days stateside / 120 overseas). Then 90 days to change auto-enrolled Prime or Select.
- Sponsor dental: clinic first, then ADDP. Family dental: TDP. Family is not ADDP. TSP is TSP.gov.
- Write the URLs on the board. Nobody collects an SSN after formation.
Speaker note: Speaker: start card is /start/active-duty. Walkthrough is /signup/tricare-active-duty.
5 / 5 · Verify on Active duty TRICARE before anyone enrolls.
