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NCO brief kit · Free
DEERS and the ID card — drill deck
If DEERS is wrong, TRICARE, dental, and the ID card all die first.
10 min · Sponsors with family · Education only. Not a claim. Not Army or VA product.
Slide 1 · The roster · TOP's
The military does not know about the baby until you add them.
- Marriage and birth do not auto-update DEERS.
- Newborn: 90 days stateside, 120 overseas, or the window closes.
- Wrong status in DEERS makes every enrollment portal lie.
1 / 3 · Verify on milConnect before anyone enrolls.
Slide 2 · Two offices · TOP's
milConnect shows the record. RAPIDS prints the card.
- Look first: milConnect → DEERS.
- Card and documents: a RAPIDS site. Appointment, not a walk-up rumor.
- DEERS / DMDC: 800-538-9552.
2 / 3 · Verify on milConnect before anyone enrolls.
Slide 3 · Leave-behind · TOP's
Bring the paper. Do not brief the SSN.
- Marriage: certificate. Baby: birth certificate or hospital record the site accepts.
- Spouse and kids need their own ID once they are in DEERS.
- Write milConnect and the RAPIDS locator on the board. Sit down.
Speaker note: Speaker: start card walkthrough is /signup/deers-id if they want the clicks paused.
3 / 3 · Verify on milConnect before anyone enrolls.
Official door
Leave this URL on the board.
milConnect