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NCO brief kit · Free
Orders over 30 days — drill deck
Thirty days is the fork. TRS and line-of-duty care are the short-orders door. Longer orders are active-duty TRICARE.
8 min · Guard and Reserve going on orders · Education only. Not a claim. Not Army or VA product.
Slide 1 · The fork · TOP's
Count the consecutive days before you brief the plan.
- Drill, AT, and orders of 30 days or less: TRS if they bought it, plus line-of-duty care.
- More than 30 days of Title 10 or qualifying Title 32: active-duty TRICARE from day one.
- State Active Duty usually never opens the active-duty door.
1 / 2 · Verify on TRICARE activation before anyone enrolls.
Slide 2 · DEERS · TOP's
Personnel posts the orders. Then the Soldier enrolls.
- If milConnect still says Selected Reserve, the portal will offer the wrong plan.
- Coming off long orders is a qualifying life event. TAMP may be 180 days. Confirm it in milConnect.
- Do not tell them to buy TRS on day 40 of a deployment.
2 / 2 · Verify on TRICARE activation before anyone enrolls.
