TRICARE Eligibility
Eligibility issues are not determined by TRICARE. Rather, these determinations are based on a beneficiary’s status in the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS).
DEERS is the DoD database of uniformed service members and their family members entitled under law to TRICARE benefits. If you have questions regarding TRICARE eligibility or
need to make changes to your DEERS record (i.e. add/remove family members, address change, etc.) you may visit or contact the nearest ID Card Processing Facility (Defense Manpower Data Center/DMDC).
To find the nearest facility to your zip code, visit www.dmdc.osd.mil/rsl.
DEERS/DMDC Contact Information:
Online: http://www.dmdc.osd.mil/milconnect
Phone: 1-800-538-9552
Mailing Address:
Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS)
Research and Analysis Section
DMDC/DEERS
400 Gigling Rd.
Seaside, CA 93955-6771
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Once the World Health Organization declared that a
pandemic of H1N1 flu was underway in June 2009, the Checkertail Medics at Tyndall AFB prepared
themselves for battle. Not with bullets, but with syringes and a laptop. On December 2009, the 325th
Medical Group was tasked to immunize mission essential active duty and civilians without disrupting
normal day-to-day operations in a two week timeframe. The solution was simple. By using bar-coding
technology on the ID card and importing the data directly into the Air Force Complete Immunization
Tracking Application (AFCITA) the medical group accomplished its goal.
