Uniformed Services ID Card
If you are a military retiree or military family member, you must have a Uniformed Services ID Card to access military service benefits or privileges.
Card Topology
Card Types & Eligibility
There are seven different Uniformed Services ID Cards. The benefits associated with each card depends on who you are or who your sponsor is.
Card Type |
Recipients |
DD Form 2 (Reserve)
Armed Forces of the United States Geneva Conventions Identification Card
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- Members of the Individual Ready Reserves and Inactive National Guard
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DD Form 2 (Retired)
United States Uniformed Services Identification Card
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- Retired members entitled to retired pay
- Members on the Temporary Disability Retired List (TDRL)
- Members on the Permanent Disability Retired List (PDRL)
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DD Form 2 (Reserve Retired)
United States Uniformed Services Identification Card
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- Retired members of the Reserves and National Guard under the age of 60
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DD Form 1173
United States Uniformed Services Identification and Privilege Card
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- Dependents of: active-duty servicemembers of the regular components; Reserve component servicemembers on active duty for more than 30 days; retirees; Medal of Honor recipients; former members in receipt of retired pay; Transitional Health Care Members (TAMP); 100% Disabled Veterans (DAV); and Ship's Officers and Crewmembers of NOAA Vessels
- Surviving dependents of: active-duty and retired military members; Medal of Honor recipients; and 100% Disabled Veterans (DAV)
- Accompanying family members of authorized civilian personnel overseas or in CONUS, HI, or AK when required to reside on a military installation
- Eligible dependents of foreign military
- Other benefits-eligible categories as described in DoD policy
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DD Form 1173-1
United States Uniformed Services Identification and Privilege Card (Guard and Reserve family member)
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- Dependents of: Reserve members not on Active Duty or in receipt of retired pay; former members not in receipt of retired pay; Reserve servicemembers who die after receipt of NOE
- Other benefits-eligible categories as described in DoD policy
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DD Form 2765
Department of Defense/Uniformed Services Identification and Privilege Card
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- Medal of Honor recipients
- 100% disabled veterans
- Former members in receipt of retired pay
- Transitional Health Care Member (TAMP)
- Area Executives, Center Directors, and Assistant Directors of the USO when Serving OCONUS
- United Seaman's Service (USS) Personnel OCONUS
- Officers and Crews of MSC Vessels deployed to foreign countries
- Select Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) personnel
- Other benefits-eligible categories as described in DoD policy
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DoD Civilian Retiree Card
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- Appropriated and non-appropriated fund civilians that have retired from any DoD service component or agency
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