April 22, 2020 | BY JIM GARAMONE , DOD News
Is your military ID card expiring, but with social
distancing and various stay-at-home orders in effect, you aren't sure whether you'll
be able to renew it?
The Defense Department has changed the process to allow
service members and civilians to temporarily extend the life of their cards as
the nation battles the COVID-19 pandemic. These extended cards that appear
expired on their face can continue to be used for access to benefits, including
health care and entry to installations and buildings and to systems and
networks.
Matthew P. Donovan, undersecretary of defense for personnel
and readiness, and the Joseph D. Kernan, undersecretary of defense for
intelligence and security, released the policy changes in memos published April
7 and April 16. The temporary policies are in place through Sept. 30.
The changes allow people to adhere to social distancing
practices by updating or renewing their ID cards from their homes with no need
to visit an ID card issuing office. Normally, DOD issues between 18,000 and
20,000 ID cards each day at more than 1,600 sites around the world.
Under these new COVID-19 response processes, common access
cards, known as CACs, that expire on or after April 16, 2020, and are within 30
days of expiration may have the certificates updated using ID Card Office
Online to allow for continued use for logical access through Sept. 30,
according to an April 16 Donovan memo. However, officials emphasize that
individuals must extend their certificates before the printed expiration date
on their CAC.
Individuals must continue to visit an ID card office for
first-time CAC issuance, for replacement of a CAC that has already expired, and
for CAC PIN resets.
ID card issuance offices will not reissue an ID card simply
because of printed changes, the most common being a name change or promotion.
DOD can remotely issue first-time uniformed services IDs —
for example, dependent or retiree IDs. DOD also can remotely replace lost or
stolen uniformed services dependent and retiree IDs. Remotely-issued uniformed
services ID cards will be issued with an expiration date not to exceed one year
from the date it's issued. This does not apply to CACs.
Continued use of reserve-component uniformed services ID
cards to obtain active duty benefits is authorized for mobilized reservists and
their eligible dependents.
For more information go to DOD Response to COVID-19 - DOD ID
Cards and Benefits.
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