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What Is And How Does One Attain A Common Access Card


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This should end all questions on who get the cac.

Common Access Card—Smart card-based technology and systems used to transform and improve security in DoD processes and mission performance thereby enhancing readiness while also improving business processes. The standard identification card for active duty Uniformed Services personnel (to include the Selected Reserve), DoD civilian employees, eligible contractor personnel, and eligible foreign nationals. The Department's primary platform for the public key infrastructure authentication token used to access DoD computer networks and systems in the unclassified environment and, where authorized by governing security directives, the classified environment. It is the principal card enabling physical access to buildings, facilities, installations, and controlled spaces.

The web address below will take you to AR 600-8-14 which is the army manual on how to issue I D cards and who gets what type of cards. It reads about all the different types of card, red, green, blue, tan, the cac & how to get the DVA card, what you need to take with you and all. You will have to look in the table of contents to find the subjects you want to know about. Pages I found interesting were 36,106,110 & 181. You will have to research your own subjects. I believe it contains about 600 pages, but you can go thru it pretty quickly.

http://www.e-publishing.af.mil/shared/medi...6-3026V1_IP.pdf

Bottom line is that the first paragraph of this entry is still correct on who gets the cac. As of this time, retirees, davs & dependents will not get the cac.

Personnel Services Branch

ID Card Section

If you have any question, please contact the ID Card Section at 842-2413. Thanks for your understanding and consideration as we endeavor to improve our services to better support all our customers.

ID Card Hours of Operation: 0715 - 1615 hrs, Monday - Thursday

0830 – 1615 hrs, Friday

CAC Card Hours of Operation: 0715 – 1545 hrs, Monday - Thursday

0830 - 1545 hrs, Friday

Closed on federal holidays

CAC Card Information

CAC Card Appointment Scheduler

Notice: Due to the high volume of customers, if you are late for your appointment, you will be required to sign in and wait, or reschedule your appointment.

CAC Scheduler Instructions (Please limit your search to one week at a time.)

CAC Card POC: 842-2413/2416.

Human Resources Command (HRC) Common Access Card (CAC) Support Office

Military I.D. Cards

Personnel Services Branch of the Military Personnel Division is located in Building #3494. The easiest way to get to the office is to take Jordan Lane south into Gate 10. After entering the gate turn right Aerobee Rd, then right on Mauler right, then left on Herclues Rd. Then drive to the corner of Hercules Rd and Roadrunner Rd and park. The Military Personnel Division is located on the corner of Hercules Rd and Roadrunner Rd.

The I.D. Card facility may issue cards to soldiers on leave and pass provided they are neat in appearance and, in the case of male soldiers requesting service, have a regulation haircut and be clean-shaven.

The following are the normal services provided by the Personnel Services Branch:

1. I.D. CARD ISSUE FACILITY: (Two forms of ID are required for ALL types of identification cards. One of the identifications MUST be a photo ID. For the Acceptable Identity Documents CLICK HERE.

a. The I.D. Card Facility issues cards for active duty, retired, reserve, 100% disabled veterans and their dependents of all branches of the military, wards of the court for active or retired military and Department of the Army (DA) civilian personnel.

b. Defense Eligibility Enrollment Reporting System (DEERS). Enrollment is limited to the categories listed in subparagraph a above.

c. All retirees are required to have the new holographic I.D. Card. Retiree cards will be reissued when the retiree accompanies family members. IT IS MANDATORY THAT THE ID CARD CLERK TAKES THE OLD TYPE CARD AND ISSUE A HOLOGRAPHIC CARD TO THE RETIREE.

d. Required documentation is different with each category. Please read the following to determine your category:

(1) Active duty and reserve personnel must bring supporting documentation for re-issuance of an I.D. Card (enlistment or reenlistment or extension contract or promotion order).

(2) Newly retired or retiring active duty personnel may be issued an I.D. Card on the effective date of retirement provided they have a copy of their retirement order and DD Form 214.

(3) Reserve retirees (gray area) under the age of 60 are required to have their retirement orders placing them in the retired reserve prior to

to the issue of a Reserve Retired ID. After attaining the age of 60 and receiving retirement orders indicating they are eligible for retired pay at age 60,

retirees will be issued a permanent retiree ID card on their 60th birthday. This action must be completed not later than 60 days after the effective

date on the retirement orders.

(4) Disabled American Veterans (100% DAV's) are required to provide a memorandum from the U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs indicating they are eligible for commissary, theater, and exchange privileges. Only with this memo and a copy of Department of Defense Form 214 (DD Form 214) reflecting an honorable discharge and then they will be entered into the DEERS system and issued an I.D. card.

e. The following is the documentation required for initial issue of all dependent I.D. cards and for enrollment into the DEERS database.

(1) Marriage license for spouse's enrollment. If soldier is divorced, it is mandatory to present your divorce decree.

(2) Birth certificates and a social security card for any children or stepchildren. This verification cannot be a hand written note.

(3) Reserve retirees (gray area) under the age of 60 are required to have their retirement orders placing them in the retired reserve prior to the issue of a Reserve Retired I.D. Card. After attaining the age of 60 and receiving retirement orders indicating they are eligible for retired pay at age 60, retirees will be issued a permanent retiree I.D . card on their 60th birthday. This action must be completed not later than 60 days after the effective date on the retirement date.

(4) For either mentally or physically incapacitated children over the age of 21 (U.S. Army) who are dependent upon their sponsor, a dependency determination must be completed and approved by Department of the Army prior to issue of an I.D. card. Dependents of sponsors from other must go through their service for final dependency determination. This office will issue the dependent I.D. after that determination has been completed and documents have been presented to the I.D. card clerk.

(5) For The category "Un-remarried Former Spouses", has been changed to “ DoD Beneficiary.”, The marriage certificate, divorce degree and a copy of the service member's DD Form 214 is required to establish eligibility. The minimum requirements are that the service member must have served at least 20 years on creditable service for retirement; the former spouse was married for at least 20 years to the service member; and that at least 15 years of the marriage and the during the period of creditable service in determining eligibility.

(6) When the need arises for termination of a dependent I.D. card, regulations require appropriate documents be provided for viewing, i.e. divorce decree, death certificate.

(7) For wards of the court, you must present a court document, their birth certificate, and social security card.

2. The following documents are needed for issuance of a civilian dependant ID card. Marriage license for spouse and birth certificates for children ages 10-21. Children 21-23 are eligible if they are enrolled full-time in a school of higher learning.

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Okay, LarryJ, I should know better than to disagree w/you. However, since you state: "The requirements to receive a tan card are that you be 100% with "no future exams scheduled," could you show your source?? I'm 99% sure that is wrong, as cards are issued to 100%ers and TDIUers who are not P&T. Those cards expire shortly after the "scheduled future exam date." just sayin'

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I apologize. I apparently was incorrect (wrong) when I made that statement.

I had had it explained to me by an E-6 at NAS Ft. Worth, at the issuing office.

WTH do I know?

Hell of a day in the US military when you can't even believe The Sarge! :rolleyes:

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Maybe the best way to answer is not who doesn't, but who does and why.

CAC is an access card and ID card all in one. Who gets them? Active/Guard/Reserve servicemembers (not IRR), DoD/Service Component civilians and certain government contractors, primarily those working on site (i.e., at a government facility).

CAC contain Public Key Insfrastructure certificate that allow access to DoD information systems, including services such as Air Force Portal and Army Knowledge Now sites. Certificates embeded in the card also allow for digital signing and ecrypting of unclassified emails.

So, unless you are on active duty, or are a member of a reserve component with a requirement to perform active and/or inactive duty for training, are a civil servant working for DoD or a service component or a contractor with a need to access DoD information systems (which includes logging onto the local area network), then you are not eligible to obtain a CAC (nor do you have a need for one)

Retirees get blue ID cards; dependants and 100% P&T/TDIU get tan [aka "dependant"] ID Cards.

If you have a blue or tan ID card, and by virtue of employment--federal or contractor--require a CAC, you get a CAC and still keep you blue/tan ID card. Reason: blue/tan ID card provides access to base facilities such as MWR, exchange, commissary, etc. CAC--other than AD/Reserve/Guard--does not.

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A very few bases may require a CAC card to go on the base without escort. The last time I checked, some time ago, there were overseas bases, and at least one base (out west) in CONUS that required it. Since I retired, even with the "grey card", I cannot go into areas that I worked in without escort.

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Maybe the best way to answer is not who doesn't, but who does and why.

CAC is an access card and ID card all in one. Who gets them? Active/Guard/Reserve servicemembers (not IRR), DoD/Service Component civilians and certain government contractors, primarily those working on site (i.e., at a government facility).

CAC contain Public Key Insfrastructure certificate that allow access to DoD information systems, including services such as Air Force Portal and Army Knowledge Now sites. Certificates embeded in the card also allow for digital signing and ecrypting of unclassified emails.

So, unless you are on active duty, or are a member of a reserve component with a requirement to perform active and/or inactive duty for training, are a civil servant working for DoD or a service component or a contractor with a need to access DoD information systems (which includes logging onto the local area network), then you are not eligible to obtain a CAC (nor do you have a need for one)

Retirees get blue ID cards; dependants and 100% P&T/TDIU get tan [aka "dependant"] ID Cards.

If you have a blue or tan ID card, and by virtue of employment--federal or contractor--require a CAC, you get a CAC and still keep you blue/tan ID card. Reason: blue/tan ID card provides access to base facilities such as MWR, exchange, commissary, etc. CAC--other than AD/Reserve/Guard--does not.

Great conversation. Our base uses them for A/D, Reservists/ANG, Civ and contractors other than those not in a business area (for the most part). I have both, and use the CAC to get to work every day. They scan them at the gate and through DBIDS can remotely pull your data. Pretty cool when you think about it. I think (again, think) the assumption for those bringing people on base is that you're responsible for those in your vehicle; not everyone needs an ID. I've never shown one for my wife/kids in 15 years at this location. I also have the blue ID, but only need to use it in the BX/Commissary, etc. I'd never use it to get into a work area. Even in my building, we have yet another ID to access doors/floors/specific work areas. It looks as though there are a lot of "county options" still out there for how IDs are getting issued between not only locations but services as well. I agree with others that the CAC is for system/area access relevant to work; the blue/tan ID for anything else.

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