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erroneous data must be resolved with the
verifying officer.
Any ID card issuing activity may verify eligibility
of, and issue an ID card to, sponsors and beneficiaries
in the following categories:
Retired
Dependents of active duty and retired military
personnel
Survivors of deceased active duty and retired
personnel
100 percent disabled American veterans and their
dependents
Medal of Honor winners and their dependents
Dependents of other service active duty
personnel
ID cards are not issued to dependents without
verification of eligibility through the Defense
Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS) or
presentation of legal documentation establishing
relationship to the military sponsor. Specific legal
documents must be seen by the issuer and listed on the
Application for Uniformed Services Identification
Card/DEERS Enrollment, DD Form 1172, or entered in
the Real Time Automated Personnel Identification
System (RAPIDS). DEERS should always be checked
first. If dependents are listed in DEERS, no other
supporting documentation is required. When active duty
dependents are not listed in DEERS, or when the
DEERS data is incorrect, the following procedures
should be used to establish eligibility or correct data:
. Inspect the member’s service record for entries
that show current dependents. The primary document is
the Application/Record of Emergency Data, NAVPERS
1070/602.
. When the member’s service record is not
available, verifying a dependent’s eligibility can be done
by contacting the Defense Finance Accounting System
(DFAS) Center, Cleveland, Ohio, either by phone or by
message.
. When no service record is available and there is
no current information available from DFAS, verifying
activities should request message verification from the
sponsor’s ship or unit.
. Verifying the dependency status of a parent or
parent-in-law must be done through DFAS.
Activities authorized to issue active, retired, and
dependent ID cards must follow the current
cross-servicing agreement. The cross-servicing
agreement allows verification of DD 1172 and the
issuance of DD 1173 to all categories of eligible
individuals with the exception of eligible dependents of
active duty personnel and unremarried former spouses.
Active duty dependents must have the DD 1172
properly verified by the parent service, after which it
may be presented to any military ID card issuing activity
for issuance of ID cards. Navy former spouses and
incapacitated dependents must have the DD 1172
verified by the Chief of Naval of Personnel.
Unremarried former spouses of other services must
have their initial eligibility verified by their parent
service.
Cross-servicing must also be provided to Navy
active duty and reserve personnel only if they hold the
member’s service record or receive a preverified DD
1172.
CONTROL
All ID cards must be controlled to make sure only
authorized persons receive, issue, or handle the material
at the command. The following procedures must be
followed:
l A record must be maintained of all ID cards
issued to activities.
. All issuances and receipts must be recorded and
accounted for by serial number.
. ID cards must be stored in a security type
combination safe and access to the safe must be
controlled by a written log.
. ID cards must be shipped by registered mail from
the supply center and records must be maintained for 5
years after shipment to each activity by the naval supply
center servicing that activity.
l Only the CO or designated representative (in
writing) may order and receipt for ID cards to be issued
by an activity.
The CO of the ID card issuing activity must confirm
that the command is authorized by the Chief of Naval
Personnel to issue ID cards. He or she must maintain
proper procedures for strict accountability and security
of ID cards. This includes the following:
l Keeping a record by serial number of all cards
received
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