SUBJECT:
Requests for Identification Cards, Uniformed Services Identification and
Privilege Cards
1. Purpose. This memorandum provides instructions for processing requests for identification and privilege cards.
2. Cancellation. NPRC Memorandum 1865.85B is canceled.
3. Reason for cancellation. This memorandum has been updated to reflect the changes in the designated sites that issue the cards know as Real-time Automated Personnel Identification System (RAPIDS); changes to the services' addresses; and provide guidance on the processing of requests for cards in compliance with the Former Spouse Protection Act law.
4. Applicability. The provisions of this memorandum are applicable to personnel of the correspondence sections of the military reference branches, the Records Reconstruction Branch, and the Mail and Data Input Section (NRPMO-M), Military Operations Branch.
5. Instructions. The instructions for processing these requests and applications are contained in the attachment to the memorandum.
6. Forms. This memorandum provides for the use of the following forms:
NA Form 13008, Loan or Transfer of
Records
NA Form 13018, Reply to NPRC Inquiry
NA Form 13045, Informal Information
Reply
NA Form 13046, Response to Request
for Separation Document
NA Form 13051, Transmittal
DAVID L. PETREE
Director
REQUESTS FOR IDENTIFICATION CARDS,
UNIFORMED SERVICES
IDENTIFICATION AND PRIVILEGE CARDS
1. General. The Department of Defense has designed a system for the control and issuance of identification cards that retirees and their dependents use to obtain certain privileges to which they are entitled. The cards are issued only at designated installations known as Real-time Automated Personnel Identification System (RAPIDS) sites (see Fig. 1).
2. Requests for documents (e.g., retirement orders, DD Form 214, etc.) for the purpose of obtaining an identification card.
a. Furnish the requested document(s), if available. Use an appropriate NA form such as NA Form 13046, Response to Request for Separation Documents, or NA Form 13045, Informal Information Reply, to transmit the document(s). Inform the requester to contact the nearest RAPIDS site for issuance of the card(s). Forward a copy of the appropriate page(s) of the RAPIDS site locations to the requester.
b. If requested document is not in the record, use NA Form 13008, Loan or Transfer of Records, to forward the request and record to the proper location, or NA Form 13051, Transmittal, to forward the request if the record has not yet been retired to NPRC.
| Army | ||
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AR-PERSCOM ATTN: ARPC-PSV-V 9700 Page Avenue 1 Reserve Way St. Louis, MO 63132-5200 |
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| Air Force | ||
| Retired active duty:
HQ AFPC/DPPR Retirements & Separation Div |
Reservist:
HQ ARPC/DSMR |
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| Navy. Refer via Navy Liaison Officer to: | è(Benefits) Navy Personnel Command Attn: 312 5720 Integrity Drive Millington, TN 38055-3120 Tel: 1-800-443-9297ç | |
| Marine Corps. Refer via Marine Corps Liaison Officer to: | ||
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Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps CODE: MSSB-10 2008 Elliot Road Quantico, VA 22134-5030 |
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| Coast Guard. | ||
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Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard (CGPC-adm) 2100 2nd Street, SW Washington, DC 20593-0001 | ||
3. Requests
for identification card only. If the request
is for only the identification card and not for a specific document, the
requester is sent a copy of the appropriate page(s) of the RAPIDS locations
(Fig.
1) and advised, on NA Form 13018, to apply to the nearest installation.
Such inquiries should be turned around in the Mail and Data Input Section,
but when the record needs to be pulled for some other reason(s), notification
is done from the correspondence section.
4. Former Spouse Protection Act. The criteria for the extension of benefits and privileges to a former spouse are set by Public Laws 97-252; 98-525; 99-661; 100-271; and 100-468. This law requires a statement of service as a criteria requirement to be eligible for an identification card. Marriage concurrent (overlap) and the number of creditable years service determines the number of entitlements for the former spouse. Since initial verification of status must be performed by the services, requests and records and/or documents as appropriate, will be forwarded to the appropriate service address listed in par 2b, above.
5. Visitors. A veteran of any branch of service or his/her dependents, to include former spouse and next of kin, who appears in person requesting an identification card are sent to AR-PERSCOM for processing:
Room 118, Prevedel Building
Telephone: 592-0123 or 1-800-318-5298