DEERS/RAPIDS

1. DEERS/RAPIDS Retirement Brief 2012

2. Agenda • Retiree ID Card Categories • Dependent Children • Former Spouse • DEERS Updates • Tricare Reserve Select • Acceptable Forms of Identification • Rapids Site Locator

3. Retiree ID Card Categories • Red Card (Reserve Retiree) • Retirement order or NGB Form 22 • Has not reached age 60 • Reserve Retiree (“Gray Area”) • Dependents of Reserve Retirees • Renewal • Retiree at age 60 • Dependent every 4 years

4. Retiree ID Card Categories • Blue Card (Full Retiree – with pay) • Must be age 60 • Retirement order “You are now placed on the retired list effective (on 60th birthday)” • “INDEF” on front / expiration on back • Renew • On 65th birthday and receiving Medicare • Expiration on back replaced with “INDEF”

5. Retiree ID Card Categories • Tan Card • Dependents of Retirees with blue ID card • Expiration date on front and back • Must renew • Every 4 years • On 65th birthday • Expiration replaced with “INDEF” • When receiving Medicare before age of 65 • If over the age of 75

6. Dependent Children Over age of 21 • Ages 21-23 • Sponsor must provide 50% or more of dependent’s support • Must be a full-time student • Must be unmarried

7. Dependent Children • Attending an accredited institution of higher learning • Working toward associates degree or higher • One school – cannot combine schools • Requires letter from • School registrar’s office or the National Student Clearinghouse • Include expected date of graduation

8. Dependent Children Tricare Young Adult (TYA) Program • Extends dependent children’s medical coverage • Premium based Eligibility • Ages 21-26 • Sponsor eligible for Tricare or Tricare Retired Reserve • Dependent child not uniformed service member • Must be unmarried

9. Dependent Children Incapacitated Child over age 21 • Incapacitated prior to the child’s 21st birthday • Sponsor must provide 50% or more of dependent’s support • Dependency statement • Required from sponsor’s parent service • Received through DFAS • ID renewal requires new dependency statement • Child must be unmarried

10. Former Spouse 20-20-20 Rule • Married to sponsor 20 years • Sponsor must have 20 years of creditable service • Overlap of marriage and service 20 years • Must not have remarried • Is not enrolled in an employer-sponsored health plan Benefits • Medical • Commissary, Exchange, and MWR

11. Former Spouse 20-20-15 Rule • Married to sponsor 20 years • Sponsor must have 20 years of creditable service • Overlap of marriage and service 15 years • Must not have remarried • Is not enrolled in an employer-sponsored health plan Benefits • Eligible for one year of medical care

12. Required DEERS Updates Family status changes required within 30 days • Change in marital status • Death of family member / sponsor • Change in dependent children status • Child marries • Child enlists into the military • Newborn of sponsor

13. Tricare Reserve Select (TRS) • Premium-based health plan • Reserve retirees (Red ID Card) • Eligible dependents (Red ID Card) • Must have a Beneficiary Web Enrollment log-on

14. Acceptable Forms of Identification All forms of identification must be valid and not expired Primary Forms of ID (government issued w/ picture) • Military ID • Driver’s license • State Issued ID • Passport • U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Services Card Secondary Forms of ID • Social Security Card • Certified Birth Certificate • Current Student ID • Veteran’s Affairs Card

15. RAPIDS Site Locator Find Your Nearest DEERS/ID CARD Location http://www2.dmdc.osd.mil/rsl/appj/site?execution=e2s1

16. Questions