Uniformed Services ID Card
If you are a military retiree or military family member, you must have a Uniformed Services ID card to access military service benefits or privileges.
Card Topology
Card Type
Recipients
DD Form 2 (Reserve)
Armed Forces of the United States Geneva Conventions Identification Card
-Members of the Individual Ready Reserves and Inactive National Guard
DD Form 2 (Retired)
United States Uniformed Services Identification Card
-Retired members entitled to retired pay
-Members of the Temporary Disability Retired List (TDRL)
-Members of the Permanent Disability Retired List (PDRL)
DD Form 2 (Reserve Retired)
-Retired members of the Reserves and National Guard under the age of 60
DD Form 1173
United States Uniformed Services Identification and Privilege Card
-Dependents of: active-duty Service members of the regular components; Reserve component Service members on active duty for more than 30 days; retirees; Medal of Honor recipients; former members in receipt of retired pay; Transitional Health Care Members (TAMP); 100% Disabled American Veterans (DAV); and Ship's Officers and Crewmembers of NOAA Vessels
-Surviving dependents of: active-duty and retired military members; Medal of Honor recipients; and 100% Disabled American Veterans (DAV)
-Accompanying family members of authorized civilian personnel overseas
-Eligible dependents of foreign military
-Other benefits-eligible categories as described in DoD policy
DD Form 1173-1
Unites States Uniformed Services Identification and Privilege Card
(Guard and Reserve family member)
-Dependents of: Reserve members not on Active Duty or in receipt of retired pay; former members not in receipt of retired pay; Reserve Service members who die after receipt of Notice of Eligibility
DD Form 2765
Department of Defense/Uniformed Services Identification and Privilege Card
-Medal of Honor recipients
-100% Disabled American Veterans (DAV)
-Former members in receipt of retired pay
-Transitional Health Care Member (TAMP)
-Full-time paid personnel of the USO when serving outside the United States
-United Seaman's Service (USS) personnel when serving outside the United States
-Officers and Crews of MSC Vessels deployed to foreign countries
-Select Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) personnel
DoD Civilian Retiree Card
-Appropriated and non-appropriated fund civilians that have retired from any DoD service or component or agency