Retirees and military family members need a military ID card ... family members and other dependents received a DD Form 1173-1, the DoD ... The DoD uses a system referred to as the Real Time ...

In the past sponsors had to either personally carry the ID card form, DD-1172-2, to the ID card office or ... their ID cards. Since we like it when DoD makes life easier ... worse over time.

WASHINGTON -- The Defense Department began issuing Next Generation Uniformed Services Identification Cards on July 31, 2020, the first time since 1993 that changes to the card have been made.

Halvorsen said the Pentagon will move to “true multifactor” authentication that would increase DOD’s agility and cut costs and the time to issue the cards themselves. The Defense Department ...