Specialties Government
Published May 15, 2009
GoGreen09
19 Posts
Ugh that's annoying! Okay, I will have to check into that. I thought it was weird considering the fact that Reservists have ID's...Did you get the ID card with the microchip in it? Maybe that's all they do now, but I have seen different ones...
Rose3721
49 Posts
Yeah, it's called a CAC card. I just took in my oath of office paperwork and 2 picture IDs.
The woman on the phone said something about it being a DEERS card? I think that's what she said, so maybe I have the wrong thing?? My recruiter is on vacation this week otherwise I'd ask him...haha...
Unless I'm mistaken, we inprocess into DEERs at Ft Sam. The ID card shouldn't be a problem. At the ID card office here the guy helping me had to ask someone else how to do it so probably the person you're talking to just doesn't know. I would just try to talk to someone else.
Staczse7
310 Posts
Just an FYI:I just called the ID card office. Apparently, I will have to wait to get to Fort Sam in order to get my ID. You must be Active Duty status in order to get one, and since I am considered IRR right now until I go down there, I can't get one.
I just called the ID card office. Apparently, I will have to wait to get to Fort Sam in order to get my ID. You must be Active Duty status in order to get one, and since I am considered IRR right now until I go down there, I can't get one.
I was considered IRR when I got my ID. HRC has been putting people into the IRR as a "holding position" so people dont get lost. I had even gotten my ID before my orders.
I would suggest, if you live near an ID office, just go there w/ your two forms of ID. You dont need to only go to ARMY offices, any branch of the military will give you one.