ID card before OBLC?

[LZRN]

Has anyone received there military ID before going to OBLC? I just received my direct commission in to the active ANC on the 8th of May, however I won't go to OBLC until at least Oct. I should be eligable for DEERS enrollment now right?

[GoGreen09]

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]

Yeah, it's called a CAC card. I just took in my oath of office paperwork and 2 picture IDs.

[GoGreen09]

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...

[Rose3721]

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]

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 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.