How to get rolled in to DEERS, get your military id card, and get tricare?

me and my fiancé are getting married when he comes home on leave. He will be stationed in japan at the kadena air base. When can I get enrolled into Deers, get my Id card, and get on tricare? Also what kinda housing will he be put into when he first gets there?

How to get rolled in to DEERS, get your military id card, and get tricare?
Any military installation or reserve center will have an id office. You will need your marriage cert and social security card and ID. They will get you into deers at the same time. As far as Tri Care goes, have him check with his medical personnel at his command. I believe you can enroll at tri care online and there again military installations will have a tri care rep on hand.
Reply:Once you are actually married, your husband will go to the personnel office and fill out an ID application for you. Once the ID is issued they will enroll you into DEERS. Since he is active duty military, I believe the medical is automatically covered. If your furture husband has orders already to Kadena, he can contact his sponsor and get onto the housing list once you are married. Oh and don't forget he needs to also do a page 2 so he get you on his SGLI. Congrats by the way.
Reply:bud is totally 110% on target with his answer
Reply:Actually bud is correct but let's not forget the Command Sponsorship if you are not on his orders so he can be eligible for married quarters.
Reply:I was going to mention that as well. Bud is correct, but before you can go overseas with him, you have to get command sponsorship. You do not have to be at the base he is stationed at to get all the paperwork..any base will do. But look into the process for command sponsorship, b/c it is very long and involved.
Reply:tri-care go to this link if you need to make changes, http://tricare.mil/mybenefit/ProfileFilt...





prior to updating DEERS information, all soldiers whose records are maintained at whatever facility they are stationed at, must go to the records section, in MILPO, to ensure their DD Form 93 (emergency data, record of) and SGLV (Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance Election and Certificate) is also current. once records are updated the soldiers will receive copies of the updated forms.





sponsors must accompany family members for initial issue or renewal of an ID card and also DEERS enrollment, unless the sponsor signs the DD Form 1172 (Application for Uniformed Services Identification Card/DEERS Enrollment) in the presence of a verifying official (VO) at the ID Card Section, the sponsor has his/her signature notarized on the DD Form 1172 (Application for Uniformed Services Identification Card/DEERS Enrollment) or the family member has a valid power of attorney to sign the sponsor’s name. If the family member has none of these, a 90 day temporary card may be issued until the sponsor’s signature can be obtained for a permanent card.





1. marriage certificate (completed,original or certified copy).


2. valid state issued photo ID or birth certificate (original or state certified).


3. social security card or letter from SSA with SS# and name.


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sponsor must be present for all transactions or dependent must have current and valid general or special(deers/id cards) power of attorney
Reply:Once you are married, your hubby will need to take your marriage license, social security card and possibly birth certificate to the nearest base. He can then enroll you in DEERS and Tricare and get you your ID. He has to do this...you can't do it alone, at least not easily. Once that is done, he can begin the process of getting you added to his orders so you can move with him.





Of course, that is assuming you want to. Going with him will mean extending his tour there to a three year accompanied rather than a two year unaccompanied. However, since you could go with him, refusing to do so could have some implications. You don't mention his rank. If he is less than E4, chances are he will live in the dorms unless you move with him when he goes over. If he is in the dorms, and you voluntarily decide not to join him in Japan, he will only get differential BAH..the dollar amount difference between single rate BAH (which the military would keep as he lives in the dorms) and dependent rate. This is generally only a couple hundred dollars, so if you voluntarily decide not to go with him, you will be unable to cover your rent with his BAH. If he has enough rank to live off base, he will get single rate BAH and most of it will go to cover his living exspenses there..again you won't see much of it. If you go with him, chances are you will live off base at first (getting dependent rate BAH to pay the rent). You can then decide if you want to stay off base and get the BAH or if you would rather give that up and move into base housing. We lived in Japan for 7 years, both on and off base. I preferred base housing..it was larger, better able to handle american furniture, had full sized appliances, internet, etc. You didn't have to pay for things like water, electricity, heating (Usually done with kerosene heaters) or trash pick up. Utilities in Japan are very exspensive, as is rent, so even with BAH and supplementary housing COLA, we barely broke even. Base housing tends to be of several types., although most bases in Japan have what are called towers..high rise apartments..as well as townhome styles and other units. It depends on the base. If you are unsure my advice is to go! Japan was a fantastic experience and something that you may never get the chance to do again. Good luck
Reply:As soon as he comes home and y'all get married, go to the nearest installation or base...day of...day after...whatever. You yourself will need your marriage license, your birth certificate and your social security card so he can show it to the personnel servicing center in order to get you enrolled into DEERS. They will then issue you an orange military ID Card. From there, go to the local TRICARE Servicing Center. Once TRICARE sees you are enrolled into DEERS, they can enroll you under TRICARE PRIME for Family Members but your enrollment won't take effect for a month (if I remember correctly).





Now...what he can also do is if he is pending a PCS to Japan, he can request Command Sponsorship once he gets there so that the government will cover your move to Japan with him. You will need to get your passport done, which shouldn't take too long to get. More than likely when the request is approved, you will either live on the economy or live in on-post housing. Most of the apartments in Japan are westernized...same as in Korea. Just remember that everything is opposite in Japan like in England.