To PHS Commissioned Corps Officers:

The Defense Manpower and Data Center (DMDC) has begun an initiative to replace 64K and 72K Common Access Cards (CACs) currently in circulation. The CAC is your Uniformed Services ID card. 64K/72K refers to a specific card stock still in circulation. The Department of Defense (DoD) has been replacing these ID cards through attrition and is now replacing the last of these cards that have been deprecated by DoD from active use.

DMDC is contacting affected service members via email with instructions to replace the ID card regardless of the card’s expiration date. If you are in receipt of this email or should receive one in the future and you have not renewed your active duty ID card within the last 60 days, please follow the guidance in the email and schedule an appointment at the nearest ID card office for replacement of your ID card. Please do not attempt to schedule an appointment to replace an ID card that is not expiring unless you receive an email from DMDC. DMDC will continue to contact a certain number of service members each month through at least August 2012. This initiative does not include ID cards for dependents.

Officers who are contacted by DMDC may visit any DEERS/RAPIDS ID card office for card issuance. Officers located in the Washington D.C. area can make an appointment at the PHS Rockville ID Card Office in the Tower Building for card issuance. Appointments should be scheduled using the Appointment Scheduler. Officers outside of the Washington D.C. metro area should visit the RAPIDS Site Locator to find an ID card office in your area.

Appointment Scheduler - https://rapids-appointments.dmdc.osd.mil
RAPIDS Site Locator - https://www.dmdc.osd.mil/rsl/

If you have any questions, please contact the PHS DEERS Project Office at (240) 453-6131.