Defense Enrollment and Eligibility Reporting System
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Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS) is a computerized database for United States
Service members, retirees, dependents, DoD active Contractors, and others worldwide who are entitled to Public Key Infrastructure
and TRICARE
eligibility.
DEERS is used in the Real-Time Automated Personnel Identification System
(RAPIDS). RAPIDS is United States Department of Defense
system to issue the definitive credential within DoD for obtaining Common Access Card
tokens in the DoD PKI
. Used together, these two systems are referred to as a DEERS/RAPIDS stations, available in 700 locations in the world.
DEERS is also responsible for producing DoD ID Cards (RAPIDS and Common Access Cards). DEERS supports benefit delivery including medical, dental, educational, and life insurance. In addition, DEERS enables DoD e-business, including identity management, and reduces fraud and abuse of government benefits and supports force health protection and medical readiness.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Service members, retirees, dependents, DoD active Contractors, and others worldwide who are entitled to Public Key Infrastructure
Public key infrastructure
Public Key Infrastructure is a set of hardware, software, people, policies, and procedures needed to create, manage, distribute, use, store, and revoke digital certificates. In cryptography, a PKI is an arrangement that binds public keys with respective user identities by means of a certificate...
and TRICARE
TRICARE
TRICARE, formerly known as the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services , is a health care program of the United States Department of Defense Military Health System. TRICARE provides civilian health benefits for military personnel, military retirees, and their dependents,...
eligibility.
DEERS is used in the Real-Time Automated Personnel Identification System
Real-Time Automated Personnel Identification System
The Real-Time Automated Personnel Identification System is a United States Department of Defense system used to issue the definitive credential within DoD. RAPIDS uses information stored in the DoD Defense Enrollment and Eligibility Reporting System when providing these credentials...
(RAPIDS). RAPIDS is United States Department of Defense
United States Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense is the U.S...
system to issue the definitive credential within DoD for obtaining Common Access Card
Common Access Card
The Common Access Card is a United States Department of Defense smart card issued as standard identification for active-duty military personnel, reserve personnel, civilian employees, other non-DoD government employees, state employees of the National Guard, and eligible contractor personnel.The...
tokens in the DoD PKI
Public key infrastructure
Public Key Infrastructure is a set of hardware, software, people, policies, and procedures needed to create, manage, distribute, use, store, and revoke digital certificates. In cryptography, a PKI is an arrangement that binds public keys with respective user identities by means of a certificate...
. Used together, these two systems are referred to as a DEERS/RAPIDS stations, available in 700 locations in the world.
History
DEERS was created in the late 1970s as a Joint Medical/Personnel Database, and first put into operation in 1982. In 1997, DEERS fielded RAPIDS. In 2001, it implemented the National Enrollment Database, which provided medical portability. The Next Generation of TRICARE Contracts (TNEX), including additional DEERS capabilities, was created in 2004.Mission
DEERS maintains personnel and benefits information for:- Active, retired, and reserve uniformed service personnel
- Eligible family members of active, retired, and reserve uniformed service personnel
- DoD civil service personnel
- DoD contractors requiring logical access
DEERS is also responsible for producing DoD ID Cards (RAPIDS and Common Access Cards). DEERS supports benefit delivery including medical, dental, educational, and life insurance. In addition, DEERS enables DoD e-business, including identity management, and reduces fraud and abuse of government benefits and supports force health protection and medical readiness.
See also
- Defense Integrated Military Human Resources SystemDefense Integrated Military Human Resources SystemThe Defense Integrated Military Human Resources System was an enterprise program of the Business Transformation Agency's Defense Business Systems Acquisition Executive, within the United States Department of Defense . As the largest enterprise resource planning program ever implemented for human...
- Defense Manpower Data CenterDefense Manpower Data CenterThe Defense Manpower Data Center serves under the Office of the Secretary of Defense to collate personnel, manpower, training, financial, and other data for the Department of Defense...