Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System

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The Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS) is a U.S. Department of Defense database that maintains personnel and benefits eligibility information for service members, retirees, and their dependents.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Department of Defense system
database
personnel information system
contains benefits eligibility data
demographic data
personally identifiable information
service status information
sponsorship relationships
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dataSubject eligible DoD-affiliated civilians
military retirees and their dependents
service member dependents
uniformed service members
dataType benefits eligibility records
enrollment records
personnel records
governedBy Department of Defense privacy regulations
U.S. federal privacy laws
jurisdiction Department of Defense
surface form: United States Department of Defense
linkedTo Common Access Card issuance systems
Real-Time Automated Personnel Identification System
maintainedBy Defense Manpower Data Center
operator Department of Defense
surface form: United States Department of Defense
purpose determine eligibility for military benefits
maintain personnel information for DoD-affiliated individuals
support delivery of healthcare benefits
support delivery of other DoD benefits and entitlements
records National Guard members
Reserve component members
active duty service members
certain DoD civilian employees
eligible family members
military retirees
other eligible beneficiaries
regulatesAccessTo TRICARE health benefits
certain education and survivor benefits
military installation privileges
sector defense
securityClassification sensitive but unclassified
shortName DEERS
supportsProcess enrollment in TRICARE
issuance and renewal of military ID cards
verification of dependent eligibility
usedFor eligibility verification for TRICARE
eligibility verification for commissary privileges
eligibility verification for exchange privileges
eligibility verification for military medical treatment facilities
issuance of Common Access Cards
issuance of Uniformed Services ID cards

Referenced by (2)

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DS Logon dataSource Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System
milConnect managesDataFor Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System