Some members of the National Guard and Reserve (collectively known as the Reserve Component, or RC), who are issued delayed-effective-date active duty orders for more than 30 days in support of a contingency operation, are eligible for “early” TRICARE medical and dental benefits beginning on the later of either: (a) the date their orders were issued or (b) 90 days before they report to active duty.
TRICARE Eligibility for RC Members and Family Members To be eligible for this early TRICARE benefit, RC members and family members must be registered and TRICARE eligible in the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS). The member’s Service personnel office is responsible for determining the member’s eligibility for the early TRICARE benefit. The Services will notify and advise eligible RC members of their TRICARE medical and dental benefits when their delayed-effective-date active duty orders are issued.
RC members may verify their eligibility for TRICARE through the secure Guard and Reserve Web Portal Web site at www.dmdc.osd.mil/appj/esgr/index.jsp (if the employer input page appears, click the “BACK” button located on the bottom of the “employer input page”). For assistance with an eligibility problem, members should contact their Service Point of Contact listed on the TRICARE Web site at www.tricare.osd.mil/reserve/reservepoc.cfm.
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