Your ID card is your key to military benefits
You and your family need to have ID cards in order to get all your entitled benefits. The Uniformed Services Identification and Privilege Card (ID) gives you access to the benefits of being in the National Guard. All uniformed service members and their dependents are eligible for ID cards, this includes:

Register your family in DEERS.
Defense Enrollment Eligibility Systems (DEERS) is an automated information system that contains detailed personnel information for benefits and entitlements distributed to uniformed services members, eligible family members, retirees, and other personnel as directed by the DoD. All service members are listed automatically, but their dependents must be added when they apply for an ID card. Military members will be required to prove eligibility with the necessary documentation. This may include: photocopies of marriage certificates and birth certificates, copies of adoption papers, paternity paperwork, divorce and death papers, certificate of full time enrollment in college/university. Eligibility is determined by the uniformed services. Contact your nearest DEERS office for eligibility questions. To find your local DEERS office please visit www.dmdc.osd.mil/rsl/

Once registered in DEERS it is important to keep your DEERS records updated when personal eligibility information changes. This includes, but not limited to: changes in military career status, moves/changes address, marriage/divorce, death, birth, adoption, or child over 21 enrolls as a full-time student. The quickest and easiest way to update DEERS is by visiting the Web site at https://www.dmdc.osd.mil/appj/address/index.jsp.