Posted on Nov 2, 2016
Does your CAC have to be updated to reflect current rank?
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I have been in a debate with several other NCOs over this topic for awhile now. I was always taught you had to go and update your CAC every time you received a promotion. Your CAC serves as an identification card and needs to reflect your current rank. Several of my cohorts hold to the thought that you only need to update it when you reach E5 due to your Geneva Convention Category changing then.
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DoDM 1000.13-M-V1- States that reissuance has to occur with change of rank, pay grade, or change of availability.
And DoDI 1000.01 States the ID card shall show the owner’s surname, first names, rank, armed force, personnel number, and date of birth.
So you have to get your CAC replaced upon promotion.
And DoDI 1000.01 States the ID card shall show the owner’s surname, first names, rank, armed force, personnel number, and date of birth.
So you have to get your CAC replaced upon promotion.
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DoDI 1000.01, 2012, Section 2(1) states that "The ID card shall show the owner's surname, first names, rank....". I would argue that because it does not show the owners rank (seeing its incorrect) then it is wrong, therefore needs to be updated when promoted/demoted.
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It is just good practice to have it done. There is no reg that I know of that requires it.
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Everything I find thru my research says that it is required to get a new card whenever a promotion takes place. However, I cannot find any hard regulations stating that. My best recommendation is to seek this answer with your ID Card/DEERS section. If anyone will know, these people will.
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Update it if/when anything changes.
That's a "do what I say, not as I do" statement, as I admit that it took me more than a year to get around to updating mine after I changed rank.
That's a "do what I say, not as I do" statement, as I admit that it took me more than a year to get around to updating mine after I changed rank.
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Yes, you should update your CAC (and ID) whenever you get promoted to a new higher rank. That was the practice and expectation in every unit that I was in.
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In the National Guard to save monies E-1 through E-4 they will not change the ID cards for a promotion. I reached E-5 and they did. They wouldn't for CPL because I was still E-4.
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your cac will work no matter what rank is on it. you can wait to get it updated.
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I understand that , ok there is a different approach to this situation. Some of us are reservists and live miles and miles away from nearest CAC facility. when those individuals move up in rank they may have to wait a while to get it updated . the situation is most likely way different for those on active duty where you have access everyday. In the mean time that cac still works, unless its expired.
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