Active Duty Benefits
Quality of Life
TRICARE is available to active duty service members and retirees of the seven uniformed services, their family members, survivors and others who are registered in the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS). The uniformed services include the:
U.S. Army
U.S. Air Force
U.S. Navy
U.S. Marine Corps
U.S. Coast Guard
Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service
Commissioned Corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association
TRICARE is also available to members of the National Guard and Reserves and their families. Benefits will vary depending on the sponsor's military status.
You must be registered in DEERS and have a valid uniformed services identification card showing you are eligible for TRICARE.
TRICARE Prime Remote (TPR) and TRICARE Prime Remote for Active Duty Family Members (TPRADFM) provide active duty service members and their eligible family members with the TRICARE Prime option while they are assigned to remote duty stations in the United States.
TRICARE Prime Remote
Active duty: 1-888-647-6676
http://mmso.med.navy.mil
Family members:
www.tricare.mil/tpr
TRICARE Dental Program
Active duty family members,
National Guard and Reserve
members, and their families
1-800-866-8499
www.TRICAREdentalprogram.com
North Region
Health Net Federal Services, LLC
1-877-TRICARE (1-877-874-2273)
www.healthnetfederalservices.com
Beneficiary Counseling &
Assistance Coordinators
www.tricare.mil/bcacdcao
Defense Enrollment
Eligibility Reporting System
1-800-538-9552
www.tricare.mil/DEERS
Free Empire Passports to New York State Parks.
Allows for free Empire Passports for personnel called to federal or state active duty in response to an emergency after "9/11." This program has now (2006) been extended. Please contact POC: NYS Office of Parks Recreation and Historic Preservation at 518-474-8081 or at www.nysparks.com/passport/ for details.
Free Access to Video-Teleconferencing Centers (VTC).
For use between deployed service members and their families. Service member must be on federal active duty. POC: NYS Office for Technology at 518-486-9200.
Free Internet Access At Public Libraries.
To be used for communication between deployed active duty military personnel and their families. The deployed service member must be a resident of the State of New York and must be deployed to a combat theater or combat zone of operations. POC: Local public library / NYS Department of Education at 518-474-7196 or website at www.nysl.nysed.gov.
Veteran's Health Care Information Program. An automated health care information line that provides key phone numbers and points of contact for healthcare issues, benefits and resources. POC: NYS Department of Health at 518-473-8600.
